Here is a "HOLIDAY SOR-BAY"
a little spark of madness
that we could use to artificially maintain our Christmas spirit.
December 19, 1971
The series pilot for The
Waltons aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A
Christmas Story.
Not
originally intended to be a pilot for a series, but it became one because it
was so popular. Except for the children and Grandma Walton, the actors for
the movie were not the same as for the series. The musical score was by Oscar-winning
composer Jerry Goldsmith (Goldsmith also scored several
episodes of the first season, but the producers believed his TV movie theme was
too gentle and requested he write a new theme for the series) and was later
released on an album by Film Score Monthly paired with James
Horner's score for the 1982 TV movie Rascals and Robbers: The
Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Patricia
Neal (as Olivia) won a Golden
Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama. The movie was also
nominated for three Emmys: Primetime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Neal), Outstanding
Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation (Earl Hamner), and Outstanding
Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program (Fielder
Cook).
Tony Figueroa
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