Christmas on Division Street (1991)

A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.

Director:

George Kaczender

Writer:

Barry Morrow

Stars:

Fred Savage, Hume Cronyn, Badja Djola

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fred Savage	...	Trevor Atwood
Hume Cronyn	...	Cleveland Meriwether
Badja Djola	...	Scorpio
Jim Byrnes	...	Benedetti
Cloyce Morrow	...	Susan Atwood
Casey Ellison	...	Derek Withers
Kenneth Welsh	...	David Atwood
Kahla Lichti	...	Jill Atwood
Allan Lysell	...	Mr. Muhn
Virginia Bagnato	...	Lupe
Maria Jose Doyle	...	Rosa (as Maria Jose)
John Tench	...	Grimes
John Cassini	...	White
Tamara Stanners	...	Shauna Grant (as Tamara Stainer)
Gary Hetherington	...	Mr. Benchley

Storyline

A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.

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Plot Keywords:

homeless man | male tears | talking to a grave | mugging | visiting a grave | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Christmas on Division Street

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Television, Higher Ground Productions Inc., Morrow-Heus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The photograph Trevor and Cleve had taken of them in front of the Liberty Bell doesn't match their pose when the picture was taken.

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Connections

Features Tonight and Every Night (1945)

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Soundtracks

Joy to the World
(uncredited)
Written by Isaac Watts and Lowell Mason

User Reviews

How portrating the role of Lupe in the film shaped my life

Hello, my name is Virginia Bagnato. I had the privillege to work as an actrees in the film Christmas on Division Street and I am incredibly honored by the great reviews its gotten. I want to comment that being in the film made me change my perspective on life by experiencing situations that I would of otherwise not of experienced in real life. I got to play the role of Lupe ( a poor little girl struggling with poverty). It took me some time to really understand what Lupe felt, what she faced day after day, her work, her family situation, what the birth of a new baby meant to her family (the joy of a new born yet the worries it brought considering her family's situation). Yet it wasn't until many years after being part of the film, that I got to see first hand what people in extreme poverty conditions face. At the age of 18 I got a chance to visit my home country (Uruguay, South America) for the first time. Uruguay is a small but beautifull country with everything you could ask from nature (great coast, lands, sites, etc). Yet inside all this natural beauty lies a country with a divided economy of high,low and a vanishing middle class. For the first time I got to meet, talk with, and see hundreds of "Lupe's". Little girls and boys living in extreme poverty situations. I got to re-live my role through the eyes of these kids, through their experiences, through their situations and family life. Since then it has been a personal goal to one day be able to give something back to my people, a doorway of hope, a channel-way for their talents which are rich yet unexplored. I want to reach out just like Fred Savage did in the movie, to these people, and touch their lives in a positive way. It's the message the movie tries to portray and it's a philosophy 12 years later, I still try to live by.