The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film)
The Magnificent Yankee | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Emmet Lavery (play) |
Written by | (screenplay) |
Directed by | George Schaefer |
Starring | Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Jordan Charney Grover Dale James Daly Robert Emhardt Eduard Franz William Griffis |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Release | |
Original release | 28 January 1965 |
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by from the Emmet Lavery 1946 , which was in-turn adapted from the 1942 book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances. Eduard Franz reprised his role as Louis Brandeis from the original 1950 film version.[1]
Director George Schaefer won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment, Phil Hyams as lighting director, and Bob O'Bradovich as make-up artist. Nominations went to for the screenplay, Noel Taylor for costume design, and Warren Clymer for scenic design.
Cast and characters[]
- Alfred Lunt – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Lynn Fontanne – Fanny Holmes
- Jordan Charney – Halloran
- Grover Dale – Mapes
- James Daly – Owen Wister
- Robert Emhardt – Henry Adams
- Eduard Franz – Louis Brandeis
- William Griffis – Theodore Roosevelt
- – Mason
- Brenda Forbes – Mary
- – Copeland
- Lee Goodman – Dixon
- Donald Symington – Hamilton
- – Northrop
- Max Jacobs – Rogers
- – Ellen Jones
References[]
- ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1416. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
External links[]
- 1965 television films
- 1965 films
- American films
- American courtroom films
- Films directed by George Schaefer
- Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes
- Television shows based on American novels
- Television shows based on plays
- Television remakes of films
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- American television film stubs