For the Love of a Child (2006)
Actors:
Ryan Ash (actor),
Marco Attilio (actor),
Brian Dooley (actor),
Josh Emerson (actor),
Rod Heatheringston (actor),
Orest Kinasewich (actor),
Dan Kinoshita (actor),
Matthew Knight (actor),
Tommy Lim (actor),
Chris Manyluk (actor),
David McNally (actor),
Brendan Meyer (actor),
Miakoda Ohki (actor),
John Pyper-Ferguson (actor),
Marty Antonini (actor),
Plot: 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused and/or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob's peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.
Keywords: abuse, adoption, beating, bed, bully, child-abuse, father-figure, male-bonding, orphan, scolding
Genres:
Drama,
Quotes:
Sara: Little Michael's dead.::Yvonne: From Beaumont, that poor sweet boy.
Jacob Fletcher: Do you believe in angels?::Telephone operator: Yes, I do, I do believe in angels, Jacob.::Jacob Fletcher: Jacob needs an angel, right now, real bad.
The Edge of Night (1956)
Actors:
Wesley Addy (actor),
Denny Albee (actor),
Mark Andrews (actor),
Mark Arnold (actor),
Victor Arnold (actor),
Humbert Allen Astredo (actor),
Craig Augustine (actor),
Conrad Bain (actor),
Joey Baio (actor),
Leslie Barrett (actor),
Bernard Barrow (actor),
Jackson Beck (actor),
John Bedford Lloyd (actor),
Ralph Bell (actor),
Willie Aames (actor),
Plot: In the fictional city of Monticello, attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens. Some such citizens include dowager Geraldine Whitney, the frequently-married Raven Alexander, attorney Adam Drake and his wife, Nicole, attorney Draper Scott and his wife, April, Police Chief Bill Marceau, night club owner Johnny Dallas, physician Dr. Miles Cavanaugh, young Jody Travis and her many boyfriends, and Mike Karr himself, his wife, Nancy, and their daughter, Lorrie. All the usual soap opera devices, including prolonged amnesia, a woman with a split personality, murderous mobsters, usurped identities, and murders with many suspects, are used quite effectively in this long running serial.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, attorney, courtroom, murder, partially-lost-tv-series, soap-opera
Genres:
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery,