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"Hallmark Hall of Fame" Lily Dale (1996)
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Horton Foote (screenplay)
Horton Foote (play)
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Original Air Date:
9 June 1996 (Season 45, Episode 4)
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The story takes place in 1910, Texas. 19-year-old Horace Robedaux full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination more
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Lily Dale, trip to the past more (4 total)
Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Mary Stuart Masterson | ... | Lily Dale |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | Pete Davenport |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Corella |
 | Tim Guinee | ... | Horace Robedaux |
 | John Slattery | ... | Will Kidder |
 | Jean Stapleton | ... | Mrs. Coons |
| Sean Hennigan | ... | Card Player |
 | Chamblee Ferguson | ... | Drummer |
| Elbert Lewis | ... | Vegetable Vendor |
| Johnathan Bren | ... | Trio Singer |
 | Brent Anderson | ... | Trio Singer |
| Mark Walters | ... | Uncle Albert |
| Angee Hughes | ... | Mrs. Westheimer |
| John Hussey | ... | Mr. Westheimer |
| Horton Foote | ... | Old Horace (voice) |
Series Cast
These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode? | David Winters | ... | Jacques |
| Selena Royle | ... | Cast Member 1951-1952 |
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Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
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98 min
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This is a great look into life in the uptight 1910s in Texas with broken families reuniting under awkward circumstances. The star is really Horace, the son from a prior marriage visiting his mother and sister. Lily Dale, the sister and the character who offers the title of the play, has all the best lines. Horace has no good quotes that I remember, therefore, he is sort of like you and I, the audience, but nonetheless, the star, since it is through him that all drama is triggered. Lily Dale is also from the prior marriage. But mother and sister are now linked to a new father figure, the second husband. Horace is not a part of this new union. Through inaction and sometimes outright comment the sister and the stepfather let Horace know he has no status in this new family unit; he is not welcome. The mother is conflicted. I couldn't help but think of my grandmother's life and what it must have been like for her and her siblings with their mother and stepfather, so this film had some impact for me. Lily Dale is naive, needy and manipulative; and being courted by a fun-loving regular guy who has no real purpose in this drama except to trigger some scary premarital talk between mother and daughter about sex and child birthing. The drama begins and ends with Horace being anxious about never having been baptized. Maybe that could be an issue in the 1910s, but really, who cares today? The script has wonderful contradictions, for example, LD describes the house as gloomy and silent before Horace arrived, yet she still seems to want him to leave. My favorite quote from LD: "look away, I want to ask you something."