The Magic of Ordinary Days
The Magic of Ordinary Days is a Hallmark Hall of Fame production based on a novel of the same name by Ann Howard Creel and adapted as a teleplay by Camille Thomasson. It was directed by Brent Shields, produced by Andrew Gottlieb and stars Keri Russell, Skeet Ulrich, and Mare Winningham.
Olivia Dunne Keri Russell is a young woman of Denver who has become pregnant by a naval flight instructor on furlough during the war. Embarrassed by his daughters out of wedlock pregnancy, her father decides to deal with the issue by quietly arranging her to marry. Livvy is sent off to a rural town in southeastern Colorado, there to be married to a young farmer in need of a wife. The groom is Ray Singleton Skeet Ulrich, who farms a remote section of land on a family farm. Hearing of Livvys dilemma from his pastor, Ray is moved by the story and agrees to marry without even having met her. Unbeknownst to Livvy, Ray has suffered the loss of both his father and mother, and the further loss of his younger brother when he was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Though a handsome young man, the isolation of the high plains has not allowed Ray the opportunity to find a wife. A family man at heart, Rays sister Martha Mare Winningham, her husband and their three children are the only family Ray has left.Ray and Livvy are an unlikely couple. Livvy has the benefit of a good education and until recently had been in graduate school studying archeology. The possesser of a broad formal education, she knows nothing of cooking or farming and is not particularly devoted to her religious beliefs. Though outwardly sophisticated, she has felt bereft and lonely since the death of her mother. Ray is a man of few words. A hard worker, he is kind, honest and patient. Family life and faith in God have been the central features of Rays life. His daily activity is focused on working his familys farm. Livvy and Ray strive hard to be polite and courteous to one another, but are nevertheless awkward in each others company. ........
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