A Wedding on Waltons Mountain is an American television movie, directed by Lee Philips and set after the ending of the 1972-1981 CBS sitcom series The Waltons. The film revolves around the wedding plans of Erin Walton, who is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul, but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, lived through his wife’s death. The Waltons reunite to celebrate the 1960s wedding of their eldest, John-Boy, but impending crises threaten the family’s happiness.
The movie features lead performances by Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton, and Mary Beth McDonough. Erin’s marriage to lumberman Paul Northridge (Morgan Stevens) is threatened by the arrival of her former beau, Louis Longworth Jr., who returns to complicate her decision. The family prepares for their wedding on Waltons Mountain, but the path of true love is strewn with pitfalls, even on the mountain.
As the family prepares for Erin’s marriage to Paul Northridge, Ashley Longworth Jr. returns and complicates Erin’s decision. The movie also stars Louise Clark, Jerry Herrin, Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Eric Scott, and David W. Harper.
In conclusion, A Wedding on Waltons Mountain is a romantic drama that follows the wedding plans of Erin Walton and Paul Northridge, set after World War II. The film showcases the complexities of love and the challenges faced by families during these challenging times.
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Does Erin marry Ashley?
He says he doesn’t want to get married in a church. Serena follows Elizabeth. Ashley Longworth Jr. goes back to the mountain. He proposes to Erin, who accepts. John and Olivia rush over to the Baldwin Sisters’ house to find Erin. John says they hadn’t met Ashley yet and it was time to do so. They meet Ashley when they find him. Ashley had spent time at the house in The Legacy when he and Erin first fell in love.
Narrator: John Boy Walton, Jr. reading from his journal. The Second World War changed our country and its people. Some changes were obvious, while others were more gradual and left lasting impressions. The whole world was in a hurry, and its pace was reflected in the young men returning from battle.
Stage 20, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA, USA.
Who gets married in a wedding on Waltons Mountain?
The Waltons characters are back in a movie about love and loyalty. Erin and Paul are engaged. They plan to marry on Valentine’s Day. Erin’s plans are ruined when an unexpected guest arrives on Waltons Mountain. Erin last heard from Ashley Longworth, Jr. when he went to war, but he didn’t come back. He married another woman. Now a widower, he wants to win Erin back. He’s still not convinced. Ashley will do anything to get Erin to marry him, even if it means hurting Paul. But Paul won’t back down, and the fight for love begins. Meanwhile, other couples on Waltons Mountain are going through ups and downs. Cindy and Ben are waiting for their second child. Mary Ellen’s boyfriend, Jonesy, opens a vet practice, but he has to prove himself to the townspeople. Elizabeth is lonely with Drew away at college, and Jim Bob is feeling left out because he’s single. Corabeth’s matchmaking scheme involving Reverend Tom Marshall backfires in a delightful way.
Did Ben and Cindy Walton marry in real life?
Cindy Brunson Walton first appears in an emotional episode of The Waltons called Founders Day. Fans say the last two minutes of this episode are some of the best Waltons scenes ever. For actor Leslie Winston, joining The Waltons cast for the last three years helped her bond with the cast and become a memorable part of the show’s legacy.
Did Erin leave The Waltons?
McDonough started her career as a child actor, playing Erin Walton in The Waltons from 1972 to 1981. She made her feature film debut in Lovely But Deadly and co-starred with Melissa Sue Anderson in Midnight Offerings. She was then cast in Mortuary, a slasher film with Lynda Day George and Bill Paxton. She later played Erin Walton in three 1982 Waltons reunion films. In 1987, she had a lead role in the dark comedy Funland. In the 1990s, McDonough appeared in three more Waltons films as Erin Walton. A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, A Walton Wedding, and A Walton Easter. In the 2000s, she returned to TV acting, guest-starring on Boston Legal and The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2009). McDonough has been on radio and international and syndicated TV shows. She appears on the internet in the show McDougall M.D. on the TBN network.
What happened to Ben and Cindy’s child on The Waltons?
In the fourth TV film, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, Ginny didn’t appear. Ben and Cindy said Ginny died two years ago. They didn’t say more about Ginny’s death on IMDb. Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands. When you use our sites and apps, we use cookies to: We use your data to provide our sites and apps, authenticate users, apply security measures, prevent spam and abuse, and measure your use of our sites and apps.
Did all The Waltons get married?
Mary Ellen and Ben start families. Erin, Jason, and John-Boy are married. Jim-Bob and Elizabeth are young and trying to find love. World War II affects the family. All four Walton boys join the military. Mary Ellen’s husband, Curtis Curt Willard, is killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Years later, Mary Ellen hears that her late husband is alive. She finds him, but he is living under an assumed name and is still affected by his war wounds. She divorces him and remarries.
John’s plane is shot down, and Olivia volunteers at the VA hospital but is seen less and less. She gets tuberculosis and goes to a sanatorium in Arizona. Olivia’s cousin Rose Burton moves in to take care of the family. Two years later, John Sr. moves to Arizona to be with Olivia. Grandma is in only a few episodes of the eighth season. She was usually visiting relatives in Buckingham County. Grandma rarely speaks after Ellen Corby’s stroke. She usually says one- or two-word lines like “No!” or “Oh, boy!”
Are Jon Walmsley and Lisa Harrison still married?
She is an actress and producer. She is known for Superman Returns, Kidnapped, and The Waltons. She was married to Jon Walmsley.
Who married Erin Walton?
This romantic drama is set immediately after World War II and based on the long-running television series The Waltons. It focuses on the wedding plans of Erin Walton and Paul Northridge. Many of the TV series characters are in this TV movie about Erin Walton’s marriage. Some loved it, some hated it. As a child who grew up on The Waltons and Little House, this is a trip back to my youth. What was the name of the 1982 Canadian release of A Wedding on Waltons Mountain?
