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Tales from Avonlea. The complete first season
(DVD)
Contributors
Sullivan, Kevin, 1955- director.
Gillard, Stuart, actor.
Bonniere, Rene, actor.
McBrearty, Don, actor.
Benner, Richard, actor.
Gillard, Stuart, actor.
Bonniere, Rene, actor.
McBrearty, Don, actor.
Benner, Richard, actor.
Status
Movie (Entertainment) - North Wing Basement
DR 13036
1 available
DR 13036
1 available
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Copy Number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Entertainment) - North Wing Basement | DR 13036 | #1-3 | On Shelf |
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 590 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
786936691252
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast on television, 1989-90.
General Note
Film based on the novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
General Note
Special features of this DVD: full screen ; Dolby Digital ; chapter access.
Participants/Performers
Sarah Polley ; special guests: R.H. Thomson, Susan Cox, Dan MacDonald, Lloyd Bochner, Rebecca Jenkins, Zoe Caldwell, Paul Haddad, Doris Petrie, Malcolm Stoddard, Rosemary Dunsmore, Fiona Reid, Frances Hyland, W.O. Mitchell, Patricia Hamilton, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Peacock.
Description
Join Sara Stanley as she journeys to Avonlea to unite her extended family, the Kings. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Tales From Avonlea tells the classic story of adventure, love, and lifelong lessons.
Description
The journey begins: When Sara Stanley's father finds himself in the center of an embezzlement scandal, he sends his daughter and her nanny to Avonlea. There isn't room for both Sara and the nanny, so high-handed Aunt Hetty sends the nanny packing, leaving Sara alone to learn the ways of her country relatives.
Description
The story girl earns her name: Sara accidentally helps a con man skip town with school library funds. In an effort to make it right, she recruits the help of town recluse Jasper Dale to put on a Magic Lantern show to raise money. Sara's rival, Sally Potts, shoves the Magic Lantern over, causing a disastrous fire and ruining Sara's reputation.
Description
The quarantine at Alexander Abraham's: Sunday School volunteer Rachel Lynde stumbles into Alexander Abraham's farm to locate a boy missing from her class. When Sara and Felix try to warn him, they take a dare from Felicity and discover he is not there. But "old man Abraham" has smallpox and all four are placed under quarantine.
Description
The materializing of Duncan McTavish: After relentless prying about her spinster status from her sewing circle, Marilla Cuthbert tells a fib about a fictitious beau with the name Duncan McTavish. When a traveling salesman going by the same name comes to Avonlea, Marilla must now face the consequence of being found in her white lie.
Description
Song of the night (aka Old Lady Lloyd): Sara and her cousins venture onto the eerie property of eccentric old Miss Lloyd--a poor spinster haunted by her past. Sara discovers that Sylvia Gray (a struggling singer) is the orphaned daughter of Miss Lloyd's ex-beau. Sara challenges Miss Lloyd to swallow her pride and assist the visiting Sylvia.
Description
Proof of the pudding: Alec and Janet King celebrate their anniversary in Charlottetown leaving perfectionist Felicity in charge of the children. Chaos ensues when Hetty rushes off to the Governor's office to stop an over-zealous lawyer from selling the King pond watering rights, leaving Sara under Felicity's "know-it-all" control too.
Description
Aunt Abigail's beau: Janet King's spinster sister, Aunt Abigail, receives a visit from a former suitor returning from the Yukon with newfound wealth and confidence. His efforts to court the prim Abigail are rebuffed and he is quite crushed. Sara and Felicity persuade Abigail that she has been rash, but her suitor is leaving town.
Description
Malcolm and the baby: When Malcolm finally marries Abigail, the discovery of an orphaned infant in an abandoned basket by Sara and Felicity provides the new couple an instant family. Where baby makes three, it offers the perfect opportunity for prim and proper Rachel Lynde and the high and mighty Hetty King to renew an old feud.
Description
Conversions: Peter, the hopelessly teased hired hand at Rose Cottage, seems to attract trouble. To add to his woes, he has a spurned crush on Felicity and Aunt Hetty fires him for not keeping up. It takes his deathly bout with influeza for everyone to realize how important Peter has been in their lives.
Description
Felicity's challenge: Felicity has her hands full when she is both the subject of a typical pre-adolescent crush, and is challenged by the other schoolgirls to make the mousy Clemmie a Harvest Ball favorite. The entire King clan becomes involved in a scheme to expose the puppy love at a Ball where Felicity desperately wants to win the bet.
Description
The hope chest of Arabella King (aka The blue chest of Arabella King): The King family discovers a mystifying chest belonging to the recently deceased Arabella King in the farm attic, capturing the overactive imaginations of Felix and Andrew. They're convinced treasure is in the chest. Sara and Olivia enlist the help of Jasper Dale in a search for answers to Arabella's mysterious past.
Description
The witch of Avonlea: When Sara, Felicity, Felix, Cecily and their friend Clemmie Ray are caught in a storm, they must take cover. Their only chance is in the crumbling cottage of Peg Bowen, a peculiar drifter living on the edge of town. Deemed a witch by the townsfolk, she forces the children to confront their worst fears about this "giver of spells."
Description
Nothing endures but change: With Sara's nanny rapidly failing in health, and her father finally cleared of fraud, it is time for Sara to make a momentous decision. When Blair Stanley travels to Avonlea to collect his daughter and return to Montreal, Sara must decide if she will leave Avonlea. The entire King family waits on tenterhooks for her choice.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sullivan, K., Gillard, S., Bonniere, R., McBrearty, D., Benner, R., Pittman, B., Frost, H., Shapiro, P., Hyland, F., Thomson, R. H., Dewhurst, C., Mitchell, W. O., Hamilton, P., Peacock, T., Bochner, L., Jenkins, R., Caldwell, Z., Haddad, P., Petrie, D., Stoddard, M., Dunsmore, R., Reid, F., MacDonald, D., Cox, S., Montgomery, L. M. 1., & Polley, S. (2005). Tales from Avonlea . Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kevin Sullivan et al.. 2005. Tales From Avonlea. Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kevin Sullivan et al.. Tales From Avonlea Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sullivan, Kevin, et al. Tales From Avonlea Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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