An American Girl on the Home Front is the third movie in The American Girl

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 Movie Collection, but is the first to premiere on the Disney Channel

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. The first two movies in the series

An American Girl films

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 were broadcast on The WB Television Network

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, but the series moved since it no longer fit in with its original network following the WB/UPN

UPN

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 merger

The CW Television Network

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. It premiered on November 26, 2006, but was not tagged as a Disney Channel Original Movie. The screenwriter, Anna Sandor, won the prestigious 2007 Humanitas Prize

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 for the movie.

Plot

Based on the "Molly: An American Girl" book series, this movie is set in 1944 in the town of Jefferson, Illinois. Molly McIntire and her family are learning to cope with the changes the war has brought to their close-knit family. The start somewhat centers around Molly missing her father who is overseas to care for wounded soldiers in England. As they try to keep things running smoothly, Molly enters a dance contest at school, and is picked for the role of "Miss Victory". She and her friends, Susan Shapiro and Linda Rinaldi, are lively, outgoing, and always bursting with ideas. Also during this time, a young girl named Emily Bennett comes from London, England to live with the McIntire family. At first, Molly is unhappy about Emily staying at her home because she thinks she is rich and stuck-up. Then Molly learns Emily's true story, and her feelings toward her change for the better. At the end of the film, Molly learns the importance of getting along and pulling together no matter what.

Cast

• Maya Ritter
  Maya Ritter
  Maya Ritter is a young Canadian actress.- Career :Maya Ritter is a Canadian actress who played the lead role of Molly McIntire in the 2006 television movie Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front.She also starred in The film Finn's Girl as Zelly in 2007. That same year she acted in Hoilday...
  
   as Molly McIntire
• Tory Green
  Tory Green
  Tory Green is an Australian-born American teen actress who starred as Emily Bennett in Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, alongside Maya Ritter. She was born on June 24, 1994 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
  
   as Emily Bennett
• Hannah Fleming as Susan Shapiro
• Samantha Wilson as Linda Rinaldi
• Josette Halpert as Alison Hargate
• David Aaron Baker as Dr. McIntire
• Molly Ringwald
  Molly Ringwald
  Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer and dancer. Having appeared in the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles , The Breakfast Club , and Pretty in Pink , Ringwald has been frequently named the greatest teen star of all time...
  
  as Mrs. McIntire
• Genevieve Farrell as Jill McIntire
• Andrew Chalmers as Ricky McIntire

External links

• Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front — official home page