Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"...something for every literary taste...series...not only...entertain[ing]...introduces millions of Americans to significan[ce] of our literary heritage."
Product Description
Written By: Teleplay writer Frederic Hunter, based on the Ring Lardner classic
Starring: James Whitmore, Teresa Wright
Directed By: Noel Black Charley Tate (James Whitmore, Two-time Academy Award Nominee and Tony Award Winner) is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy (Teresa Wright, Academy Award winner), they are on their Golden Honeymoon in Florida.
Everything goes perfectly, until Lucy meets her former fiancée who's also vacationing with his wife. Suddenly there's a comic competition between Charley and the old boyfriend for Lucy's attention. After fifty years, cantankerous Charley has to win his girl all over again!
DVD Features: Author Bio, Actor Bio, Printable Study Guide, About the American Short Story Collection, Audio Interview Robert Geller, Henry Fonda Intro
Seen on PBS