Norma Rae 1979  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Morgan Paull, Noble Willingham, Lonny Chapman, John Calvin, Robert Broyles, Booth Colman, Lee de Broux, James Luisi, Vernon Weddle
With encouragement from New York union organizer Ruben (Ron Leibman), Southern textile worker Norma Rae (Sally Field) tries to unionize her work place. Problems arise at home because Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), becomes jealous and suspects a romance is taking place between Norma Rae and Ruben. Based on a true story. Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress, and an Oscar was also won for Best Song ("It Goes Like It Goes"). The film was nominated for Best Picture.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1974  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Diane Baker, Pamelyn Ferdin, Michael-James Wixted, Cliff Robertson, James Olson, Nancy Malone, Allyn Ann McLerie, Liam Dunn, Anne Seymour, Booth Colman, Shirley Slater, Johnny Lee
This TV remake of the 1945 Oscar-winning classic does an adequate job of telling Betty Smith's story of a widow raising her children in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. After her husband (Cliff Robertson) dies, Francie (Diane Baker) must make it on her own until she meets and marries a policeman (James Olson). Originally intended as the pilot for a TV series, the series did not come to be.
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| 1. Norma Rae (1979)
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
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