Product Description
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All 24 episodes from the first season of the classic 1970s US TV
series starring Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton, a youth on the
verge of manhood during the Great Depression. John-Boy is a
fledgling writer, whose observations are filled with the lessons
about love and growing up that he receives from his her John
(Ralph Waite), his mother Olivia (Michael Learned), Grandma
(Ellen Corby), Grandpa (Will Greer) and all the rest of The
Waltons. Episodes are: 'The Foundling', 'The Carnival', 'The
Calf', 'The Hunt', 'The Typewriter', 'The Star', 'The Sinner',
'The Boy From the CCC', 'The Ceremony', 'The Legend', 'The
Literary Man', 'The Dust Cousins', 'The Reunion', 'The
Minstrel', 'The Actress', 'The Fire', 'The Love Story', 'The
Courtship', 'The Gypsies', 'The Deed', 'The Scholar', 'The
Bicycle', 'The Townie', 'An Easter Story (Part 1)' and 'An Easter
Story (Part 2)'.
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The Walton' nearly 10-year run grew out of the popular, 1971
made-for-TV movie The Homecoming, which was derived from a
Depression-era, rustic setting ("Walton's ain"), and
characters based on Earl Hamner Jr.'s autobiographical novel
Spencer's ain--itself the source for a very nice 1963
feature film starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. That's a
lot of entertainment sprouting from Hamner's prose. But something
about his seminal story of family values, rugged independence,
and big dreams amidst a hardscrabble existence captured the
hearts of American audiences, many of whom personally recalled
severe economic adversity in the 1930s.
The Waltons: The Complete First Season collects those initial
episodes from the series building on the strengths of the
Homecoming pilot, which introduced the extended Walton clan led
by a strong-willed mill owner, John (Andrew Duggan), and his
equally resolute wife, Olivia (Patricia Neal). The Waltons recast
those key roles (as well as a few others) with Ralph Waite and
Michael Learned (yup, a female), but Richard Thomas carried over
as oldest child John-Boy Walton, an aspiring writer whose
cusp-of-manhood view informs the series. Will Geer (Seconds)
replaced Edgar Bergen as Grandpa Walton, Ellen Corby remained as
Grandma, and John and Olivia's large brood (seven kids in all)
were filled out by largely unknown, young actors. The episodes,
still delightful and touching, strong on production values and
unusually tight and polished for primetime drama, tended to focus
on creator Hamner's pet themes of self-sacrifice and heroic
effort when the going got tough.
Year 1 highlights include "The Carnival", in which the
impoverished Waltons, who can't pay for tickets to see a circus
performance, end up sheltering stranded carney folk. "The
Typewriter" is a classic about John-Boy "borrowing" a museum's
antique typewriter, only to have his sister Mary Ellen (Judy
Norton) sell it as junk. "The Sinner" concerns the arrival of a
fundamentalist minister on Walton's ain, finding comfort in
the words of religious iconoclast John Walton after the clergyman
makes a fool of himself with moonshine. That's Hamner himself
providing touches of narration. During the long run of the
multiple-award-winning The Waltons, there were many changes in
casting and storylines. But this boxed set reveals a fine series
in its pristine state. --Tom Keogh
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Synopsis
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They built their home on the timeless ain that bears their
name. They built their lives on even stronger stuff: the bedrock
of family. This 5-disc set features all 24 Year-One episodes of
the beloved series that ran 9 years and won 5 Emmy Awards its
inaugural year, including Outstanding Drama Series. Richard
Thomas plays the key role of John-Boy Walton, a youth on the
verge of manhood during the Great Depression and a fledgling
writer whose observations are filled with the growing-up lessons
and love he receives from her John, mother Olivia, Grandma,
Grandpa and all the rest of The Waltons.|WALTONS SEASON 1 DVD BOX
SET
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