On Valentine's Day (1986)

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Audience Score
40
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NR 1 hr 46 minApr 11th, 1986DramaThe Orphans' Home Cycle PosterPart of The Orphans' Home Cycle
In 1917, Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying Horace Robedaux, a young man of humble prospects. Her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is pregnant.
StarringHallie FooteWilliam Converse-RobertsMichael Higgins
DirectorKen Harrison

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 11th, 1986
On DVD & Blu-ray:July 13th, 2004 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Peter Newman, Lewis M. Allen
Movie Tags:
based on true storymarriagesmall townpregnancytexas1910ssemi-biographicalyoung couplein-lawsfamily disapproval

The Orphans' Home Cycle

CORRECT VIEWING ORDER: (1) Convicts (2) Lily Dale (3) Courtship (4) On Valentine's Day (5) 1918 // The Orphans' Home Cycle is a 3-part drama written by Horton Foote. Each of the three parts in the trilogy comprises three one-act plays: The Story of a Childhood (Part 1), The Story of a Marriage (Part 2), and The Story of a Family (Part 3). The focus is on Horace Robedaux (inspired by Foote's father) and Elizabeth Vaughn (inspired by Foote's mother) at the turn of the 20th Century to the beginning of the Depression, following Horace through three decades, as "seen through three generations of three families." Some of these plays were made into movies, released individually and not in order.