Does Erin Walton marry Paul Northridge?
Erin’s marriage to Paul is threatened by Louis. Mary Beth McDonough, Ralph Waite, Ellen Corby, Jason. Jon Walmsley. Ellen Judy Norton-Taylor. Marshall: Kip Niven. Jones Richard Gilliland. Directed by Lee Philips.
Did any of the actors on The Waltons date each other?
Love stories happened behind the scenes. Ma and Pa Walton fell in love on set. And remember Jason and Toni? Jon Walmsley and Lisa Harrison married in 1979. What about John-Boy? Waltons star Richard Thomas had his girlfriend play his love interest on the show. The real-world romance came first. In 1972, just after The Waltons started, Richard Thomas appeared in a different role in a movie. The 21-year-old actor played a killer in the Patty Duke horror movie You’ll Like My Mother. Imagine seeing the young actor play two very different roles in the same month. In You’ll Like My Mother, Duke’s character goes to Minnesota to meet her late husband’s mother. The eerie mansion is not what it seems. Kenny (Thomas) is creepy.
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I never imagined back in the 70’s, that I was witnessing, the last classiest most talented group of Actors in T.V. and Movie History! If I had known then, how good it really was, I would have appreciated it so much more than I did! It was the norm then, little did we all know, that we were witnessing the end of an Era!
These two were quintessential character actors who’s credits are of astounding variety of genres in radio, stage, cinema and television. They worked in comedy, westerns, scifi, mysteries, melodrama, even classical roles and musicals in Geer’s case. Most of us would never have bothered to look at the credits to find out who was playing that old curmudgeon, that gossipy neighbor, or that wily old fox, or that obstinate nurse. But character actors like these two, flesh out and enrich countless scenes and bring life to the most cliched dialogue. Never ever underestimate the veteran character actor. More often than not, they are putting in the best performances in any production! The least we can do to repay them, is wait for that credit listing, and find out who sparkled and stole the scene, if only for a half dozen lines.
Wow, seeing Grandma and Grandpa Walton up on a stage excepting the Emmy Award is really something… They’re both were very hard working and gentle spirits. You can see that in both candor.. Will Geer played in Eight is Enough as well at the same time as the he played in the Walton’s.. If anyone has seen the Homecoming, before the series of the Walton’s the Grandfather was played by someone totally different.. I am glad when they made the series that they picked Will Geer for the Grandfather.. He fit the part to a tee as well as Ellen Corby.. The Walton’s series wasn’t the same without the Grandfather Will Geer…
Will Geer is an inspiration to us all where it’s never too late for a major comeback of redemption! His children said that the best 10 years of his life were the last 10 years of his life. God, can we all have that blessing! Also, Ellen Corby was a superstar too and I am very happy for her success! very well deserved!
These two are so missed I loved both of them dearly they were super cute together and so down to earth so nice that they both won that award they deserved it and how kind that Mr will geer dedicated his to the little school house on Walton’s mountain they have both got a better reward up in heaven now together r.i.p grandma and grandpa walton
These are wonderful actors and a great show. I appreciate it more now than I did then. It was a chance to show many people that did not have a loving family what a family was and is. There are no examples on tv today of it that I know of. Yes there really were wonderful hard working, moral, Jesus loving people like that and there still is but you have to look hard for them. They did not have much but they had enough of all the right things. God bless the USA.
Geer’s white ensemble makes him look like Mark Twain’s grandfather! Geer was one of many actors who faced the pernicious poison of the HUAC hunters in the 1950s. So glad he was recognized for his contribution to The Waltons. Ellen Corby had a long and distinguished career. Most remember her from ” It’s a Wonderful Life ” when she asked, during the run on the bank, ” Can I have seventeen fifty? “
Strange how back in the 1970’s the Happy Days Fonz and Hard Rock Music was the only thing cool about the decade. Now at my old age the Waltons proved me wrong and it was really shows like theirs that were and still are the coolest and classiest. God has a sense of humour. When we get older He humbles us and teaches us most serious important value lessons that matter most about life.
OH. OH. OH. But today, in 2020 I am so surprised. I am perusal the magnificent The Waltons on Me TV weekdays. Yesterday, grandma, Esther Ellen Corby returned to her Waltons family after her real life stroke. I don’t remember how long she was actually away from the series, but grandpa so grieved for her in her absence. So joyful was he yesterday when she returned! I believe the episodes are being fed us in chronological order so imagine the shock in discovering the very next episode(!) was dedicated to the memory of Will Geer who apparently passed away in the time frame between these two episodes. How did production get out a script that flashed the action 6 months into the future where the family has moved on but still dealing with the repercussions of his loss so fast? Was the show on hiatus between these two shows? So sad, for both the family and the audience. I would be really interested in knowing how all this went down.
Little known facts about Will Geer: He was a member of the Communist Party during the Depression, and remained a champion of civil and labour rights throughout his life. He was a close friend of Woody Guthrie, having met him through his political activities. Friends and family sang Guthrie songs to him as he lay dying. Like many similar show business figures, he was blacklisted through the 50s. Will was openly gay, at least in his social group, in an era when this wasn’t widely practised. (Or safe.) He was also a rabid gardener, and personally planted and maintained all of the gardens on the set of The Waltons. In short, he lived one of those rich, colourful lives so typical of actors of his generation.
I guess Grandma and Grampa decided on a one-day truce so that they wouldn’t makes fools of themselves in front of all these people at the fancy eatin’ place. They were usually crabby (especially Grandma!) all the time, and calling each other ‘Old man’ or ‘Old Woman’. Grandma ain’t never this nice to Grandpa! They would never kiss in front of all these people in real life on Walton’s Mountain!
