Candles on Bay Street (TV 2006)

A single mom returns to her hometown after a lengthy absence, posing a potential threat to the marriage of her old high school flame and his wife.

Director:

John Erman

Writers:

Jonathan Estrin (teleplay), Michael Bortman (teleplay),

Stars:

Alicia Silverstone, Eion Bailey, Polly Bergen

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alicia Silverstone	...	Dee Dee
Eion Bailey	...	Sam
Polly Bergen	...	Rosemary
Matthew Knight	...	Trooper
James Rebhorn	...	Farmer Frieden
Annabeth Gish	...	Lydia
Jonathan Potts	...	Rick
Martha Irving	...	Val
Aislinn Paul	...	Amber
Ted Atherton	...	Ross
Katie Griffin	...	Naomi
Marlane O'Brien	...	Mrs. Gruber
Jayne Eastwood	...	Sarah
Wayne Robson	...	Brad
Brian Downey	...	Cee Jay

Storyline

DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11 year old son, Trooper, 13 years after she ran off with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend, Sam, is now married and he and his wife, Lydia, are the town's veterinarians. Lydia is a little wary about DeeDee after Sam tells her that they were best friends growing up and DeeDee was his first crush. But DeeDee and Trooper find their way into many hearts of the townspeople with their sweet helpfulness and friendships. DeeDee sets up a candle making business in town square and invites many of the ladies of the town to weekly candle making parties, and through these parties she and Lydia become good friends. One evening after dinner with Lydia and Sam, DeeDee tells Sam she's very sick and she doesn't have much longer to live and she needs his help to find a good family in town to adopt Trooper. Sam later tells Lydia everything and they decide to adopt Trooper themselves if/when something happens to DeeDee.

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Plot Keywords:

veterinarian | based on novel

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Taglines:

One woman's hope brought light to an entire town

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Candles on Bay Street (#56.1)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bay Street Films, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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Soundtracks

"The Tracks of My Tears"
Written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore and Marv Tarplin
Performed by Alicia Silverstone

User Reviews

A bit sappy, but a decent enough family holiday film

Embarrassingly amateurish, despite good actors cast in the film. Therefore, I "watched" while working at the computer since it's a decent enough family holiday film. A pleasure to see Polly Bergen again. She is a class act and enhances any film in which she is featured. Alicia Silverstone is a decent actor, but not that great in this role. Her dramatic range isn't all that great. She's more of a comedic actor. She kept smiling too much, especially in scenes that didn't call for it. Annabeth Gish was quite good (would have been a better choice for the lead), as was Eion Bailey but their dialog, along with the rest of the dialog in the movie, was very poorly written and scene transitions were embarrassingly hokey. I did like Alicia's scenes at the end with her young son. Thoughtfully written, and probably the only truly decent dialog in the movie.

The location shots were beautiful, filmed in Nova Scotia. Definitely worth noting is the young actor, Matthew Knight, who was one of the best actors in the film, esp. his solo scene at the very end of the movie. He's going places.