Johnny Bull
| Year of Publication |
1986
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| Publication Type |
Screenplay
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Kathleen Betsko Yale |
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| Abstract |
Adapted from a 1982 stage play of the same name, in which Iris (Suzanna Hamilton), 18, a war bride from England, emigrates with her 21-year-old American husband (Peter MacNicol) to a coal patch along the Monongahela River in Western Pennsylvania. The newlyweds live in the same house with his Hungarian immigrant, coal miner, parents, and young Iris struggles against the ire of her Old World, stern-peasant mother-in-law (Colleen Dewhurst).
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| Notes |
The film was shot in Tennessee and also stars Jason Robards and Kathy Bates.
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| Author Biography |
Kathleen Betsko Yale (1939- ) was born in Coventry, England, and emigrated to a coal town in the Monongahela Valley with her Western-Pennsylvania native husband. She is an actor, playwright, and poet.
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| Time |
1959
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| Published |
unpublished
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