Melon Pretzel is Rice Krispies. Triscuit Tonsollith is Gay. The raisin why John-Bun was in the audience is because he wanted to see his coated star receive the Tootsie-Roll. He was in the Cheerios for that raisin. Triscuit Tonsolith vanilla wafere’d to fried chicken his Tootsie-Roll to the Ice Cream Float hot salted butter.
Gosh, Will Geer would be gone three short years later, April 1978. How time flies. Didn’t know he was a Communist asshat playing a beloved character. Ellen Corby had a stroke about a year later (Nov 1976) whom Greer was credited with saving her life by going to find out why she did not show up to work, which was very uncharacteristic. Corby’s final role was in A Walton Easter. In 1999, following several years of declining health, Corby died at age 87 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Will Geer Born: William Aughe Ghere, March 9, 1902, Frankfort, Indiana, US Died: April 22, 1978, Los Angeles, California, US Born: Ellen Hansen June 3, 1911 Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. Died April 14, 1999 (aged 87) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles California, U.S.
I have a dumb question. Any Walton fan knows that the Walton’s are based on the lives of the real Walton family. If an actor has a stroke like Ellen Corby did, and the actor, that played Grandpa died; how does that work? I mean if the actor died, but the real Grandpa was still living, why didn’t they get a replacement of Grandpa like they did John Boy?
Today*s Shows are crap. Trashy& poor acting. Even, the comedies after garbage—- not even funny, I, was a theatre major& I, could write better scripts. Now The Walton’s THAT, was acting. Richard Thomas; but my fav was*grandma& gramp Watons . They both won. 3 XI, nev. knew whom else(I, was only a teen). Superb show thanks,thank you alot😁
I grew up in a divided house. Parents always fought and never agreed on anything. Tried to get me and my siblings to take sides all the time. It was rough. I’d go in my room and watch the Waltons along with Little House on the Prairie just so I could escape the chaos and dream about having a loving family environment of my own. At 30 years old, I still hope for a family of my own that is full of love the way the Waltons were.
I was searching for ‘A Christmas Story’ and found this instead and decided to watch it. It’s a week before Thanksgiving 2023. My parents passed away in 2021 and my brother shortly after. This somehow makes me feel close to them even though they are no longer here. I’m 53 now. We watched the Waltons together as a family, us kids laying on the living room floor. It’s the only show my dad thought was wholesome enough for us to watch. I sure miss the simple and beautiful way of life from long ago.
I’ve always loved this movie. I grew up in a family with 13 children and we watched the Waltons on a regular basis. perusal this makes me cry because I miss those simpler days. A few of my siblings have passed and mostly everyone else is scattered across the country. We grew up dirt poor but the memories I have are so vivid of a house filled with Christmas cheer and excitement. Even though we normally only each got a special gift and a pair of socks, we were so grateful just to sing carols and decorate the tree. Boy oh boy, those were some really great times! It’s only November but Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄
I’m only 18 and The Waltons hold such a dear place in my heart. I grew up perusal it with my grandparents, and sitting next to my grandfather in their bedroom at night while he watched over my sleeping grandmother. We’d sit and watch the show and he’d interject to tell me a story about how that was just how it was when he was a kid. I watched it with my family when we moved states and it brought me comfort to know that family would protect and love me even when I had no one else. I’m sitting here, writing this as I remember those memories. My grandparents passed away Valentines of last year and I couldn’t bring myself to watch The Waltons until now. I may not have grown up during the golden years of this show, but never discredit how much this story can mean to those who are younger
2023, i still watch this movie, and all the tv show episodes on the Hallmark station, every night. Im 75yrs old. I cant go to sleep without the Waltons on. Im the oldest of 6, we lived on our grandparents farm for 3 yrs when i was a teenager. It was in tge early 60s, times were hard. Christmas was just a little something each. But we had plenty of Christmas cookies, every kind my Mom could think of to make. A fruit cake, one year, she made plum pudding! I loved it. I miss our Mom and Dad so much, miss seeing all my siblings very often. The Waltremind me of those hard times. With all the love they showed each other, it was such a loving, caring show. When you have family, its the best thing in the world. I wish everyone could have such good memories.
December 19, 1971: I remember like it was yesterday. My parents, brother & I watched the original premiere of this beloved Christmas presentation on TV. We were so proud, as my Dad had retired from Fort Monroe in August of 1970 here in Hampton, VA…. and decided to make Virginia our forever home. We were endeared to the TV series, and I don’t miss an opportunity to watch “The Walton’s” reruns to this very day!
The Waltons’ Homecoming really was the pilot for the series The Waltons. I watched the Waltons with my brothers & mother every Thursday at 8:00 for this program. Since my father worked shift work he did not always have an opportunity to watch with us but did watch when he could. I do wish there were wholesome family oriented shows like this today with lessons behind them and no violence, foul language, or indecent attire. This program has been in syndication since it’s premiere in 1972. The Homecoming movie aired in 1971. The Walton’s is based on the life of Earl Hamner Jr./his entire family. Earl Hamner Nara rates at the beginning/ at the end of every episode. ** I ❤️ it so much when they all say good night 😴💤 to each other at the end of each episode. This is a show that folks like to view to bring them to a happy time away from the problems of the world at present and crime with hatred, prejudice, violence,drugs, alcoholism and so forth. The Waltons brings viewers back back to a time when troubles like today were absent but depression surely was as well as hard times.😊😊😊❤❤❤
The fact that so many people have expressed their love for the Waltons for 40 years, and watch the episodes over and over, never getting tired of it, shows how powerful it is. The love and respect the family has for each other, getting through the tough times, and in the end, all were tucked in for the night. Yes, there were skirmishes between them, they fought every now and then, like all families. But love always prevailed. The Waltons will never get old.
