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The Gift
Produced by Douglas G. Johnson
Directed by Douglas G. Johnson
Production Company: Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio
Premiere Date: 1978
Length: 1 film reel (16 min.)


Published In Collection:
The Worth of Souls

Published In Collection:
Cipher in the snow; [with] The gift ; The phone call ; The Emmett Smith story ; John Baker's last race : Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio, c2003

 

Genre:   Film
Production Type:
LDS Church Production
Content Types:
Narrative Film
No Obvious Mormon Elements
Distribution Types:
Commercial Video (VHS/DVD)
Also Known As:
The Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

Summary:
Set in the depression of the mid-1930s. A 12-year-old boy who has very little money decides to get up early on Christmas morning to do the farm chores for his dad. It is a gift that lasts a lifetime.

Annotations:
Based on a story by Pearl Buck.

BYU/ LDS Motion Picture Studio Production #1159.

Additional details at Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372299/

HBLL Call No: on DVDMM 195, VC 125
Medium: 16 mm
Cast Members: James Griffith, Francis Urry, Brett Palmer, Joy Sansom, Debbie Van Orden, Jeanne Nuttall, Julia Warner.
Film Editor: Peter G. Czerny
Cinematographer: Reed Smoot
Country: USA




Total Queries: 17. Total Execution Time: 0.013 sec.
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