HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: SAINT MAYBE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatic specials presented by Hallmark. This adaptation of Anne Tyler's 1991 novel follows the activities of the Bedloe family. Bee and Doug Bedloe's eldest son, Danny, falls in love with pretty but flighty Lucy, a divorcee with two children (Agatha and Thomas), and marries her soon after they meet. Danny's siblings Ian and Claudia are suspicious, though, when Lucy gives birth to a perfectly formed, premature baby, Daphne, and fear that Danny is not the father. Ian is further concerned to note that Lucy constantly spends time away from the children, and he wonders whether her get-togethers with a former coworker, Dot, are really meetings with a male lover. One evening, when his baby-sitting for the children causes him to miss an important date with girlfriend Cicely, Ian lets his anger gets the better of him and tells Danny what he suspects about Lucy's activities. The devastating news causes Danny to drive recklessly and die in an automobile accident. Things get worse after Danny's death, and Lucy takes pills to cope, eventually succumbing to an accidental overdose. Bee and Doug try to find relatives of Lucy's first husband to take responsibility for Agatha and Thomas but have no luck. At Lucy's funeral, Ian overhears Dot talking and realizes that his suspicions about Lucy were unfounded. He is therefore confronted with tremendous feelings of guilt and responsibility for the family's current state of affairs. He stops by a storefront church run by Reverend Emmett, and as a result of their talk decides to quit college, take up furniture-making, and raise the children himself. Years later, the family decides to hire Rita, a professional "clutter counselor," to clean the house while Ian's mother is in the hospital. Much to everyone's happiness and surprise, the cautious Ian falls for the impetuous Rita, and they plan to wed. Includes commercials.
("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)
(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which, since 1952, has aired under the title "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour or hour-long dramatic anthology series, usually hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first program, "Dr. Serocold," was televised in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 22, 1998 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:53:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:55496
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Literature - Adaptations; Romance
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1998
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark greeting cards
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark keepsake Christmas ornaments
- TV - Promos - "Celine Dion: These Are Special Times"
- TV - Promos - "Chicago Hope"
- TV - Promos - "Late Show with David Letterman Anniversary Special"
- TV - Promos - "Point Last Seen"
- TV - Promos - CBS Monday night lineup
CREDITS
- Richard Welsh … Executive Producer
- Suzy Beugen-Bishop … Supervising Producer
- Brent Shields … Producer
- Sue Bugden … Associate Producer
- Michael Pressman … Director
- Anne Tyler … Writer, Based on the novel by
- Robert W. Lenski … Writer, Written for television by
- Ernest Troost … Music by
- Blythe Danner … Cast, Bee Bedloe
- Herrmann, Edward (See also: Herrmann, Ed) … Cast, Doug Bedloe
- Melina Kanakaredes … Cast, Rita
- Thomas McCarthy … Cast, Ian Bedloe
- Jeffrey Nordling … Cast, Danny Bedloe
- Mary-Louise Parker … Cast, Lucy
- Rene Augesen … Cast, adult Agatha
- Any Hargreaves … Cast, adult Daphne
- Bethel Leslie … Cast, Mrs. Dulcimer
- Glynnis O'Connor … Cast, Claudia Bedloe
- Denis O'Hare … Cast, Reverend Emmett
- Kristoffer Winters … Cast, adult Thomas
- Mary Lucy Bivins … Cast, Mrs. Jordan
- Lori Rom … Cast, Cicely Brown
- Hallee Hirsh … Cast, young Agatha
- Sam Gyllenhaal … Cast, young Thomas
- Julia McClernon … Cast, young Daphne
- Tracy Spindler … Cast, Agatha 12 years old
- Joseph Cross … Cast, Thomas 10 years old
- Heather Adams … Cast, Baby Daphne
- Shannon Adams … Cast, Baby Daphne
- Bill Raymond … Cast, B.B. Brant
- Molly Price … Cast, Clara
- Pamela J. Gray … Cast, Dot
- Ginnie Randall … Cast, Mrs. Myrdal