I recall perusal this with my sister. We had our pillows and blankets on the floor in front of our old floor model telli that had no cable back then and you had to get up to turn the dial. The show came after and we watched it every week. I long for the simplicity of those bygone days when I was a sprout. At 54 now, life is so much different. The lessons we no longer teach our children need to become popular again. Respect, community, patience and manors all seem lacking in our current world. I pray it becomes fashionable again. Blessings to all.
I remember perusal this with my parents. My Mom and I cried and my Dad was choked up as well. My Dad bought pistachio nuts for us. Great evening. But unfortunately I was a 16 year old brat. Didn’t appreciate my parents until much later. Miss them so much. Love and miss you Mom and Dad and thank you for everything!!!! Hugs
All those years ago i watched the Walton Christmas. I can to this day close my eyes and be right back there. Curled up on mom and dads carpet in front of the old Sylvania t.v It’s good to watch these shows now, it stirs warm memories of sweet pine, and cinnamon. And mom and dads coffee they were sipping before bed. Im old now and gifts aren’t important to me now. What I wish for, is in no store window or in an old fashioned catalogue. It’s the memories we all once held so dear of simple things. Less time in stores, more with family. Less time with the t.v., more in church. Less gifts, more love. We all could stand a little Walton Christmas here at the end of August. For those wonderful memories. The peace we all seemed to have. And yes the joy, the simple down to earth no strings attached no charge card needed kind of joy we had all those years ago ……..Thanks John boy …🎄
My mother and father grew up in the great depression my mother on a farm in southern Mississippi….she said they did not have much but never were hungry because they could grow food plus cattle and chickens. No elec….no running water and the kitchen sat away from the house…..it was built in 1849. I cant imagine living like that and im 63…both have long since died along with the rest of my family and my wife….all i have left are 3 old cats and one is dying. Hug your mother and father and brothers sisters and pets …..you never know who long you have with them….
John-Boy had a bigggggggggggg impact on my life at the time. I was a sensitive,impressionable teenboy about the same age and he became my hero. I was also a writer of sorts and because of him I started keeping a journal which meant a lot to me. I’m sad even now that I didn’t continue with it. When I went off to college in ’75 I didn’t watch any more but The Waltons, and John-Boy, and certainlyThe Homecoming will always have a place in my heart. I praise God in Christ that this show was such a blessing to a fellow whose parents had divorced.
It was all so simple at one time. The world – this country – has always had its problems and issues, but things just used to be so very simple. It was family, working hard, obeying your parents and elders, knowing everyone in your community, and looking forward to the simplest things, and holidays truly meant something. A lifetime ago…
When I was young there weren’t a lot of tv shows my mom would let us watch. But The Waltons was one we all watched together. Still watch it to this day, probably know all the scripts by heart.💖 It lets me remember the better days and wish that children of today had the same values and morals taught to them as we did then. Thank you for the memories this show brings me every year.
Thank you for giving me a nice night with the Waltons. I really miss them. Made me cry with happiness. My kids grew up with them and I always looked forward to the next episode. Am 76 now and have most of the DHS. I grew up poor, went to work for the government and got a retirement but will always appreciate everything I have and earned it by working hard. I hope someday to meet the Waltons but may never happen. Appreciating the small things in life and having love of people and Jesus is all we can hope for. Nancy Brown, Valley Springs, CA.
I too grew up perusal The Waltons. Sadly I didn’t get to watch all episodes due to my leaving home at the age of 14yrs old. However, I’ve never forgotten the beautiful life lessons & cinematography. Gracias for bringing this on YT, especially during when most of society has no interest in moral values, self respect, charity, empathy, a simple life, leaning on Padre God & so much more. Peace be with everyone, Feliz Christmas, a healthy, safe end of year & 2024. 🙏 ❤
I grew up in a rural area with 4 siblings. We lived in a big old farmhouse, and I guess we were poor, but we had lots of fun. We always had a big Christmas tree, which my father cut down. We had fields to play in, a stream to splash in, woods to roam through and pets. My father had a job at the local feed store, but he hunted a lot, and my mother was a stay at home mom who cooked and cleaned and sewed. And we had each other. I was in my 20s when the Waltons came on, but it did make me think of my childhood, and to this day, I love the show, and I watch this Christmas Special all year long!
Gen X here, I grew up on Walton’s, and Little House on the Prairie. My childhood was not ideal with young fighting parents and a lot of anxiety. These showed me what family could be like. These people didn’t have money. They had each other and hope,God and love. I truly pray somehow we can keep tradition alive, the good and kind parts, The world is changing and it makes me sad. This show represents unity/and contrast… humanity. I was sobbing by the end. Highly recommend They just don’t make tv shows like this anymore.
I can remember perusal this show when I was in high school in the early to mid seventies. I also came from a broken home with a mom who worked long, hard hours to support myself and my three brothers. My father was too busy trying to “find himself” and never lifted a finger to help his children. As soon as I turned 15, I got a part-time job working after school and on weekends. I paid my mom rent to live at home and made sure I had enough left of my paycheck to pay for my clothes and shoes. The rest of my money I put aside to save up for a car. We often shopped at The Salvation Army thrift store for our clothes. Shoes were harder to find and generally purchased on sale from Payless shoes. Many evenings I spent sitting on the floor in our livingrm listening to The Walton’s and doing my homework. Even though I thought life was hard for my family, holidays were still special for us. I am now 65 yrs. old and still find that life is hard. Somehow it was easier to get through life’s troubles if you had your family to help you through it. My parents are both dead now and we siblings are scattered across the country. I still look back at that time as one of life’s lessons for me. Family is so important for living life and more enjoyable too.
