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Synopsis
A once-in-a-lifetime cast of veterans performs David Berry's play about Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Philadelphia island for their 60th consecutive summer. Libby is blind and embittered, while Sarah is healthy, supportive, and almost annoyingly chipper. Their neighbor Tisha (Ann Sothern) tries to convince Sarah to put Libby in the care of her daughter, but Sarah hasn't forgotten Libby's moral support when her own husband died, and she won't entertain such notions -- until she is swept off her feet by an aging roué (Vincent Price). When Libby spitefully sabotages this romance, an infuriated Sarah decides that gratitude has its limits. But when it actually comes down to selling their summer house and sending Libby packing, Sarah can't do it. In the film's flashback sequences, Libby is played by Margaret Ladd, Sarah by Mary Steenburgen, and Tisha by Ann Sothern's real-life daughter Tisha Sterling. Another film personality of long standing, Harry Carey Jr., is well cast as the sisters' handyman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Mike Bush Young Randall
Harry Carey, Jr. Joshua Brackett
Bette Davis Libby Strong
Lillian Gish Sarah Webber
Frank Grimes Mr. Beckwith
Margaret Ladd Young Libby
Frank Pitkin Old Randall
Vincent Price Mr. Nikolai Maranov
Ann Sothern Tisha Doughty
Mary Steenburgen Young Sarah
Tisha Sterling Young Tisha Doughty

Production Crew

Bob Fox Art Director
K.C. Fox Art Director
Stuart M. Besser Associate Producer
Mike Fash Cinematographer
Alan Price Composer (Music Score)
Julie Weiss Costume Designer
Rudy Dillon Costume Designer
Lindsay Anderson Director
Nicolas Gaster Editor
Shep Gordon Executive Producer
Matthew J. Clark First Assistant Director
Julie Hewett Makeup
Toni Trimble Makeup
Derek Wadsworth Musical Direction/Supervision
David Berry Play Author
Carolyn Pfeiffer Producer
Michael J. Kaplan Producer
Mike Kaplan Producer
Shep Gordon Producer
Dixie J. Capp Production Designer
Jocelyn Herbert Production Designer
David Berry Screenwriter
Sosie Hublitz Set Designer
Donald Summer Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1987
Runtime: 91
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
CFI color prints

Produced by
Alive Enterprises
Circle Associates
Nelson Entertainment

Release
October 16, 1987 (USA)
by Alive Enterprises

Awards
1987 - First Prize - National Media Owl
1987 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival