Love's Unfolding Dream
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Love's Unfolding Dream is a Christian
Drama
and the sixth TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke
and second to air in 2007. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel on December 15, 2007 and was produced for Hallmark by Larry Levinson Productions. It was directed by Harvey Frost. It is the sixth movie in an ongoing series that includes Love Comes Softly
(2003), Love's Enduring Promise
(2004), Love's Long Journey
(2005), and Love's Abiding Joy
(2006), Love's Unending Legacy
(2007), Love Takes Wing
(2009), and Love Finds a Home
(2009), as well as the 2011 prequels Love Begins
, Love's Everlasting Courage
, and Love's Christmas Journey.
) wants to be a doctor
, but women were not usually permitted careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda deeply wants a career as a doctor, and feels God has called her to be one. She learns to show her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith (Nancy Linehan Charles),an elderly woman who recently had a stroke
.
Belinda nurses her back to health and helps her regain the use of her right arm. Belinda meets the nephew
of their deceased neighbor, Drew Simpson. Drew (Patrick Levis
) comes to town to get his uncle's farm in shape to sell and then return to New York
to join his father's law practice. He does not want to stay in this small, unsophisticated town.
But after meeting Belinda, he has second thoughts about staying. Belinda also feels something for Drew, but she is conflicted because she wants to become a doctor and then move back home so her loved ones can still get medical care from her. Even though most women of the time only married
and had children, Belinda wants more.
She has a calling and a great mind for medicine
. Determined that it won't work between her and Drew, Belinda plans to leave to study medicine in Boston, with financial help from Mrs. Stafford-Smith. But after hearing Belinda's grandfather share how he felt about his wife, Marty, and how he knew of his feelings for her, Drew realizes that he can't live without Belinda.
Just as Belinda boards the stage coach, Drew arrives telling her he loves her. He is willing to practice law in Boston while she is in school. They will move back to this small town together once she becomes a doctor, if that's what she wants.
He asks for her to marry him. Knowing she feels the same way for him, Belinda accepts and finally admits to Drew that she loves him too. She and Drew are married with her family and friends present before they move to Boston together.
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and the sixth TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke
Janette Oke
Janette Oke is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists...
and second to air in 2007. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel on December 15, 2007 and was produced for Hallmark by Larry Levinson Productions. It was directed by Harvey Frost. It is the sixth movie in an ongoing series that includes Love Comes Softly
Love Comes Softly
Love Comes Softly is a 2003 Christian drama television movie set in the 19th century, based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel in 2003...
(2003), Love's Enduring Promise
Love's Enduring Promise
Love's Enduring Promise is a 2004 Christian Drama made for TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke.The film is the second in the "Love Comes Softly" series of television movies on Hallmark Channel that includes Love Comes Softly , Love's Long Journey , Love's Abiding Joy , Love's...
(2004), Love's Long Journey
Love's Long Journey
Love's Long Journey is a 2005 Christian Drama made for TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It was directed by Michael Landon Jr...
(2005), and Love's Abiding Joy
Love's Abiding Joy
Love's Abiding Joy is a 2006 Christian Drama made for TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It was directed by Michael Landon Jr. and stars Erin Cottrell and Logan Bartholomew...
(2006), Love's Unending Legacy
Love's Unending Legacy
Love's Unending Legacy is a 2007 Christian Drama made for TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel on April 7, 2007. It was directed by Mark Griffiths and stars Erin Cottrell...
(2007), Love Takes Wing
Love Takes Wing
Love Takes Wing is a Christian drama and the seventh TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on April 4, 2009...
(2009), and Love Finds a Home
Love Finds a Home
Love Finds a Home is a Christian drama film, the eighth and final installment based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on September 5, 2009. The film is based on the book Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke...
(2009), as well as the 2011 prequels Love Begins
Love Begins
Love Begins is the first of two prequels of the Love Comes Softly series. It premiered September 17, 2011 on The Hallmark Channel.-Differences from the book series:...
, Love's Everlasting Courage
Love's Everlasting Courage
Love's Everlasting Courage is a 2011 Christian-Drama television film that premiered October 1, 2011 on The Hallmark Channel. This film is the second prequel of the Love Comes Softly StarringWes Brown as ClarkMorgan Lily as MissyCheryl Ladd as IreneJulie Mond as Ellen Willow Geer as SarahTyler...
, and Love's Christmas Journey.
Plot
Belinda Tyler (Scout Taylor-ComptonScout Taylor-Compton
Scout Taylor-Compton is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from dramas to those in the horror genre....
) wants to be a doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, but women were not usually permitted careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda deeply wants a career as a doctor, and feels God has called her to be one. She learns to show her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith (Nancy Linehan Charles),an elderly woman who recently had a stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
.
Belinda nurses her back to health and helps her regain the use of her right arm. Belinda meets the nephew
Nephew
Nephew is a son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law, and niece is a daughter of one's sibling or a sibling-in-law. Sons and daughters of siblings-in-law are also informally referred to as nephews and nieces respectively, even though there is no blood relation...
of their deceased neighbor, Drew Simpson. Drew (Patrick Levis
Patrick Levis
- Biography :Ever since he was little, acting was his passion. He started acting in several commercials, and by the age of twelve, he had a role in the original cast of the Broadway play "Big: the musical." After this he starred in Brink! , a Disney Channel original movie, and shortly after was...
