Earl Hamner (1923–2016)
Autor(a) de Charlotte's Web [1973 film]
About the Author
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia on July 10, 1923. He was attending the University of Richmond when he was drafted into the Army during World War II. Trained to defuse land mines, he was sent to France after the Normandy invasion. Once his superiors found out that he could type, mostrar mais he was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps in Paris, where he started writing fiction. After the war, he received a degree in broadcast communications from the University of Cincinnati in 1948 and began working in radio. His first novel, Fifty Roads to Town, was published in 1953. At this time he was writing radio and television scripts for NBC. His other novels include You Can't Get There from Here, The Avocado Drive Zoo, and Generous Women: An Appreciation. Spencer's Mountain was published in 1961 and was adapted into a film starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. He moved to California in 1962 and got his first break when The Twilight Zone accepted two of his story ideas. He wrote eight scripts for the series including The Hunt Stopover in a Quiet Town. He also wrote episodes for Wagon Train, Gentle Ben, and Nanny and the Professor as well as the 1968 television version of Heidi and the 1963 movie Palm Springs Weekend. In 1971, he took an incident from his novel Spencer's Mountain and rewrote it as a television special entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. After it drew strong ratings, CBS picked it up as a series entitled The Waltons with Hamner credited as creator and executive producer. He only wrote a few episodes of the series, but was closely involved in creative decisions and provided the voice-over narration that began and ended each show. The show ran for nine years. While working on The Waltons, he wrote scripts for the animated film Charlotte's Web and for Where the Lilies Bloom. He also developed the series Falcon Crest. He died from bladder cancer on March 24, 2016 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Earl Hamner
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga: The Complete Television Series — Producer — 14 exemplares
Black Leather Jackets: The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas — Autor — 2 exemplares
The Waltons: The Children's Carol [1977 TV episode] — Autor — 2 exemplares
Falcon Crest: Season 9 1 exemplar
Falcon Crest: Season 7 1 exemplar
Falcon Crest: Season 8 1 exemplar
Falcon Crest: Season 6 1 exemplar
Falcon Crest: Season 5 — Creator — 1 exemplar
Falcon Crest: Season 4 1 exemplar
Waltons, The 1 exemplar
Appalachian Autumn; The Alley; Noon on Doomsday; Saturday Adoption (Scope Play Series) (1971) 1 exemplar
Lassie Lithographs: A Christmas Story 1 exemplar
Reader's Digest condensed books 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Place in the Woods | Secret Woman | Christiaan Barnard: One Life | The Homecoming | Love… (1971) 16 exemplares
Falcon Crest: The Gathering Storm [1984 TV Episode] — Created — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Hamner, Earl Henry, Jr.
- Data de nascimento
- 1923-07-10
- Data de falecimento
- 2016-03-24
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Schuyler, Virginia, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Educação
- University of Cincinnati (BFA|1948)
- Ocupações
- TV writer
TV producer
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Críticas
Homecoming, The (A Novel About Spencer's Mountain) por Earl Hamner, Jr.
This is the book that was the basis for the much beloved television series, "The Waltons"(1972 - 1981). "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story was broadcast on December 19, 1971.
Enjoyable read. It's the basis of the '63 Henry Fonda movie as well as the Walton's TV series of the '70s. Good humor and folkways of Appalachian family life. I remember reading part of it in a magazine once before.
When we were young, our family always gathered to watch The Waltons on TV. I was aware that Earl Hamner had created the show, based on his family. I knew he was a writer. I really wanted to read this book someday.
I rarely wish I hadn't read a book. This one just didn't hold the charm that the television series held. I know there is a movie based on this book, and I'm still very likely going to try to find it to watch.
The TV show was fairly uplifting. This book features an accidental death of a key person, but then just glosses over it, like dead, buried, forgotten.
I loved John Boy in the show. He always seemed rather flighty to me, and this book allows me to understand that it's the way the character was designed, and that Richard Thomas brought the charm to the character. In the book, he slept with a casual girlfriend without any real consideration. It did not feel genuine to the time, or the storytelling. I feel funny saying that, as I know this is based loosely on Hamner's life. Maybe he did just get naked and run around in a field and then just accidentally have sex with his girlfriend, so who am I to judge? Really, it could've been written much better, if that's what happened. I'm disappointed in the writing more than the lack of character development, since it is based on truth.… (mais)
I rarely wish I hadn't read a book. This one just didn't hold the charm that the television series held. I know there is a movie based on this book, and I'm still very likely going to try to find it to watch.
The TV show was fairly uplifting. This book features an accidental death of a key person, but then just glosses over it, like dead, buried, forgotten.
I loved John Boy in the show. He always seemed rather flighty to me, and this book allows me to understand that it's the way the character was designed, and that Richard Thomas brought the charm to the character. In the book, he slept with a casual girlfriend without any real consideration. It did not feel genuine to the time, or the storytelling. I feel funny saying that, as I know this is based loosely on Hamner's life. Maybe he did just get naked and run around in a field and then just accidentally have sex with his girlfriend, so who am I to judge? Really, it could've been written much better, if that's what happened. I'm disappointed in the writing more than the lack of character development, since it is based on truth.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 53
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 1,569
- Popularidade
- #16,450
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 26
- ISBN
- 104
- Línguas
- 3