I love this movie! I’ve been perusal since I was about 13 years old. I’m 62 now. And I sometimes watch it, several times through out the year. I’ve tried to get my grand kids interested. Times have changed. Kids have changed. I just love the message of a loving family, who’s happy because they are a loving family. I wish times were like this again.
Back in the 1960s & 70s, kids waited all year for the holiday specials: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (anyone remember that?), Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, J.T. (another forgotten X-mas special), and The Homecoming, which premiered in 1971. There were no VCRs back then–there was recording equipment but it was horrendously expensive, the most you could do was use a tape recorder–so if you missed your show, you had to wait until the next time it was on. And we never missed our X-mas shows! We couldn’t wait! Mom would make popcorn or roast chestnuts and we’d all sit in front of our big console TV and enjoy ourselves. Such happy memories. The Homecoming became one of our annual favorites. It was made into a TV series the next year called The Waltons, which didn’t do too well in the ratings at first (it was up against the Mod Squad and Flip Wilson), but in the spring when it won a bunch of Emmy Awards, the ratings skyrocketed & it became a very popular show. The kids repeated their original roles, the grown-ups did not. Thanks for this upload, it’s nice to be able to see it on TV. The movie takes place in the 1930s–which was only 40 years ago from the time it was filmed. Now it’s been almost 50 years since viewers originally saw it. Where has the time gone??
The Waltons was my Moms favorite program. We grew up on it. Things were so pure & simple in those days. It’s hard to watch the movie w/o the entire original cast. I’m stricken with just how much our world has changed. It’s so much darker,cold & evil is spreading like crazy. We need to remember to care for eachother. It’s not hard to be kind….
Thanks everyone, your comments are heartwarming, feels like family… makes me miss my sibblings and life with our young one. Am 76, life is quite different… I cherish the sweet memories of a milder life, with Christmas celebrations at my dad’s church.. Christmas hymns (carols) pull at my heartstrings everytime I hear or sing them. Images of our elders singing to heart’s content still overwhelm me in a joyous way. Those were the days. Am certainly thankful for this beautiful movie and the series of the Waltons. Wishing you all a Christmas season filled with love, cheer and a divine song to carry you thru the nights… Peace abide and heal your memory of all that wasn’t good in your growing up years. Only Christ can mend a broken heart… I know for sure, and he can also erase the scars. Love to all, prayerfully. a ‘forever friend’ of 60 years. Roses to my Lord, For unto us was born a baby… Saviour…
This is hands down the best ever Christmas TV movie. If anyone wants a break from the typical irreverent silly Christmas movies which we love but are all too many, check this one out with your family for the holidays. It is so underrated. The script is wonderful, the story of course heartwarming, the acting is wonderful. I don’t know why they don’t show it during the holidays any more; it is so simple and entertaining.
No other Christmas movie like it — the totally inimitable FAMILY show. The Waltons have been the foundation of so many things for me — and most certainly a center core of my faith in God throughout my life. Hope all who have seen this are as moved as I am by it, no matter how many times I see it ……………….
Merry Christmas 2021. The dearest and purest family Christmas movie I know still. Have watched this for 50 years and even still it moves my heart. There’s something to be said for simple times. Johnboy is my favorite of the children because he is like our son, who wasn’t even born when this came out. He is now in his 20’s, a wonderful writer and is a piano teacher, passing on a beautiful gift to so many children. Merry Christmas everyone, and hug your children and grandchildren, for they grow up all too fast.
Like so many others who have posted I too have been perusal this for over 50 years whenever it was played on tv. Now thanks to YouTube I can watch it whenever I want or need to. I wasn’t raised like this show but it wasn’t bad just not all that great. My momma’s side of the family was very nurturing and I’ve tried to be that way with my family.
I live outside Washington DC and each Thanksgiving & Christmas season I make an effort to drive out to the Shenandoah valley to take in all its beauty. These are the little towns and roads and streams Earl Hammner wrote about. I always make note of the abandoned old homesteads with their crumbling shingles and roofs. Long past generations whose land is now for sale to Walmart . I always remember “The Homecoming ” and reflect upon the lives and love that once, long ago, filled the now crumbling walls. The valley is full of these long abandoned places.
My brothers, sister and I grew up with these morals and values. I can’t thank my Mother and Father enough for bringing us up to be good human beings, who are not only respectful to each other but other people too. We could NEVER, repay them for what they have done for us, RIP Daddy you were not only my Dad but my best friend. I love you always and forever.
I just felt so good perusal this movie last evening. I live alone, but I always get the cozy feeling of peace, love and home from perusal this movie. Back in the 1960’s, I was a little girl living with two brothers and three sisters and Mom, who was so strong and loving. And she made the best sugar cookies, ginger snaps and thumbprint cookies, too! This movie always brings back those wonderful Christmases from my childhood.
This was my Momma’s absolute favorite movie. It came out when I was two years old. Unbelievably, I had never seen it until I was nearly forty years old. One Christmas she asked me to come over and watch it with her. It was then that she told me about it, and when it was first aired all of those years ago. I absolutely fell in love with it and I have watched it, I don’t even know how many times now. My Momma has been gone 9 years now and I can tell you that this movie keeps me close to my Momma. Patricia Neal is so close in nature to my Mother so it is an absolute comfort to me. I loved the Walton’s series, but absolutely nothing compares to the Pilot “The Homecoming”. This movie will continue to be my favorite, and my comfort, until I reunite with my Momma in Heaven in our own Homecoming❤❤❤.
