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Young Pioneers is a 1976 American Western television film which aired in March 1976 on ABC .[1] Let the Hurricane Roar Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane (daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder ) were used as the basis for the movie,[2] Linda Purl starring as the focal characters David and Molly Beaton.[3] ABC Circle Films [4] Nielsen ratings for the week it aired,[5] [6] Young Pioneers' Christmas [7] [8] The Young Pioneers (miniseries) [9]
Plot
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David and Molly Beaton, 18-years-old and 16-years-old respectively, marry and leave their native Iowa to make a life for themselves as homesteaders in the Dakota Territory of the early 1870s.[10] Homestead Act offers applicants 160 acres of land in undeveloped areas. Those who stay on the land for five years become the official owners.[11] [12] [13]
Production
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The project was developed and produced by Ed Friendly for ABC Circle Films with the script written by Blanche Hanalis and directed by Michael O'Herlihy .[14] Blanche Hanalis had previously produced and scripted the television series pilot for Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder , the mother Rose Wilder Lane .[15]
400 actors and actresses were interviewed before Linda Purl and Roger Kern were offered the lead roles of Molly and David Beaton.[16]
Principal photography began November 28, 1975, in Southern Arizona with additional filming at the Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, Arizona .[17] Nogales, Mexico . Sound stages at 20th-Century Fox in Los Angeles, California were used for the blizzard scenes.[18]
Cast
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Roger Kern as David Beaton
Linda Purl as Molly Beaton
Robert Hays as Dan Grey
Shelly Juttner as Nettie Peters
Robert Donner as Mr. Peters
Frank Marth as Mr. Svenson
Brendan Dillon as Doyle
Charles Tyner as Mr. Beaton
Jonathan Kidd as Dr. Thorne
Arnold Soboloff as Clerk in Land Office
Britt Leach as Mr. Loftus
Dennis Fimple as Man in Land Office
Bernice Smith as Mrs. Svenson
Janis Jamison as Eliza
Jeff Cotler as Charlie Peters
Lucky Hayes as Second Woman
Earl W. Smith as Man in Boxcar
Michelle Stacy as Flora Peters
Mare Winningham as Nettie Peters
References
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^ “‘Young Pioneers’ brave raw Dakota wilderness.” Austin Daily Herald , 17 February 1976.
^ “TV Scout Reports.” The Times and Democrat , 1 March 1976.
^ O’Connor, John J. “”Young Pioneers’ Offers Good Family Entertainment.” The Missoulian , 6 March 1976.
^ “Inside TV: ‘Angels’ to Star Wayne Rogers.” Los Angeles Times , 4 December 1975.
^ Deeb, Gary. “Happy Days for ABC.” Chicago Tribune , 13 March 1978.
^ Hanauer, Joan. “ABC, its power growing, list fall schedule.” The Times-Standard , 2 April 1976.
^ Hanauer, Joan. “Old Pilots Don’t Die.” The Daily Register , 1 June 1976.
^ “Christmas Specials Top Week’s Nielsen Ranking.” Los Angeles Times , 22 December 1976.
^ Lee Margulies, Trial Run for Young Pioneers, The Los Angeles Times , April 1, 1978, page 32
^ Gardella, Kay. “’Young Pioneers’ Producer Looks to Libraries for Ideas.” Daily News , 23 February 1976.
^ O’Connor, John J. (March 1976). "TV: 'Young Pioneers.' . New York Times . Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
^ Henniger, Paul. “Competition for The Waltons?” Capital Journal , 1 March 1976.
^ “Video Networks Take Youth Route.” The Daily News , 26 February 1976.
^ “Series Pilot Work Starts.” The Evening Sun , 5 December 1975.
^ Lochte, Dick. “Book Notes: If Winter Could Kill.” Los Angeles Times , 22 February 1976.
^ Scott, Vernon. “’Young Pioneers’ Producer hopes to attract teen Viewers.” The Daily Herald , 28 February 1976.
^ Shelton, Robert. “Out Takes From Old Tucson.” Tucson Daily Citizen , 29 November 1975.
^ Hoffman, Steve. “’Young Pioneers’ Looks Like Best Of New Westerns.” The Cincinnati Enquirer , 1 March 1976.
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