kodi-7 Reviews

Skylark (1993 TV Movie)

Skylark; continuing family love during hardship

[10/10 · 5 January 2006]

The Midwest is struck with a drought. Many family desert their farms, but Sarah and Jacob hang on as long as possible.

Finally, Sarah and the two children go to the east coast to visit "the Jewels" (Sarah's aunts) and Sarah's brother, while Jacob stays at the farm and tries to save what he can. The aunts are delightful, nonconformists who accept the children and welcome Sarah.

When rain finally comes to the Midwest, Jacob goes to Maine to bring home Sarah and the children. Sarah says a final goodbye to her beloved Maine.

Skylark is as wonderful a movie as Sarah Plain and Tall, and Winter's End. This movie is suitable for any age. Hallmark has once again excelled.

Naughty Marietta (1935)

classic movie

[10/10 · 29 December 2005]

Naughty Marietta and Rose Marie are two of the best films ever made. Their plot is similar, but both have great songs, scenery, and costumes. I never tired of watching these two movies. I wish they would come out in digitally remastered dvds.

Naughty Marietta has a slow beginning that shows her in tune with the common man, although she is a princess. Not wanting to marry the man chosen for her, she runs to America. Rescued from pirates by Nelson Eddie, she ends up in New Orleans. Not wishing to marry, she works in a marianette theater until her uncle comes from France to get her. Nelson Eddie rescues her and they flee into the wilderness.