The Golden Honeymoon

• Director: Noel Black
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Romantic Drama
• Themes: Foibles of Marriage, Love Triangles
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 52 minutes

Plot

First telecast February 4, 1980, Golden Honeymoon is an easygoing adaptation of the Ring Lardner short story. James Whitmore and Teresa Wright play a New Jersey couple who celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a second honeymoon. Their Florida idyll is disrupted when the couple's old acquaintance Stephen Elliott shows up. Elliot had been engaged to Teresa 52 years earlier, a fact that prompts Whitmore to behave in an uncharacteristically obnoxious nature. Calculated to put Elliott in his place, Whitmore's boorishness succeeds in alienating Teresa as well. Scripted by Frederic Hunter, the 60-minute Golden Honeymoon was the second-season opener of PBS' American Playhouse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Stephen Elliott; Henry Fonda - Hosted By; Nan Martin; James Whitmore - Charlie Tate; Teresa Wright - Lucy; Joe Gilbert - Ed Weaver

Credit

Don de Fina - Art Director, James Whitmore - Casting, Teresa Wright - Casting, Stephen Elliot - Casting, Nan Martin - Casting, Marianne Astrom-DeFina - Costume Designer, Noel Black - Director, Robert Geller - Executive Producer, David "Castro" Spears - Composer (Music Score), Jon Else - Cinematographer, Whitney Green - Producer, Dan McCann - Producer, Frederick Hunter - Teleplay By, Ring Lardner, Jr. - Short Story Author

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On Golden Pond; Perfect People; Martin Mull in Portrait of a White Marriage