Series·1984·1 Season
Ellis Island
THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.
Created By
Fred Mustard Stewart
Country
US
Language
English
Episodes
3
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The Story
Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.
Producer
Nick Gillott, Gabriel Katzka
Cinematography
Ennio Guarnieri
Music
John Addison
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
10 votes
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Cast
Peter Riegert
Jacob Rubinstein
Gregory Paul Martin
Marco Santorelli
Claire Bloom
Rebecca Weiler
Judi Bowker
Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell
Kate Burton
Vanessa Ogden
Joan Greenwood
Madame Levitska
Ann Jillian
Nellie Byfield
Lila Kaye
Kathleen O'Donnell
Stubby Kaye
Abe Shulman
Alice Krige
Bridget O'Donnell
Cherie Lunghi
Una Marbury
Melba Moore
Flora Mitchum
Milo O'Shea
Casey O'Donnell
Emma Samms
Violet Weiler
Ben Vereen
Roscoe Haines
Faye Dunaway
Maud Charteris
Richard Burton
Sen. Phipps Ogden
Michael Byrne
Dr. Carl Travers
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Crew
Jerry London
Director
Fred Mustard Stewart
Creator
Nick Gillott
Producer
Gabriel Katzka
Executive Producer
Frank Konigsberg
Executive Producer
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Zeljko Marasovich
Original Music Composer
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Dudley Lovell
Director of Photography
John J. Dumas
Editor
James Galloway
Editor
Bernard Gribble
Editor
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