As the patriarch of a large and growing family, Clay Spencer is fiercely independent, yet dedicated to his family. The story is not as clean cut as "The Walton's" giving you a more realist life experience. Both novels were inspired by his own childhood. While he resists the influence of religion, he struggles to remain faithful to his wife Olivia, to enable his son to attend college, and to build a new home for his family. Born in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains, Earl Hamner, Jr., is an award-winning author, ... His most well-known television series is The Waltons, which is based on his bestselling stories Spencer’s Mountain and The Homecoming. Quella nostra estate (Spencer's Mountain) è un film del 1963 scritto, diretto e prodotto da Delmer Daves.Tratto dal romanzo Spencer's Mountain dello scrittore americano Earl Hamner Jr., la storia venne poi trasposta nella celebre serie tv The Waltons.. Trama.
Spencer's Mountain is a 1963 American family drama film written, directed, and produced by Delmer Daves from the 1961 novel of the same name by Earl Hamner Jr. Read an Excerpt. The Waltons is an American drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book Spencer's Mountain and the 1963 film of the same name.The television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story was broadcast on December 19, 1971.
“Up on the mountain, when I was a boy,” the old man began the story he told each year, “there used to be a big old buck deer that was white all over and had pink eyes. The film centers on the trials and tribulations of the Spencers, a family living in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming during the early 1960s. "Spencer's Mountain" written by Earl Hamner is the book that inspired "The Walton's" television series and the movie "Spencer's Mountain". The novel and the film became the basis for the long-running television series Lots of folks that never laid eyes on him used to claim there wasn’t no such thing. Gli Spencer sono una grande famiglia americana che vive nelle Grand Teton Mountains del Wyoming nei primi anni Sessanta. The book was well written and gave you a lens into life in the Virginia mountains during the depression era.
The film stars Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, and in early appearances in their careers, James MacArthur, Veronica Cartwright, and Victor French.Longtime Hollywood actor Donald Crisp plays "Grandpa", his final screen role.