The play does raise some larger questions, however, such as: What is a family? Is memory the only thing that binds us to others?Īnd, what am I doing watching this? CAPTION: Despite its title, "Lily Dale" is really built around Tim Guinee's Horace. He is a man alone in this world - weak, out of work and unwanted. In the end, however, this is not the story of Lily Dale but of Horace.
She uses tears and trifling as weapons.Īs Foote once wrote about his character, "She seemed to me vain and selfish and not very admirable." Just the kind of girl you want to spend the evening with. She tattles on Horace at every opportunity. She won't play a tune unless everyone's listening. But Lily Dale is skittish about marrying because of what husbands do to wives, you know, to make them have babies.īut neither ragtime nor romance can save Lily Dale from herself or her selfishness. She does have a boyfriend, Will Kidder, whom Davenport favors over his own stepson. And Lily Dale? She fritters away the days avoiding books, trying to forget the past and composing ragtime music on the piano. Corella is torn between love for her son and dependence on her husband. Throughout much of the 95-minute movie, he lies on the Davenports' davenport sweating like a hog. Cinderellas Prince/Wolf, Rapunzels Prince, Milky White, Cinderellas Father, Steward. Coons, and Foote himself does the voice-over of Horace as an old man. 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Awards and honors 4. Cinderellas Mother/Granny/Giant, u/s Witch, u/s Jacks Mother. Jean Stapleton makes a couple of memorable appearances as the pious proselytizer Mrs. The high-powered "Lily Dale" cast includes Stockard Channing as Corella, Sam Shepard as Pete Davenport, Tim Guinee ("How to Make an American Quilt") as Horace and the director's daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, as Lily Dale.
#RAGTIME MOVIE MOTHER AND FATHER TV#
The TV drama was directed by Foote's cousin Peter Masterson, the same guy who directed Foote's 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Young Man From Atlanta," in New York. Unlike Foote's masterpieces, "Tender Mercies" and "A Trip to Bountiful," this play is buh-leak beyond belief. All four characters wind up in the Davenport house, and the result is downright, down-home depression. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport, believes a boy ought to be self-reliant. The story is this: In 1910, a 20 year-old Robedaux, whose father drank himself to death, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale. But as a stand-alone, made-for-TV drama, it fails to educate or delight. To be fair, "Lily Dale" is one part of a nine-play cycle - built around a character named Horace Robedaux - and it might make more sense in context. From Horton Foote, a storyteller revered for his simplicity, comes a tale that's simply awful - "Lily Dale." A visually lush production of the 1979 play premieres tonight at 10 on Showtime.
Although regularly repeated until 1980, only eight of the twenty six episodes remain in the BBC's archive, due to a decision in the early 1990s to wipe the master tapes of many 1970s children's programmes.
Īlthough a book and record were produced at the time, no episodes are currently available on DVD.
#RAGTIME MOVIE MOTHER AND FATHER SERIES#
In 1973 the series won a Society of Film and Television Award (later known as a BAFTA) for Best Children's Programme. The music was provided by Peter Gosling and Dave Moses. Other puppet regulars include Dax and Sniff (both dogs), Humbug the tiger and Bubble, a cushion-shaped toy. These are named Mr Porridge, Mr Curry, Mr Jelly, Miss Sponge, Mrs Custard, Uncle Casserole and Mrs Ragamuffin. Puppets made by Joanne Cole emerge from the green Ragtime Bag, including wooden spoons with faces drawn on them. Doctorow, makes its Region 1 Blu-ray debut in time for its 40th anniversary, as mastered. The programme features play with words, songs, stories and puppets. Paramount Presents 16 November 2021 (US) Milos Forman ‘s Ragtime (1981), based on the 1975 novel by E.L. The original cast featured many of the actors from the original Toronto production, including Brian Stokes Mitchell as Coal House Walker, Marin Mazzie as Mother, Peter Friedman as Tateh and Audra McDonald as Sarah, all of whom were nominated for Tony Awards, as well as Steven Sutcliffe as Mother's Younger Brother, Judy Kaye as Emma Goldman, Mark. Ragtime is a children's television series created by Michael Cole and presented by Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris.
0 kommentar(er)
