Writing
Blanche Hanalis
Born December 11, 1915
Died July 27, 1992 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Pleasure Palace · 1980Pleasure Palace
★ 5.51980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.
Little Lord Fauntleroy · 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy
★ 7.31980
MovieFamilyDrama
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
A Home of Our Own · 1975A Home of Our Own
★ 9.01975
MovieDramaTV Movie
The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.
The Trouble with Angels · 1966The Trouble with Angels
★ 6.71966
MovieComedy
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
The Secret Garden · 1987The Secret Garden
★ 7.71987
MovieTV MovieDrama
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
Little House on the Prairie · 1974Little House on the Prairie
★ 8.11974
MovieWesternFamily
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
Camille · 1984Camille
★ 5.51984
MovieDramaRomance
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Christmas Eve · 1986Christmas Eve
★ 6.81986
MovieDramaTV Movie
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.
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Pleasure Palace · 1980Pleasure Palace
★ 5.51980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.
Little Lord Fauntleroy · 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy
★ 7.31980
MovieFamilyDrama
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
A Home of Our Own · 1975A Home of Our Own
★ 9.01975
MovieDramaTV Movie
The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.
The Trouble with Angels · 1966The Trouble with Angels
★ 6.71966
MovieComedy
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
The Secret Garden · 1987The Secret Garden
★ 7.71987
MovieTV MovieDrama
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
Little House on the Prairie · 1974Little House on the Prairie
★ 8.11974
MovieWesternFamily
The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
Camille · 1984Camille
★ 5.51984
MovieDramaRomance
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Christmas Eve · 1986Christmas Eve
★ 6.81986
MovieDramaTV Movie
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows · 1968Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
★ 6.11968
MovieComedy
Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls on a bus trip across the country.
Young Pioneers · 1976Young Pioneers
★ 7.11976
MovieWesternTV Movie
Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David Beaton, two teenage newlyweds, homesteading in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.
I'll Be Home for Christmas · 1988I'll Be Home for Christmas
★ 7.01988
MovieDramaTV Movie
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.
Oliver and the Artful Dodger · 1972Oliver and the Artful Dodger
★ 6.51972
MovieAnimationAdventure
An animated sequel to the story of "Oliver Twist". Oliver is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. When Mr. Brownlow dies, his will cannot be found so his nephew Sniperly tries to just take the money. Oliver has to stop him. Meanwhile, Artful Dodger now helps children escape from workhouses.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler · 1973From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
★ 6.71973
MovieAdventureMystery
A precocious young girl and her younger brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The Children of An Lac · 1980The Children of An Lac
★ 6.41980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale, as well as a compassionate Vietnamese woman running a Saigon orphanage, to rescue as many children as possible and fly them out of the country before South Vietnam's fall in the spring of 1975 through the An Lac baby-lift.
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story · 1978A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
★ 9.51978
MovieDramaTV Movie
One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger · 1980Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
★ 9.01980
MovieDramaHistory
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas · 2014Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
★ 8.42014
MovieTV MovieFamily
Celebrate the holidays with two classic "Little House" specials, restored and remastered for superior picture and sound. In "Christmas at Plum Creek," the members of the Ingalls family share a heartwarming first Christmas in their new home, and Laura makes a personal sacrifice that captures the meaning of the holidays. In "A Christmas They Never Forget," the family waits out a snowstorm by remembering favorite Christmases from the past.
Weddings and Babies · 1960Weddings and Babies
★ 5.91960
MovieDrama
A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · 1974A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
★ 10.01974
MovieDramaFamily
The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
Young Pioneers' Christmas · 1976Young Pioneers' Christmas
★ 6.21976
MovieWesternTV Movie
A young couple and their neighbors celebrate Christmas in 1874 on the Dakota prairie. Despite tragedy and an ongoing battle with the railway company, Christmas is a homespun and overly sentimental affair.
Little House on the Prairie · 1974Little House on the Prairie
★ 7.91974
SeriesWesternDrama
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
My Favorite Martian · 1963My Favorite Martian
★ 6.11963
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Martian assumes the identity of Tim's Uncle Martin and begins to repair his spaceship so that he can return to Mars.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show · 1960The Barbara Stanwyck Show
★ 6.41960
SeriesDrama
An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father · 1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father
★ 6.21969
SeriesComedyFamily
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by Mark Toby. It tells the story of a widower, Tom Corbett, who is a magazine publisher, and his son, Eddie, who believes his father should marry, and manipulates situations surrounding the women his father is interested in. ABC had acquired the rights to the story; the series debuted on September 17, 1969, and was last broadcast on March 1, 1972.
Bixby received an Emmy nomination for the show.