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Subject: The Silent Cry Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:18 am
This episode, I think, is a mixture of sweet and emotional. I always love the episodes written by Mike Landon!!!! He really brings out his "family-centered" nature in this one....
Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:16 pm
I agree.It was a good one.
“Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
ChristineLovesLHOTP New Pioneer
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:59 pm
The orphanage in Sleepy Eye faces a difficult situation when two young brothers meet with a potential adoptive family. The younger child refuses to speak and shows symptoms of emotional trauma, so the family is only interested in taking the older child. Rather than be separated, the boys run away to the nearby blind school, where the kindly Houston agrees to help. Although the aging Houston would love to adopt them himself, it creates problems that he cannot handle by himself, so Charles and Jonathan must intervene
I loved this episode
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder
Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:20 pm
Me to.They should have not tired to separte the kids.But least in the end things worked out.
“Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
littlehouselover Walnut Grove Resident
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:24 pm
The Walton's had a similar episode in 1977, The Christmas Carol, about 2 orphaned English children and the younger one wouldn't speak after a traumatic experience and his older sibling took care of him. I have a feeling Michael saw or heard of this when he wrote the script in 1980.
Both shows were very good and had happy endings with the mute child speaking.
Honeybee Ingalls Friend for Life
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:58 pm
^Thats a good episode of The Waltons. The little boy, who played Pip. That's Kami Coutler (Elisabeth) younger brother. She mention it, on her Favebook page.
This is a good episode. We got to see cutie pie, Albert.
Davetucson Ingalls Friend for Life
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:52 am
If you would like to watch the identical copy of Silent Cry on Bonanza it is below. Michael simply tweeked the script a little and put it on Little House...He wrote and directed both............................
"Albert, do you REALLY think you are old enough to know what love is?" "I must be Pa. I love you, I have for a long time."
MankatoJoe Frontier Traveler
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Subject: Re: The Silent Cry Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:55 pm
Yes, he did a lot of re-tweaking Bonanza episodes, didn't he?