I love this movie and I love The Waltons series it brings back Family Faith and togetherness working the whole family did their chores the whole family help the community we need more this how to be kind how to go to a single older lady and talk cuz she’s lonely bake some cookies to people that just made and need a little pickup pickup go out today and see who you can be kind to
I watch these children grow as I grew up, being from Kentucky I got to meet Richard Thomas when he was home for seeing his grandparents, but I enjoy talking to him and I watch this show till it ended and I was young and a new mother of my baby girl, I enjoyed perusal it with my sweet mother in law she was one of a kind… I was the lucky daughter in law.. Who had the best mother-in-law this world could give, I miss her so much she was the second mom in my life, thank you for her, and thanks to my husband’s family for loving me?
My mother grew up during the Great Depression, so whatever the Waltons went through, my mom’s family did too. This movie, & the series that followed were gold to me. My mom would watch the shows & tell me just how things were during her childhood, & how much it was like the Waltons. I watch this movie every year in December. Love it!!
Chistmas Eve with the Waltons was awesome! We had pumpkin & Apple pies in the oven. Mom would roast pine nuts (pinon) that is New Mexico popcorn. We were like a bunch of squirrels. Breaking the shells and eating the nuts in side. In front of the fire place we were warm happy the sweet smells of pies in the air and the Waltons on tv. The best part we were all together. Happy special times.🎄♥️
I remember when I was a little girl, it would come on tv during christmas break.. mom would pop popcorn, serve it up in a giant blue speckled roasting pan, my sister and I snuggled down on the floor to watch this. I love seeing how times where simple and people were grateful for simple things. For me its a sentimental thing and something to admire in the character of people of that era.. In a world today full of people who live with entitlement attitude I doubt todays people would have such strong character if depression would hit again.
As a parent myself for the last 16-yrs now, much of my teachings and parenting style have come from Ester and Olivia Walton. This weekly TV show was anything but ordinary. It had the finest ingredients of all things good – morals, values, ethics, love, honesty, family, friendships, commitment, integrity, honor. I grew up loving this wonderful show.
Thank you for this article. I always wished I was a part of the Walton family. I was in an abusive family. My Mother was never loving and manipulative. I had a private diary like John Boy. His Mother respected his privacy. My Mom Read my private thoughts and then would throw it back at me and humiliate me.
I watch this movie so many times I came from large family myself and this reminds of us in our house now some sisters died and so is my grandmother and parents, we were a very close family I missed them so much rest of us married and have our own homes but there is no home like your parents home I love all of my family very much god bless everyone thanks 🙏🙏🎄🇨🇦
Never seen this film and found it really moving. I used to watch The Waltons back in the 70s and always related myself to the family: I was a child with 11 siblings and we were as poor as but also very close to each other, we worshiped our parents. Very hard times, I don’t really miss it. Thank you very much for posting this and have a beautiful Christmas.
I watched this growing up. I remember looking for it as I got a little older for the nostalgia of it all. Such simpler times – not only for the Waltons but also for those times growing up compared to life now in 2023. I miss those times. The older you get, the quicker time flies. I remember writing in those same Indian Chief red tablets that John Boy used to write his stories. You can still get them today! My, how such simplicity can have such great value. I hope I will always remember this as I get older. The beauty of a family who truly loved and stay together during such difficult times. My parents grew up during the Depression. My grandparents would tell me stories about it as a little girl. My Grandma still even had some wooden ration nickles she kept just in case another Depression came to buy bread for the family and that one pair shoes that was passed down from child-to-child until they no longer held up. Loving memories. Even Dad has been gone for seven years now, but we still have Mom. Thank you, thank you, thank you. To the One who made it all, and to the Waltons for their ever-presence in our lives still. <3
Such wonderful memories😊 with this TV show “The Waltons” along with others like “The Brady Bunch” “Little House on the Prairie “Mary Taylor Moore” “The Lucy Show” and so many many other great ones. My parents and myself plus an older sister and younger brother would always watch TV all together as a FAMILY…intact and loving…..Don’t have those kind of shows on nowadays😢
First time perusal it for me. Enjoyed it very much. I wish things were still like this., wish we could wind the clock back. As a child in the seventies we’d do our part in the church Christmas program and would love receiving a brown bag of goodies afterward containing – a Christmas mandarin ( wrapped in green tissue paper) a few peanuts in their shell, and some Christmas candy( those hard ribbon candy, or striped red and green ones). Loved it.
I saw this movie when it was originally broadcast in December 1971. My tenth grade English teacher asked us to watch it, and a paper was required as homework. The broadcast date was December 19, at the start of Christmas vacation, and the paper had to be turned in upon resumption of school in January. Of course, at the time, we didn’t know we were perusal an unintended pilot for ‘The Waltons’. The movie was so popular that it inspired the series. Except for Ellen Corby and the children, the cast for the series differed from that for The Homecoming. Master performance by Patricia Neal. This film has withstood the test of time. I try to catch it on YouTube every couple of years, Christmas or not.
Life is funny. Out of all the Christmas’s I’ve had the one I remember best is the year when my family was going through bad times and all I got for Christmas was a car my daddy carved and a little airplane that you swung around your head. That hand made car is also the only present that I still have after all of these years.
As much as I love this movie a couple things wrong with it When Olivia said to Hawthorne she was surprised that he was working for the Baldwin ladies because they were making bootleg whiskey but they asked her to get her husband to fix the whiskey machine she didn’t have any problem with that! And later when the kids were acting up she said to Johnboy ” You’re the oldest you make them mind ” i thought to myself you’re the MOTHER YOU make them mind !
I remember The Waltons used to come on TV in the 80s and 90s. I loved perusal every episode all over again. I managed to buy the entire DVD set of The Waltons (yes, ALL 221 episodes across 9 seasons). The extra episodes were also included in my DVD set. My colleagues thought I was strange but I didn’t care what they said. I just love perusal films and TV series which show the nice, peaceful life in the good old times.
