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When Boston lawyer Mary Ross (Emily Rose) inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she has no idea she may have inherited a historical treasure. Mary's initial desire to sell the house is supported by her slick boyfriend, Rick (Adam Kaufman), but she is shocked to discover local historian Everett Mather (Justin Bruening) has evidence that her house is located on the site of the first Thanksgiving! With the house turning into an unexpected tourist attraction, putting Mary in the media spotlight at the prying of unscrupulous gossip blogger Ashleigh Mulligan (Cerina Vincent), Everett tries to prove his theory and Mary tries to prove anything that will keep the house in her hands. Suddenly, Mary clings to the house as an artifact of her own history before her happy childhood memories were tarnished by her father's abandonment. Ultimately, Mary must decide if it is more important to preserve the house’s historical ties or make it the site of many happy Thanksgivings to ...

Note: This is a mini series three decades old so as a viewer you should have that perspective in mind.  If this was made today, it probably would be better, but then again, maybe not. You might ask, "What about the classics?"  What about them?  The movies, you mean?  Well, this was made for television, produced by Steve Krantz, and adapted from Judith Krantz's novel. It may not be much appreciated today, but it was the talk of the town during its time. 🎬 Valerie Bertinelli, Barry Bostwick and Perry King star in a 1987 miniseries based on Judith Krantz's novel of a New York magazine publishing empire. First episode date: 1 March 1987 Theme music composer: Lee Holdridge Network: CBS Writers: Sherman Yellen and Diana Gould Directors:  Richard Michaels and Douglas Hickox Part 1   (Episodes One and Two) Part 2   (Episodes Three and Four) Princess Daisy, Scruples, Mistral's Daughter, and I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN are my favourite Jud...

Barbara Taylor Bradford was one of my favourite novelists, but I gave away the books to charity for other people to enjoy.   This is a poster for  Everything to Gain . The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. A police detective (Jack Scalia) helps a New York ad executive (Sean Young) go on after her husband (Charles Shaughnessy) and children are murdered. Initial release: 13 October 1996 Director: Michael Miller Based on: Everything to Gain novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford Story by: Barbara Taylor Bradford Music composed by: James Di Pasquale Jack Scalia was a big crush of mine in the 1990s because he was very sexy and he was such a great onscreen kisser.  Oh my gosh, I am admitting something like this for everyone to read.  I can't help it.  That was really the case during the 1990s. Sean Young is one of my favourite leading ladies in th...