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"Little House on the Prairie" (1974) [TV-Series 1974-1983]
Genre:
Family / Western / Drama (more)
Plot Outline: The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West. (more)
User Comments:
great
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Regular guests:
Also Known As: Little House: A New Beginning (last season title)
Runtime:
60 min / Germany:45 min (210 episodes) / USA:60 min (203 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:Atp
Trivia:
Alison Arngrim originally auditioned for the role of Laura Ingalls, but was not successful. She then tried out for the role of Laura's sister Mary, to the same avail. However, when auditioning for the role of "Nasty" Nellie Oleson, she was hired on the spot for playing mean so convincingly.
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User Comments: Date: 29 September 2003 Summary: great
The late Michael Landon spent his life as a part of our tv family. From 1959
when Bonanza came on the air until 1989 when Highway to Heaven was canceled,
there was not a single year that he did not have a series on the air. That
is a record that will stand for all time I believe. He specialized in
creating high quality family programming. People don't generally realize
that Mister Landon wrote and directed the majority of the episodes of
Bonanza, Little House and Highway To Heaven. Little House showed us a
simple, strong loving family who stayed together and solved their problems
with the power of love and understanding. Michael was everyone's favorite
strict but loving father. Melissa Gilbert said she really looked upon him as
a father figure and the chemistry between Half Pint and Pa showed it. Thru
Mary's blindness and her baby's death to Laura's marriage and all the other
problems the Ingalls stayed together. The show had a first class ensemble
cast and everyone did a wonderful job at creating colorful characters from
Victor French's lovable Mister Edwards to Katherine MacGregor's snobby, mean
Mrs. Olsen. What I like is the fact that Harriet Olsen always got her
"comeuppance" at the end of every episode as did Nellie, but they never
really did learn their lesson. One episode I remember particularly well was
the one where Richard Mulligan played a Cival War veteran who was still
troubled by his experiences at the Battle of Shiloh. He had ran away in
battle and was seriously addicted to morphine. Mulligan was brilliant in the
part and unlike most episodes, this one had a completely tragic ending. He
killed himself. Also, the episode where Albert became an addict was
excellent. People made fun of the scene where he vomits on Pa during
withdrawal but that is exactly what happens to addicts when they go through
it. Matthew Laborteaux visited rehab centers to research his part and it
shows. It is a chilling look at the horrors of drug abuse.
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