Donald Bailey is 15 years old when he
leaves an Oklahoma orphanage bound for California during the depression. He meets Emogene, she is the daughter
of migrant farm workers. They
marry and set out to break the cycle in their family history of poverty and
lack of education. His daughter
Elizabeth remembers her dad’s unique life, his charm, optimism and wonderful
singing voice. She is one of three
girls in the family along with six boys for a total of nine children.
Wow is all I can say about a family of
nine children! I knew a family
with eight children and they had experiences unique to having this many
children. The baby was left in the
crib while everyone else was on their way to see grandparents. A quick return home was required. One child was left in the car when
everyone else went into a Church service.
Someone coming in from the parking lot reported this to the
parents. The Bailey’s seem to have
it all together and these mix-ups don’t seem to happen to them. The parents really are calm and can
usually handle everything.
Interesting! 3 ½* (I liked
this movie)
88 min, Drama directed by
Andrew and Elizabeth Waite with Jarin Stevens, Jennica Schwartzman, Jules
Hartley, Charlie Waite, Gabriel Myers, Madeline Penn, Travis Cluff, Lynn-Marie
Beard, Ilona Hansen, Tina Mirka, Blythe Butler, Carsen Warner.
Note: Imdb 7.3 out of
10, Roger Ebert 4*, Dove.org 1 point for sex, language, violence, drugs, no nudity and also 1 point for death, grief, brothers arguing, husband and wife arguing, Metacritic 74 out of 100 with 19 critics and 7.2 out of 10 with 10 reviews, Amazon 4* out of 5* with 85 reviews.
Special Note: Filmed in Bakersfield, Santa Barbara and Taft, California. There are other film with the same title from 1916 and 1999.
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