HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE SEVENTH STREAM (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas presented by Hallmark. Set in Ireland in 1909, this drama focuses on Owen Quinn, a lonely fisherman who has kept to himself since the death of his wife five years earlier. He and his fishing partner, Willy, are inconvenienced when their former helper, Tomas Dunhill, suddenly quits and begins fishing for himself. Against his will, Owen comes to believe that Dunhill's newfound luck in fishing stems from his capture of the skin of a selkie, a seal that sheds its skin on land and becomes human. According to Irish legend, a selkie can only become human and/or go back to being a seal during the time of the seventh stream, when there are nine days in a row of high tides. The selkie must do the bidding of whoever has its seal skin. Taking the form of a beautiful young woman, the selkie begs Owen to help her retrieve her skin from Dunhill and return to the sea. Dunhill's blind father Eamon, who does not approve of his son's cruelty, hides the seal skin. The selkie, whom Owen names Mairead, no longer has to stay with Dunhill, but not knowing where her skin is she has no way to return to the sea. Owen takes Mairead into his home and soon falls in love with her. When the seventh stream returns, Eamon retrieves the skin, and Owen and Mairead must what is best for both humans and selkies. Includes commercials and promos. Also includes a message marking the fiftieth anniversary of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" with Hallmark chairman Donald Hall.
("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to 1978; 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 have been titled "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series 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: December 9, 2001 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:59:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:68733
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Legends - Ireland - Drama
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 2001
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark cards, ornaments, and videos
- TV - Promos - "Becker"
- TV - Promos - "CBS Sunday Movie: A Town Without Christmas"
- TV - Promos - "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- TV - Promos - "Family Law"
- TV - Promos - "Hallmark Hall of Fame: My Sister's Keeper"
- TV - Promos - "Judging Amy"
- TV - Promos - "Survivor Africa"
- TV - Promos - "The Amazing Race"
- TV - Promos - "The Ellen Show"
- TV - Promos - "The Guardian"
- TV - Promos - "The King of Queens"
CREDITS
- Richard Welsh … Executive Producer
- Brent Shields … Executive Producer
- John Gray … Co-Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- David A. Rosemont … Producer
- Morgan O'Sullivan … Co-Producer
- Tony Mark … Co-Producer
- Sue Jett … Co-Producer
- Ernest Troost … Music by
- Scott Glenn … Cast, Owen Quinn
- Saffron Burrows … Cast, Mairead
- John Lynch … Cast, Tomas Dunhill
- Eamon Morrissey … Cast, Willy
- Joseph M. Kelly … Cast, Eamon Dunhill
- Maire Hastings … Cast, Margaret
- Fiona Shaw … Cast, Helen Gourdon
- Stanley Townsend … Cast, Constable
- Simon Delaney … Cast, Reverend
- Jack Lynch … Cast, Salesman
- Lalor Roddy … Cast, Fish Buyer
- Jer O'Leary … Cast, Fisherman #1
- Eamonn Owens … Cast, Fisherman #2
- Noel O'Donovan … Cast, Fisherman #3
- Eddie Grimes … Cast, Fisherman #4
- Padraig O'Faolin … Cast, Fisherman #5