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Title: A Christmas Memory (TV Movie 1997)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Patty Duke | ... | Sook | |
| Piper Laurie | ... | Jennie | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Seabone | |
| Anita Gillette | ... | Callie | |
| Julia McIlvaine | ... | Rachel | |
| Esther Scott | ... | Anna Stabler | |
| Eric Lloyd | ... | Buddy | |
| Jimmie F. Skaggs | ... | Haha Jones | |
| Robert C. Treveiler | ... | Adult Buddy (as Robert Treveiler) | |
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Dan Albright | ... | Grocer |
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Reynolds Allen | ... | Customer |
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Suzi Bass | ... | Rachel's Mother |
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Dan Biggers | ... | Reverend Dickson |
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Lala Cochran | ... | Lazy Wife |
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David Dwyer | ... | Farley Wood |
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A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried. Buddy brings life to the house and develops a close friendship with one of the older, simpler ladies, Sook. Buddy and Sook undertake many adventures together, including the baking of 31 fruit-cakes which they give as Christmas presents, even mailing them to President and Mrs. Roosevelt and Jean Harlowe! Just before Christmas, one of the older cousins begins to wonder if it is best for Buddy to be living with them... Written by Jeff Hole <jeffhole@aol.com>
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21 December 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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A Patty Duke performance that shines, as always. Looking at the other reviews, it would appear that people either loved or hated this nostalgic Christmas tale. Not having seen the earlier version, I was not swayed by comparisons. This one stands up just fine all on its own. It tugs at the heart strings even before the ending, as Miss Duke's character Sook and her young relative Buddy naively make holiday fruitcakes for the President and his wife. Ah, to live in such an innocent age!