KERI RUSSELL, SKEET ULRICH AND MARE WINNINGHAM STAR IN "THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS," A "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME" PRESENTATION, TO BE REBROADCAST SATURDAY, JAN. 30 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS, a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation starring Keri Russell ("We Were Soldiers"), Skeet Ulrich ("As Good As It Gets") and Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham ("George Wallace"), to be rebroadcast Saturday, Jan. 30 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The poignant love story, set during World War II, is about an unwed pregnant woman who is sent to a small Colorado town to marry a lonely farmer who agrees to raise her child as his own. (Originally broadcast 1/30/05)
Livy Dunne (Russell) dreams of a career as an archeologist until she becomes pregnant by a dashing soldier who leaves her behind. Her father, a stern minister, banishes her from his family and sends her away to an arranged marriage with Ray Singleton (Ulrich), a hard-working man with whom she initially has little in common.
Though far from happy, Livy accepts her fate and is graciously taken in by the town's people and Ray's family including his sister, Martha (Winningham), a warm, friendly woman who welcomes Livy with open arms. Still, she continues to send letters to the missing soldier and holds out a grain of hope for his return.
Ray is patient and willing to do anything he can to make Livy comfortable in the home he has lived in all of his life. But it takes a visit from Livy's sister, who presents an opportunity for Livy to return home, and a friendship with a Japanese family, who live in a nearby internment camp, for her to begin to see the magic that ordinary life with Ray has to offer.
THE MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS was produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions. Richard Welsh ("The Blackwater Lightship") is the executive producer; Jim O'Grady ("The Outlaws") and Brent Shields ("A Painted House") are the producers. Shields also serves as director from a script by Camille Thomasson ("Luther") which was based on the book by Ann Howard Creel.
RATING: To Be Announced
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