The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film)

The Magnificent Yankee
Genre	Drama
Created by	Emmet Lavery (play)
Written by	Robert Hartung (screenplay)
Directed by	George Schaefer
Starring	Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Jordan Charney Grover Dale James Daly Robert Emhardt Eduard Franz William Griffis
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Release
Original release	28 January 1965

"The Magnificent Yankee"
Hallmark Hall of Fame episode
Episode no.	Season 14 Episode 3
Production code	203
Original air date	28 January 1965
Episode chronology

The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by Robert Hartung from the Emmet Lavery play of the same title, which was in-turn adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Emmy Awards for their performances.^[1] Noel Taylor received an Emmy Award nomination for his costume design, and Warren Clymer received an Emmy for scenic design.

Cast and characters

• Alfred Lunt – Oliver Wendell Holmes
• Lynn Fontanne – Fanny Holmes
• Jordan Charney – Halloran
• Grover Dale – Mapes
• James Daly – Owen Wister
• Robert Emhardt – Henry Adams
• Eduard Franz – Justice Brandeis
• William Griffis – Theodore Roosevelt
• Ion Berger – Mason
• Brenda Forbes – Mary
• Walter Moulder – Copeland
• Lee Goodman – Dixon
• Donald Symington – Hamilton
• Dennis Cooney – Northrop
• Max Jacobs – Rogers
• Nan McFarland – Ellen Jones

References

1. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1416. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

External links

• The Magnificent Yankee at the Internet Movie Database
• The Magnificent Yankee at TV.com
• The Magnificent Yankee (1950) at the Internet Movie Database