The waltons the hostage movie#
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Godsey') an African-American couple, Verdie and Harley Foster Maude Gormley, a sassy octogenarian artist who paints on wood Flossie Brimmer, a friendly though somewhat gossipy widow who runs a nearby boarding house and Yancy Tucker, a good-hearted handyman with big plans but little motivation. The small community named after their property is also home to folk of various income levels, ranging from the well-to-do Baldwin sisters, two elderly spinsters who distill moonshine that they call 'Papa's recipe ' Ike Godsey, postmaster and owner of the general store with his somewhat snobbish wife Corabeth (a Walton cousin she calls her husband 'Mr. The family shares hospitality with relatives and strangers as they are able. In the simpler days of their country youth, all of the children are rambunctious and curious, but as times grow tough, the children slowly depart from the innocent, carefree days of walking everywhere barefoot while clad in overalls and hand-sewn pinafores, and into the harsh, demanding world of adulthood and responsibility. The family income is augmented by some small-scale farming, and John occasionally hunts to put meat on the table. manages to eke out a living for his family by operating a lumber mill with the help of his sons as they grow older. (voiced by author Earl Hamner on whom John-Boy is based). Each episode is narrated at the opening and closing by a middle-aged John Jr. John-Boy is the oldest of the seven children (15 years old in The Homecoming 17 at the beginning of the series), who becomes a journalist and novelist. (known as John-Boy): his six siblings, his parents John and Olivia Walton, and paternal grandparents Zebulon 'Zeb' and Esther Walton. The story is about the family of John Walton Jr.

The waltons the hostage series#

The series began relating stories that occurred 39 years in the past and ended with its last reunion show set 28 years in the past. A Walton Wedding, made in 1995, is set in 1964, and A Walton Easter, filmed in 1997, is set in 1969. Of the later reunions, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, filmed in 1993, is set in 1963, and revolves around President John F. The first three reunion movies ( A Wedding on Walton's Mountain, Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain, and A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain), all produced in 1982, are set in 1947. There are some chronological inconsistencies, most of which do not hinder the storyline. A span of 13 years is therefore covered in nine seasons. The series finale, 'The Revel,' revolves around a party and the invitation date is given as June 4, 1946. The year 1934 takes two seasons to cover, while some successive years are covered over the course of a few months. The last episode of season one, 'An Easter Story,' is set in February – April 1934. The year 1933 is suggested by a reference to the opening of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago, a brief shot of an automobile registration, and it is divulged in episode 5 that the date is in the spring of 1933. The time period is from 1933 to 1946, during the Great Depression and World War II, during the presidential administrations of Franklin D. The real place upon which the stories are based is the community of Schuyler in Nelson County, Virginia.

The main story is set in Walton's Mountain, a fictional mountain community in the fictitious Jefferson County, Virginia. The show's end sequence featured the family saying goodnight to one another before drifting off to sleep, and according to the BBC (which also aired the series) 'Goodnight, John-Boy' was one of the most common catchphrases of the 1970s.

Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. After the series was canceled in 1981, NBC aired three television film sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. Beginning in September 1972, the series subsequently aired on CBS for nine seasons. Based on its success, the CBS television network ordered one season of episodes based on the same characters and that became the television series The Waltons.

The waltons the hostage movie#

The television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story was broadcast on December 19, 1971. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book Spencer's Mountain and the 1963 film of the same name. The Waltons is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.