Little House on the Prairie (film)

Little House on the Prairie
Genre	Western drama
Based on	Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Written by	Blanche Hanalis
Directed by	Michael Landon
Starring	Melissa Gilbert; Michael Landon; Karen Grassle; Melissa Sue Anderson; Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush; Victor French;
Narrated by	Melissa Gilbert
Theme music composer	David Rose
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ed Friendly; Michael Landon
Producer(s)	Kent McCray (associate producer)
Cinematography	Ted Voigtlander
Editor(s)	John Loeffler
Running time	96 minutes
Production company(s)	NBC Productions; Ed Friendly Productions
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution (current); MGM Worldwide Television Distribution (current International TV distributor); CBS Television Distribution (current US TV distributor)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	March 30, 1974
Chronology
Followed by	Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

Little House on the Prairie is a 1974 American made-for-television film which served as the pilot to the Little House on the Prairie TV series on NBC. It is closely based on the Little House on the Prairie novel; second of the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The pilot was produced by Ed Friendly[1] with the script written by Blanche Hanalis[2] and directed by Michael Landon.[3]

Plot

The movie starts with the Ingalls family leaving their little house in the Big Woods and starting for West. After long and adventurous journey they stop in the Indian Country. Charles builds a house, starts farming, they have Indians visit them and for the first time meet Mr. Edwards. After a year, they are visited by the soldiers and learn they have to leave. After having packed everything, they set off on a new journey.

Cast

Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
Victor French as Isaiah Edwards
Victor Mohica as Soldat Du Chene
Cal Bellini as Brave
Sam Vlahos as 1st Indian
Richard Alarian as 2nd Indian
Marian Beeler as Charlotte Holbrook
John Steadman as Frederick Holbrook
Ruth Foster as Aunt Ruby (uncredited)

Production notes

Filmed in California from January 7 to 20, 1974
First broadcast March 30, 1974
Broadcast in the series' first season on September 11, 1974

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References

Hevesi, Dennis (June 22, 2007). "Ed Friendly, 85, a Producer of 'Little House', Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
Smith, Cecil (March 27, 1974). "A Writer's Own True-Life 'Tree'". Los Angeles Times.
Smith, Cecil (March 24, 1974). "Actor-writer-director Michael Landon is back on the prairie". Los Angeles Times.

External links

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[1] Hevesi, Dennis (June 22, 2007). "Ed Friendly, 85, a Producer of 'Little House', Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

[2] Smith, Cecil (March 27, 1974). "A Writer's Own True-Life 'Tree'". Los Angeles Times.

[3] Smith, Cecil (March 24, 1974). "Actor-writer-director Michael Landon is back on the prairie". Los Angeles Times.