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Bonanza: Season 1, Episode 1A Rose for Lotta (12 Sep. 1959)Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights. Director:Edward Ludwig |
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| Pernell Roberts | ... | ||
| Dan Blocker | ... | ||
| Michael Landon | ... | ||
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | ||
| George Macready | ... |
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Barry Kelley | ... |
Aaron Cooper
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George Garvey
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Christopher Dark | ... |
Langford Poole
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The widower Ben Cartwright is running a huge cattle ranch in Nevada called the Ponderosa. He has been married thrice, and has an adult son with each of the three wives. Adam is the oldest of them, Hoss the biggest, and Little Joe the youngest and cutest. In nearby Virginia City three mine owners are in great need of more wood to be able to build tunnels to new bonanzas. Ben Cartwright has much wood on his ranch, but refuses to cut it down. The mine owners get the idea to hire a famous actress, Lotta Crabtree, who could lure Little Joe to Virginia City, where they can hold him as a hostage. If Ben Cartwright still refuses to sell any wood to them, they will kill his son. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
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12 September 1959 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Adam Cartwright: You been to a lotta places and you've seen a lotta things, Pa, but you never seen or been to heaven.
Ben Cartwright: Well, maybe I never been to heaven... but heaven is gonna have to go some to beat the thousand square miles of the Ponderosa.
Adam Cartwright: As long as it's ours, as long as we keep it in Cartwright hands...
Ben Cartwright: Know anyone that could take it away from us, son?
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The title and the story deals with Lotta Crabtree, an American actress who toured the country and became one of the wealthiest and most beloved American entertainers of the late 19th century. See more »Goofs
The real Lotta Crabtree was born in 1847. "Bonanza" is set in 1859, when Lotta would have been 12 or 13 years old. See more »Quotes
Ben Cartwright: Look at it, Adam. Feast thine eyes on a sight that approacheth Heaven itself.Adam Cartwright: You been to a lotta places and you've seen a lotta things, Pa, but you never seen or been to heaven.
Ben Cartwright: Well, maybe I never been to heaven... but heaven is gonna have to go some to beat the thousand square miles of the Ponderosa.
Adam Cartwright: As long as it's ours, as long as we keep it in Cartwright hands...
Ben Cartwright: Know anyone that could take it away from us, son?
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I saw this only recently and agree with the view that the personalities were honed as the series developed. However, I was surprised at how clumsy some of the writing and acting was. Lorne Greene and Pernell Roberts in particular were very stilted and looked uncomfortable in their roles. The only one who really hit the ground running was Michael Landon but that may have been because his part was better written. The characters of Ben and Adam were one dimensional and crudely drawn. In this opening episode Adam is no more than a disapproving older brother who clearly resents his younger brother even going as far as to insult Little Joe's mother's background in New Orleans. Ben is a bullying blow- hard who snaps out crude orders to his sons and threats to opponents. Little Joe is headstrong and wild but also a charmer. Hoss (not a bad performance Dan Blocker) is shown as a reasonable counterpoint to his father and brothers, adopting a far more fatherly approach than Ben.
It is just as well that both acting and writing improved or I doubt it would have survived 1 series let alone 14.