Love Comes Softly

Love Comes Softly
Written by Cindy Kelly
Michael Landon Jr.
Janette Oke
Directed by Michael Landon Jr.
Starring Katherine Heigl
Dale Midkiff
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Corbin Bernsen
Theresa Russell
Theme music composer William Ashford
Ken Thorne
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Kevin Bocarde
Kyle Clark
Editor(s) Colleen Halsey
Running time 88 min.
Release
Original network Hallmark Channel
Original release April 13, 2003
Chronology
Preceded by Love's Everlasting Courage
Followed by Love's Enduring Promise

Love Comes Softly is a 2003 Christian drama television movie set in the 19th century, based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel in 2003. It was directed by Michael Landon Jr., and stars Katherine Heigl as a young woman named Marty Claridge.

It is the first in a series of television movies made for Hallmark Channel based on the books and produced for Hallmark by Larry Levinson Productions. The order of the films to follow are: 1. Two prequels, Love Begins, 2. Love's Everlasting Courage (both 2011), 3. "Love Comes Softly" 4. Love's Enduring Promise (2004), 5. Love's Long Journey (2005), 6. Love's Abiding Joy (2006), 7. Love's Unending Legacy (2007), 8. Love's Unfolding Dream (2007), 9. Love Takes Wing (April 4, 2009), and 10. Love Finds a Home (April 11, 2009), and Love's Christmas Journey (November 5, 2011).[1][2][3]

Plot

Marty Claridge (Katherine Heigl) has just moved out to the West with her husband Aaron Claridge (Oliver Macready), who dies in a riding accident shortly after. Expecting her late husband's baby, Marty has nowhere to go and needs a place to stay through the winter. Desperate, she accepts the proposal offered by widower Clark (Dale Midkiff). Clark offers to give her a place to stay for the winter and provide her with the fare for the wagon train heading back East in the spring. In exchange, Marty agrees to marry Clark and provide a maternal influence for his young daughter Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak). Since the marriage is in name only, the pair keep separate quarters. Initially, it is not an ideal arrangement for any of them, and Missie resents Marty for attempting to encourage more feminine behavior from her. As winter passes, Marty learns more about "Clark's God" than she ever dreamed and an affectionate bond develops between her and Missie, allowing them all to begin to feel more like a family. Marty and Clark finally come to realize that they have both done what they thought was impossible: they have found love again. Missie has a new loving mother and Marty's baby is blessed with a wonderful new father.

Cast

Actor Role
Katherine Heigl Marty Claridge
Dale Midkiff Clark Davis
Skye McCole Bartusiak Missie Davis
Corbin Bernsen Ben Graham
Theresa Russell Sarah Graham
Oliver Macready Aaron Claridge
Adam Loeffler Clint Graham
Nick Scoggin Reverend Johnson
Rutanya Alda Wanda Marshall
Tiffany Amber Knight Laura Graham
Jaimz Woolvett Wagon Train Scout

Differences from the novel

Awards

The following people took home a Camie Award in 2003 for their part in the film:

In 2004 Dale Midkiff won the Grace Award from MovieGuide for Most Inspirational Television Acting.

References

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