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The Trip to Bountiful (1953) (TV)
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Horton Foote (play)
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1 March 1953 (USA)
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wonderful live tv movie
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(Credited cast) | Lillian Gish | ... | Carrie Watts |
 | Eileen Heckart | ... | Jessie Mae Watts |
 | Dennis Cross | ... | Ticket man (railroad station) |
| Will Hare | ... | Ticket man (bus station) |
| John Beal | ... | Ludie Watts |
| Charles Sladen | ... | Bus driver |
| Larry Bolton | ... | Attendant |
| William Hansen | ... | Ticket man (second bus station) |
 | Frank Overton | ... | Sheriff |
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 | Eva Marie Saint | ... | Thelma |
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60 min (including commercials)
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This filmed production of "A Trip To Bountiful" by Horton Foote was the premier of this play. The Broadway production opened at Henry Miller's Theater on November 3, 1953 running 309 performances and starring Lillian Gish, Gene Lyons, Jo Van Fleet and Eva Marie Saint. Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint recreated their roles from this filmed production.
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Version of The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
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This is a wonderful example of why television in the 1950's was known as the golden age. Lillian Gish gives a wonderful performance in the role Geraldine Page later won an Oscar for. She is an older lady looking to return to her hometown of Bountiful so she can regain her dignity and her happiness there. It is probably her best performance on film, except for The Night of the Hunter. Film also features John Beal as her weak son and an early Eileen Heckart performance as her annoying and selfish daughter-in-law. Both give fine performances. Also there is the beautiful young Eva Marie Saint in one of her many live television performances as the young war bride who Gish befriends on the bus trip to Bountiful. This was written for television by Horton Foote and it is a truly moving and beautiful hour.