Friendly Persuasion

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Videodisc release of the 1956 motion picture.
Based on the book by Jessamyn West.
"Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary segment from the 1955 NBC-TV series Wide Wide World."
Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main, Robert Middleton, Anthony Perkins.
A heart-warming story about the day-to-day experiences of a Quaker family living in Indiana in 1862, showing their religious beliefs, their worldly temptations, their petty feuds, and their reactions in a time of crisis.
DVD; mono; widescreen.
Contents: Friendly persuasion.

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Humerous and historic submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on August 27, 2012, 12:50pm Based on the classic novel by the same name, this film portrays a Quaker family in the Midwest who must deal with wordly temptations and the conflict the Civil War rends in their family and community. It is a very humerous film, all the more so if one knows about Friends' history of abstaining from music, racing and violence. The family portrayed were the real ancestors of President Richard Nixon.
I loved this film as a child and wholeheartedly recommend it.