Reviews

I watched this program years ago and I would love to see it again. It starred Patty McCormack, one of my childhood favorites, and all I remember is the white statue of the Blessed Virgin and Patty saying that she "stole her flower seeds", but it was an excellent program if my memory serves me right! At that time I was too young to know that I really loved Rumer Godden, later on I recalled that some of my favorite stories (The Fairy Doll and Greengage Summer) both had Ms Godden in common! Does anyone else remember this made for TV program, if so I would love to read your thoughts!

Since I went to Catholic Schools I was especially devoted to the Blessed Virgin and while I was warned by my teachers about too much television I honestly believe that they would have enjoyed this show.

I vaguely remember Brandon DeWilde as Patty's partner in crime in this program, I also remember having a little crush on him at the time.

If my memory serves me correctly this is a story about a baby left on the doorstep of a Convent. The nuns raise the child.

I wrote to Hallmark and they said that the new company does not have access to the older movies. I believe that the films MUST be somewhere and I sincerely hope that they are recovered. This was a charming episode and I'm sure that folks would enjoy seeing it if it were made available.

If I remember correctly the baby was a girl who led a reasonably normal life, in Circle Of Friends, by Maeve Binchy, this concept was explored and one of the girls was also raised by nuns-I always wondered if Maeve Binchy, as a child in Ireland, saw this movie and was inspired by the idea.

I finally got my copy of this movie after waiting TEN years from Scooter and I have to say that I LOVED it! The quality of the DVD is excellent so I was able to focus entirely on the film.

The BAD thing about it was Susannah York who overplayed and was overly dramatic and worst of all a BLONDE which violated the entire idea that the rest of the family was pink and brown but Joss and Willmouse were dark haired and exotic.

HOWEVER, Jane Asher, who played Hester was exactly right in both her looks and delivery!

In the movie there are only four children while Godden had five in her book but this is no way detracts from the movie. I would seriously recommend that you get this movie for any Godden lover because it kept my attention and I truly enjoyed it. The actor who played Eliot was exactly right, while he didn't match my mental idea of his LOOKS, his delivery was spot on!

While I am normally never satisfied with movies from books, (hated the Maeve Binchy movies and wasn't thrilled with Angela Lansbury's Shell Seekers and yet LOVED the books!) I have to say that THIS one was an exception. IF I gave the book to someone I would definitely include the DVD as well along with a box of Belgian Chocolates and some really GOOD coffee!