Biography: George Schaefer |
Yale Drama School alumnus George Schaefer built his reputation as producer/director of several Hallmark Hall of Fame TV productions of the 1950s and 1960s. One of these, Macbeth (starring Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson), was expanded and released... more
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Cast: Leslie Nielsen
Tags: Comedy of Manners Comedy
Length: 90min
Previously adapted twice before, most notably for the Oscar-nominated 1950 film starring James Stewart, Mary Chase's classic stage-play +Harvey once again receives the celluloid treatment with this 1998 CBS made-for-TV movie. Night Court's Harry...
Cast: Burt Reynolds Ryan O'Neal
Tags: Crime Comedy Comedy Drama
Length: 95min
Produced for television, George Schaefer's comedy-drama casts Katharine Hepburn as Victoria Brown, a sharp-tongued spinster who discovers petty thief Moony Polaski (Ryan O'Neal) hiding out in her attic. Instead of calling the police, Victoria...
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn Denholm Elliott
Tags: Romantic Comedy Romance
Length: 100min
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry was especially written by playwright James Prideaux for Katharine Hepburn. It would have been impractical to attempt a live staging, so the script was committed to a TV movie, under the direction of Hallmark Hall of Fame...
Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
Tags: Comedy Comedy of Manners
Length: 95min
Each of Katharine Hepburn's 1980s TV movies was heralded as the lady's last-ever appearance. We are fortunate indeed that she didn't choose the minor-league Laura Lansing Slept Here as her valedictory film. Ms. Hepburn more or less plays herself as a...
Cast: Lucille Ball Georges Delerue
Tags: Message Movie Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 100min
The ads for The Stone Pillow tended to suggest that this TV movie was Lucille Ball's dramatic debut--completely ignoring the fact that Ball had started out as a "straight" actress in the 1930s who only occasionally played comedy until I Love Lucy came...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1986)
Tags: Comedy
Length: 60min
Local bullies find themselves the recipients of a Christmas miracle when they perform in the Christmas pageant. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
Children in the Crossfire (1984)
Tags: Message Movie Drama
Length: 96min
Children in the Crossfire examines the plight of the youngest victims of Northern Ireland's never-ending religious strife. Amidst the speeding bullets and burned-out buildings, a group of Catholic and Protestant children courageously join the...
Cast: James Stewart
Tags: Drama
Length: 106min
This story about an elderly couple who start a large controversy when everyone learns they plan on committing suicide stars James Stewart as the retired Teddy Dwyer, and Betty Davis is his wife Mini Dwyer. When Mini learns she is terminally ill with a...
Cast: George Segal
Tags: Drama
Length: 108min
Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake trials and murder mysteries. At one year's party, an unwitting American becomes part of the game. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
Cast: Bette Davis James Horner George Schaefer
Tags: Courtroom Drama Drama
Length: 100min
Directed by George Schaefer, this light made-for-television drama is based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Oliphant. Starring Bette Davis as Esther Cimino, a 73-year-old widow, the film traces the events following Esther's son George's...
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