Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning 2008  N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Rachel Blanchard, Shirley MacLaine, Ron Lea, Bernard Behrens, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Natalie Radford, Ben Carlson, Joan Gregson, Kyra Harper, Mike Beaver, Jayne Eastwood, Colleen Dewhurst, Lynne Griffin, Patricia Hamilton
Now a playwright, adult Anne (Barbara Hershey) relives her early years when she returns to Prince Edward Island to write a play at Green Gables. Anne finds a letter from her father beneath Green Gables' floorboards, and she learns the truth about her father who abandoned her. Those letters help shape her play as Anne remembers herself as young Anne (Hannah Endicott-Douglas) growing up in the home of Amelia Thomas (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter-in-law Louisa (Rachel Blanchard).
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The Christmas Wife 1988  TV, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Don Francks, James Eckhouse, Patricia Hamilton, Deborah Grover, David Gardner, Tom Harvey, Christopher Andrade, Steven Andrade, Bill Lynn, Helen Frost, Lawrence Dane, Gwynyth Walsh
Lonely widower John Tanner (Jason Robards) does not want to be alone for Christmas and hires a woman companion, Iris (Julie Harris), to spend the holiday with him. They drive to a secluded mountain cabin where John learns that there is mystery surrounding Iris and that she will not answer his questions. On Christmas day, Iris tells John that she wants to go home. The reason for Iris' mysterious presence is that she is, in fact, married to the social arranger (Don Francks) who sent Iris to John. Iris and her husband needed the $500 service fee to pay their bills, and Iris agreed to spend the holidays with John.
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| 1. Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
2. The Christmas Wife (1988)
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