Mary White (film)

*Mary White*
Mary White
Genre	Drama
Based on	biographical material; by William Allen White
Teleplay by	Caryl Ledner
Directed by	Jud Taylor
Starring	Ed Flanders; Fionnula Flanagan; Kathleen Beller
Music by	Leonard Rosenman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Terence Nelson; Robert B. Radnitz
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editor	Fred A. Chulack
Running time	102 minutes
Production company	Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 18, 1977

Mary White is a 1977 made-for-TV period biographical movie directed by Jud Taylor about American newspaper editor and author William Allen White (played by Ed Flanders) and his teenage daughter Mary (played by Kathleen Beller), who died at age 16 in a horseback riding accident. The film is based on the true story of White's daughter Mary Katherine, who died in 1921 and was the subject of a well-known eulogy written by her father.^[1]

Caryl Ledner won the Emmy Award for Best Teleplay, Movie-For-Television, in the 1977-78 season. The film often appeared on television in the 1980s, and is now on DVD.

Plot

In Emporia, Kansas, in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Mary Katherine White, a teenage girl, comes of age. Having grown up in wealth and privilege, as a result she meets famous people of the day. In 1921, at age 16, she dies in a riding accident. Her story is recounted in flashback style by her father, a famous editor, author and publisher.

Cast

References

^ NY Times Review - Mary White Retrieved March 21, 2015

External links

Mary White at IMDb
synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] NY Times Review - Mary White Retrieved March 21, 2015

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