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The Ladies Friendship Group

Item number (ISN):

105606

Series title:

The Way We Are

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

105606

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: WAY WE ARE, THE

Accession:

1988-0421

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1988-12-22

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director/producer, Jack Emack; executive producer, Robert Allen; scenario, Thomas F. Lipinski

Cast credit:

Lee Royce, Mary Glenfield, Barbara Reese, Doreen Ibsen, Jim Dougall, Jeffrey Barnum, Renne Laird, Stewart Short

Description:

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The residents of the Good Samaritan nursing home take in an abandoned baby on New Year's Eve. A resident named Jones notices a boy knocking at a window. The boy, John, is holding a baby wrapped in a quilt embroidered "To you, with love. The Ladies Friendship Group". Needing help, John has brought his baby brother to the nursing home because the nursing home's name is stitched on the quilt. Several seniors notice something is happening. They recognize the quilt as one they made and donated to a woman's shelter. Worried that the nurses will interfere, the seniors decide on their own to help the boys. Everyone gets involved. The woman who hoards food has saved enough coffee creamers to fill the baby's bottle. A man fakes a heart attack to distract the nurses. Jones runs a bath for the baby. Another old woman, sitting guard by the tub room, warns Jones when a nurse is approaching. Someone brings baby lotion, powder and towels. One of the most respected and feared seniors is Judge Reese. No one wants to speak to him. The residents draw straws to choose who has to tell him about the baby. Lizzie, the meekest senior, loses, and has to talk to him. She relates a painful incident from her own past. This wins over the judge and he telephones a friend to call in a favour. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Source of description is CBC Television Advance Program Information No. 355, 17-24 December 1988, and CBC Television Program Release No. 391, 21 December 1988.~2. CBC Edmonton production.

Genre:

DRAMA

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Vault ISN:

812739

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8812-0054.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8812-0054

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

812740

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_8812-0054.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8812-0054

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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