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It is an outstanding piece of American history, a fictionalized account about orphans on New York City streets who are taken out west to bond with families. Try ...
Orphan Train
PG · 1979 ‧ Adventure/Drama ‧ 2h 23m
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In 1854, the Children's Aid Society initiates a program to relocate thousands of New York's orphaned children to the homes of adoptive parents throughout the Midwest. Minister's daughter Emma Symms (Jill Eikenberry) looks after the first group of...
Initial release: December 22, 1979
Director: William Graham
Story by: Dorothea G. Petrie
Production company: EMI Television
Written by: Millard Lampell
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Is there a movie about the orphan train?
Orphan Train is an American TV movie directed by William Graham which was broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1979. It is based on the Orphan Train Movement, associated with the early days of Children's Aid and similar organizations.
Is orphan train movie based on book?
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Christina Baker Kline's hit novel Orphan Train will be getting the movie treatment from Broad Green Pictures.
What is the controversy with the orphan train?
Some common complaints were: The children coming on the trains were of poor character or poor health. They were “criminals” and “vagabonds” or they were sickly or disabled. New York was using orphan trains as a way to send their “problems” West.
Is orphan train a true story?
Kline's book is fictional, but it's based on the very true history of thousands of children shipped to the Midwest. Kline joins NPR's Rachel Martin to discuss the history of the trains, how young girls were often passed over by families and the most surprising fact she learned from train riders.
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