actor: Jason Robards

Addie and the King of Hearts

February 3, 2015

Dove Approved for All Ages

Addie and the King of Hearts
This was a series in 1976 with Addie Mills as the main character from a set of books by Gail Rock. The stories have her recalling things that happened in her life. Narrated by the grown artist that she is, she tells about the events that happened when she was growing up in Nebraska. This episode [...]
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The Easter Promise

February 3, 2015

Dove Approved for All Ages

Addie Mills is a young girl who lives with her father and grandmother in a small town in Nebraska. Life was different in those days of the 1940s. People knew their neighbors, lived in the same neighborhood after they were grown and had thoughts about people that moved away. Addie and her friends [...]
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The House Without a Christmas Tree

November 4, 2014

Dove Approved for Ages 12+

The House Without a Christmas Tree
Christmas is a great time of year and in 1946 the times were simpler then they are now. The Christmas holiday was still celebrated in schools and they even put on plays that portrayed Jesus' birth. But in Addie Mills' house there was a problem, no tree. She did not know why her father did not want [...]
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The Thanksgiving Treasure

November 4, 2014

Dove Approved for Ages 12+

The Thanksgiving Treasure
This is a heartwarming holiday classic based on the books by Gail Rock. It is the touching Thanksgiving story original called "The Holiday Treasure". Lisa Lucas, Jason Robards and the late Mildred Natwick star in this made-for-TV show that aired in the 70s. The setting is a small town in Nebraska [...]
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Melvin and Howard – Filtered

February 3, 2004
"Melvin and Howard" is a film about a man who picked up a hitch-hiker who told him he was Howard Hughes. Melvin didn't believe him and went on with his life as a milkman. Melvin went through many ups and downs in his first marriage which ended in divorce-he then remarried. During his second [...]
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Adventures Of Huck Finn 1993

May 23, 1994

Dove Approved for Ages 12+

Adventures Of Huck Finn 1993
Huckleberry Finn (Elijah Wood) lives in the sleepy little Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. His mother died when he was very young and his drunkard father Pap (Ron Perlman) left him with the Widow Douglas. His best friend is Jim (Courtney Vance), one of the widow's slaves. Pap [...]
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