DOLLMAKER, THE {TAPE 2 OF 2} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:22733. Tape two of two. This drama about a strong-willed Appalachian woman and her struggle to adapt to life in the big city stars Jane Fonda in her made-for-television-movie debut. Fonda plays Gertie Nevels, who, along with her five children, is trying to adjust to the unfamiliar lifestyle of Detroit. As the program resumes, more problems befall Gertie. Reuben, her eldest child, runs back to Kentucky to live with his grandparents. Meanwhile, a railroad accident leaves the youngest, Cassie, dead. Gertie becomes sick with grief and goes into a period of mourning for two weeks, during which her only activity is carving a sculpture of Jesus. She emerges from her seclusion to find that the family is in financial trouble, with all savings spent on Cassie's funeral, and Clovis's union on strike. When the strike leads to violence, Clovis is forced to go into hiding, leaving Gertie to manage alone with only the money from the sale of her wooden crafts. The war's end brings little relief to the Nevels -- until the children's art teacher comes to Gertie with a business proposition, and Gertie's dying father helps her to realize her dreams. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 13, 1984 9:16 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:10:03
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:22734
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Handicrafts - Drama; Wood-carving - Drama; World War II, 1939-1945 - Drama
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Bruce Gilbert … Executive Producer
- Bill Finnegan … Producer
- Daniel Petrie … Director
- Susan Cooper … Writer
- Hume Cronyn … Writer
- Harriette Arnow … Based on the novel by
- John Rubinstein … Music by
- Jane Fonda … Cast, Gertie
- Levon Helm … Cast, Clovis
- Amanda Plummer … Cast, Mamie Childers
- Susan Kingsley … Cast, Sophronie
- Ann Hearn … Cast, Max
- Bob Swan … Cast, Victor
- Geraldine Page … Cast, Mrs. Kendrick
- Jason Yearwood … Cast, Reuben
- David Brady Wilson … Cast, Enoch
- Starla Whaley … Cast, Clytie
- David Dawson … Cast, Amos
- Nikki Creswell … Cast, Cassie
- Geraldine Page … Cast, Mrs. Kendrick
- Raymond Serra … Cast, Joe
- Dan Hedaya … Cast, Skyros
- Christine Ebersole … Cast, Miss Vashinski
- Ellen Marchman … Cast, Wheateye
- Studs Terkel … Cast, Taxi Driver
- Sheb Wooley … Cast, Mr. Kendrick
- James N. Harrell … Cast, Old John Ballew
- Alex Harvey … Cast, Whit
- Patrick Billingsley … Cast, Cooper
- Edward Sadlowski … Cast, Bender
- Billie Henson … Cast, Mrs. Nevels
- Phyllis Boyens … Cast, Mrs. Hull
- Mike Timoney … Cast, Officer
- Bruce McKinnon … Cast, Soldier
- Van B. Fox … Cast, Doctor
- Fran Thornton … Cast, Nurse #1
- Phillip East … Cast, Orderly
- Marge Kotlisky … Cast, Nurse #2
- James Lashly … Cast, Cop
- Bob Keenan … Cast, Desk Officer
- Les Podewell … Cast, Eye Doctor
- Ellen J. Smith … Cast, School Secretary
- Sheila Keenan … Cast, Stringer
- Mary Seibel … Cast, Woman at Train Station
- Robert McCord … Cast, Red Cap
- Gwendolyn McGee … Cast, Black Girl at Station
- Everett Smith … Cast, Ice Man
- Ida Will Smith … Cast, Red Cross Lady
- Ralph Foody … Cast, Scrapwood Man
- Mike Nussbaum … Cast, Car Dealer
- Jamie Wild … Cast, Gilbert
- Jason Wild … Cast, Claude-Jean
- Matthew Freeman … Cast, Frankie Daly
- Billy Fitzgerald … Cast, Christopher Daly
- Dennis Kelly … Cast, Mr. Daly
- Diane Dorsey … Cast, Mrs. Daly
- Etel Billig … Cast, Mrs. Bommarita
- Jimmy McDermott … Cast, Mike Bommarita
- Derek Googe … Cast, Bubble Gum Boy