I was 5 years old in 1971 when this television movie came out, the child of immigrants from South Western Europe. But even though this takes place during the depression of the 1930’s it really represents the way I was raised in the 1970’s. My Portuguese born mother will be gone 4 years in two weeks, she would have been 79, dad will be 91 in May and he still remembers the depression and how hard his father worked without relief to support his wife and 7 children. When I view this movie, I see my past, the beauty of America and I’m afraid at 55 years old she’s gone. God bless our country 🙏
This Movie is part of My annual Christmas 🎄 routine. I Love💗and cherish this Movie! Where some People like to watch ‘IT’s A WONDERFUL LIFE’ every Christmas 🎄, I watch ‘THE WALTON’S HOMECOMING’. I watched this as a Young Teen and every Walton Show there after. I did grow up on a Farm in the 60’s in North Carolina where I still Live, but I’m Living in the Blue Ridge 💙 Mountains of North Carolina. Life on a Farm IS hard living, however, it’s still a simple quiet and many Times a Peaceful Life. You learn to be thankful and appreciate what You have, Love Your Family and all that Our Creator, Our God has provided. Merry Christmas 🎄⛄ and a Happy 🎉🎆New Year Y’all and may God continue to Bless Y’all. ✝️💗🙏🕊️🇺🇲
“The Homecoming” is an American Christmas classic and the upload is greatly appreciated. Patricia Neal suffered a stroke in 1965 and was in a coma for three weeks. She had to learn how to speak and walk again. When she made “The Homecoming” she still had some long-term effects with speech and mobility. I’m not sure if she would have wanted to do the TV series.
Stumbled across this movie today and read some comments.I did not grow up in the US but I know the depression years were brutal across the world. Those days were fraught with problems of their own and I don’t believe they were necessarily the “good old days”. Just remember, today will be the good old days in the future. Still a nice little movie…😘
This was always my favorite Christmas movie. We called him St Nick, I am perusal this because I want to show it to my grandchildren and Mary Ellen was just like me, when I was 13. She is just making laugh over and over. Great Encouragement, thank you. God bless you in Jesus Christ name 🙏 ❤ Mrs Theresa ❤ 🙏
I was a young mother when I saw this on its first airing. It reminded me of my family growing up. I was the oldest of 8. We had more love than money My dad was much older ( born in 1908) . My dad had his own small dairy then his own small hay hauling and stacking business where he employed the family much of the time. My mom’s mother lived with us until my father died. I was only 19 then. My father was the glue that held us together. I cherish the Waltons as a wonderful memory and also what could have been if he had lived.
First aired December 19, 1971. I remember perusal it that Sunday night and thought the movie was amazing. When I convinced my parents to watch the series, they were very complimentary about how true it was to the Depression Era. My parents remembered those days well from their own childhoods, so it was a link across time for us and a means to opening discussions about family and memory. Good entertainment doesn’t just amuse; it helps us to understand times and feelings.
I had forgotten that all the Walton children actors continued on into the tv series, and that Grandpa was a different actor than Will Geer in the series. Patricia Neil did a good DRAMATIC job portraying an Appalachian mountain woman, but I like the reserved Olivia played by Michael Learned in the series. My favorite part is when John Boy tells his siblings about when Jesus was born and the animals were the first to see His face in the stable. So tender and sweet. I wish every year at Christmastime, the networks would air this movie. It would be good for young ones to watch and learn from. Growing up on a small Midwestern farm, there are alot of things I can identify with.
i love the scene where Miss Emily is recalling her boyfriend kissing her under the tree. then when she goes off into space when she’s trying to figure out why she never saw him again, and how he must have died in the war. her face, just stabs me right in the heart. i imagine myself in her place, and i am moved to tears. it’s an extraordinary scene.
Every time I watch this movie I cry. My parents where born and raised during the depression. My Daddy’s side of the family lived some what like this family. Daddy was one of 17 kids. 3 died as young children. Times where different. More around the family and the values where better than now. I grew up abled to know all of my Daddy’s family and all the stories. Life was a different hard yet they seemed to love each other more. My Grandfather was a preacher and a coal miner, this movie really hits home. Movies like this aren’t made anymore. Don’t think tv would go for a family story like this. Yet people the average person will watch and have there heart touch with love for others. 😊
i grew up with the waltons, i lived in the country, every night us kids always said good night and i love you, and we kids would say our night time prayers, i tell you one thing these days are nothing like the old days, sure we didnt have cell phones, computers, xboxes, etc but we were creative, we played outside til dark, skate board, jump on pogo sticks in the winter made home made ice cream we would make snow men and igloos, snowball fights with the neighbors, played ice hockey on the creek banks, not to forget our mud pies, and playing in the dirt. climbing in old barns, building log cabins, etc lord if we could only go back to those days where family meals were the best when the family ate together.watched the dukes of hazard on friday nights make tubs of popcorn,,sat and played cards, everything has changed, where did we go wrong? times were hard but we appreciated our hard work in the winter, eating our garden food which we planted our own gardens, raised our own farm animals,,,we never had to buy much at the grocery stores,,,we thought ripped jeans we were poor, todays jeans ripped to pieces,,,and pants sagging, no respect to parents,,,if you are old school, you know what im saying is true,,,if only we could turn back time,,those were the good old days….
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this movie I am still charmed in new ways each time. The Waltons never fails. Earl Hamner is an American treasure to be sure. 🎄🇺🇸 The series covered so many issues we all relate to on so many levels too, nothing was excluded, unlike today’s nonsense divisive writing. The scene with Clevon Little & the Sisters & John Boy is beyond precious- if Mama had seen that!🤣 It’s just so well written needless to say.