) comes to town to get his uncle's farm in shape to sell and then return to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to join his father's law practice. He does not want to stay in this small, unsophisticated town.
But after meeting Belinda, he has second thoughts about staying. Belinda also feels something for Drew, but she is conflicted because she wants to become a doctor and then move back home so her loved ones can still get medical care from her. Even though most women of the time only married
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
and had children, Belinda wants more.
She has a calling and a great mind for medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
. Determined that it won't work between her and Drew, Belinda plans to leave to study medicine in Boston, with financial help from Mrs. Stafford-Smith. But after hearing Belinda's grandfather share how he felt about his wife, Marty, and how he knew of his feelings for her, Drew realizes that he can't live without Belinda.
Just as Belinda boards the stage coach, Drew arrives telling her he loves her. He is willing to practice law in Boston while she is in school. They will move back to this small town together once she becomes a doctor, if that's what she wants.
He asks for her to marry him. Knowing she feels the same way for him, Belinda accepts and finally admits to Drew that she loves him too. She and Drew are married with her family and friends present before they move to Boston together.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Erin Cottrell Erin Cottrell Erin Cottrell is an American actress, who has appeared in the role of Missie Davis-LaHaye in 5 of the 8 films in the Love Comes Softly series. She also played Caroline Ingalls in the 2005 miniseries Little House On The Prairie... |
Missie Tyler |
| Scout Taylor-Compton Scout Taylor-Compton Scout Taylor-Compton is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from dramas to those in the horror genre.... |
Belinda LaHaye |
| Dale Midkiff Dale Midkiff Dale Alan Midkiff is an American actor.-Early life:Midkiff was born in Chance, Maryland, the son of Joyce and Thomas Midkiff. He attended Edgewood High School near Baltimore. His first acting experience came playing Jack in a production of Jack and the Beanstalk for a local children's theater. His... |
Clark Davis |
| Robert Pine Robert Pine Robert Pine is an American actor who has starred on television and in film. He is probably best known for his role as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the hit NBC television series CHiPs from 1977 to 1983.-Personal life:... |
Dr. Micah Jackson |
| Victor Browne | Sheriff Zach T |
| Richard Herd Richard Herd Richard Herd, Jr. is an American actor in television and film. He is well known in the science fiction community for his role in the 1983 NBC miniseries V and the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, as John, the Visitors' Supreme Commander... |
Windsor |
| Paul Ganus Paul Ganus Paul E. Ganus is an American actor.Ganus has guest starred on numerous television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Dallas, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Las Vegas, Alias, Cold Case, House, Veronica Mars, Family Guy, The O.C., CSI, Nip/Tuck and Heroes.He has also had small roles in such feature... |
Charles Kent |
| Lori Rom Lori Rom Lori Rom is an American actress.Rom attended Carnegie Mellon University's drama conservatory, where she also worked through school... |
Sadie Kent |
| J.C. Brandy | Caroline |
| John Prosky | George |
| Tahmus Rounds | Jonas Barnes |
| Timmy Deters | Caleb Kent |
| Nancy Linehan Charles | Virginia Stafford-Smith |
Differences From The Novel
- In the novel, Belinda becomes a nurse for her brother, Luke Davis. She is also 11–16 years old in the novel.
- Dr. Jackson is a possible reference to Jackson Brown, a boy whom went to school with Belinda, and later becomes a doctor working with Luke Davis, in the books.
- How Belinda and Drew Simpson meet in the novel is different than in the film. In the novel, Belinda is with Luke when he removes Drew's arm after it is crushed in a logging accident. Drew later saves her after she is thrown from her horse. They get married in the novel Love Finds a HomeLove Finds a HomeLove Finds a Home is a Christian drama film, the eighth and final installment based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on September 5, 2009. The film is based on the book Love Finds a Home by Janette Oke...
. Drew's mother is also alive, and he also has a younger brother. - Aaron (Clare in the novel) and Arnie are not shown in the film, nor any of their family that are all mentioned in the novel. Aaron and Ellie are part of the 2011 film Love's Christmas Journey, but do not have the same spouses and children that are mentioned in the novels.
- Belinda's care for Virginia Stafford-Smyth after she has a stroke takes place in Love Takes WingLove Takes WingLove Takes Wing is a Christian drama and the seventh TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It aired on Hallmark Channel on April 4, 2009...
. She became ill on the train and was brought to Luke's office. Windsor came later to see her. Virginia is said to have two grandsons whom she raised after her son and his wife died. It is stated in the film that her son never had kids. Belinda later returned to Boston with her.
Awards
Timmy Deters was nominated in 2008 for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young ActorExternal links
- Love Comes Softly Series site at Hallmark ChannelHallmark ChannelThe Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
- Love's Unfolding Dream at RHI Entertainment FilmsRHI EntertainmentRHI Entertainment , formerly known as Hallmark Entertainment, is an American producer of television movies and miniseries, founded in 1979 by Robert Halmi Jr. and Robert Halmi Sr. as Robert Halmi Incorporated....