THank you Earl Hamner,JR…You gave me a family,albeit a t.v. one but your stories of Waltons mountain still light up my heart,my hope,and my love for a way of life I never knew,but fell completely for as a young girl perusal this show.I will always love these wonderful actors who portrayed the family I so fervently wish I were a member of.Merry Christmas to all and peace on Earth,goodwill toward one another,and love for each.WE are all part of the human condition,for better or worse,let us try to make it for better.God bless >.<
This reminds me of when I grew up on our farm in Kentucky, but we were poor as dirt and my six brothers treated me like shit I was the youngest. Our father would work when he could but he only had one good hand. Christmas memories of when I was young are very painful. I remember perusal this program with my mother the first time it aired after my father was killed and we were pretty much homeless living with relatives (which was a nightmare) . What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, so now I’m like Superman.
Never took the time to watch the movie to the end before but it reminds me so much of how much times have changed for the worse. I miss the family l grew up when l was a child. I know times change and people die. Somehow it seems we had more love and compassion for each other. Loved this and l will be perusal this every year as well.
Glad to find this on here for others to enjoy as I couldn’t wait for the DVD to be released…I remember perusal this with my parents on the night it originally aired: I think it was Thanksgiving night. It was aired every year (prior to VHS recorders it was impt. to watch the tv guide and be home). Still brings a tear to my eyes at the end. I wish everyone had a loving home like this. Good family values.
I watched the Waltons from this movie through the 10 years the show was on. It’s always been one of my favorites because it reminded alot of my family of 10 kids, parents, and a Granny. We all grew up through the last years of the depression 3 wars, of the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. It was a wonderful time to live in a big family.
I’ve forgotten how many times I’ve seen this Christmas movie. But perusal it again brought memories of my dad who passed away two years ago. He lived his childhood during the depression and never forgotten the hardship his family endured even until his death, he always reminded me of hardships during the depression. My grandfather who was a young man at that time did migrant work and picked crops as far as Missouri from upstate N.Y. . My grandfather told me two different times that he was glad to have lived at the time he did. I remember him saying that at Christmas getting an orange or a piece of fruit was a good gift. I only wish I could be more thankful for the things I have and the great influence the men of my family left . I still hear my dad saying, ” A GOOD DAY OF HARD NEVER KILLED ANYBODY. God Rest His Soul! Merry Christmas Everyone !
I’m so glad I ran a crossed this movie, I have been looking for it on here for months. My Mom and Dad were just like this couple in the movie who played the Parents. I m 60 years old now and my Mother loved this movie so much when she was alive and told me it reminded her of how much her and my Dad loved each other. My Mom lived a lot longer than my Father who passed away in 1971 and my Mother passed away in 1991 and I miss her so much, as well as my Dad. They loved each other like the Parents in this movie and they went through the Big Depression in Oklahoma. I am the youngest of 7 Children and Im alone now since my last relationship broke up in December of last year. I get so lonely for my Mom and Dad now and this movie is a memory of them and I will watch this tonight. Thank You for uploading it. God Bless You.
I was 14 when this was first shown. The country was weary when this show came along. We were tired of Vietnam, race relations were bad, we were in a horrible recession, and so many things were wrong. By the time the series started, Watergate was in full effect. People just craved ideas of going back to a simpler time. When this show aired, they had no idea what a monster hit they had on their hands. They had to recast so many parts for the series. Patricia Neal in particular was too ill to take a recurring part.
Im perusal this again as Im in the darkest place with my life right now and have been bedridden with anxiety for months. I always used to imagine I was playing with Elizabeth as a child. People may take they Mick out of this but it showed such a profound depth of honesty and family love.. sadly something that vanished from most families a long time ago. Even when I watched this in the 80s as a child I wanted a daddy Like Ralph Waite and a grampa. Now im so utterly depressed I dont think Im going to get out of it. I wish I had faith.. in my house faith was laughed at. My parents never believed in God. Im so so sad.. but thank you for uploading this because for people like me, it means the world.. just for that hour or so it takes me away from all the horrible life I now have . 😢😢 ❤. I had 7 children and used to get teased we were like The Waltons, well Im honoured to be associated with that, not offended. I taught my children to be kind to animals and each other, and to be polite and respect people and they do. My youngest is 17 now and going in the UK army in two weeks.. I feel Like mtpy heart is shattered. I miss the family so much, all my children, massive christmases, having to peel a ton of spuds… 😢😢
Some of us who saw the first airing of this special had parents who were children during the depression, just like the Walton kids. They would tell a few stories of what it was like, but we really had no idea of the personal struggles they had. This Christmas special helped fill in some gaps in thier narrative. I enjoyed every member of the cast, and longed for a Grandfather like Edger Bergin. He portryed a man who was strong and kind. He called Patricia Neal “daughter” His speech to John Boy about thier history on Walton’s Mountain was one that every Grandparent should have a version of for thier grandchild. People suffered together and cared about each other in this story. I’m hoping young people are not bored by it, but use it as an example that gives them hope. It has been ridiculed but still stands the test of time. May it go on as a Christmas Classic.
Loved seeing this at Christmas when I was a kid. It has always been one of my favorites . Simpler times where joy didn’t come from Amazon, or something like that. People appreciated everything they got, unlike now . People didn’t have much, & really came together . Wish it was like that today. Merry Christmas everybody .
Not much of a stretch for Patricia Neal to portray an Appalachian mother in the era of the Great Depression. Neal was born in Packard, KY, a mining camp community long since grown over with kudzu. Even she was raised in Knoxville, TN she never forgot her Kentucky roots. Her accent and demeanor in this performance is a pure mountain woman of Appalachia like the women in my past family generations I was raised around and loved.
Lol…I’ve been perusal this every year since it aired and I just noticed how when Verde came in to get the kids for the missionary gifts the children in their excitement knocked Gramps out of his chair… But I think that’s the mark of a good program that no matter how many times you see it that you discover something new