Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
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| Written by | Anna Sandor |
| Directed by | Joyce Chopra |
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Maya Ritter Tory Green Hannah Fleming Samantha Wilson Josette Halpert David Aaron Baker |
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Warner Bros. (DVD) Disney Channel (TV) |
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An American Girl on the Home Front is the third movie in the American Girl film series, but is the first to premiere on the Disney Channel. The first two movies in the series were broadcast on The WB Television Network, but the series moved since it no longer fit in with its original network following the WB/UPN merger. It premiered on November 26, 2006, but was not tagged as a Disney Channel Original Movie. The film stars Maya Ritter in the title role, with Molly Ringwald, David Aaron Baker, Tory Green and Genevieve Farrell in supporting roles.
The screenwriter, Anna Sandor, won the 2007 Humanitas Prize for the movie.
Based on the "Molly: An American Girl" book series, the film is set in 1943 to 1944 during World War II. 10-year-old Molly McIntire lives in Jefferson County, Illinois with her parents and older siblings. Her father is an Army doctor. Molly is in the third grade at Willow Street School along with her best friends, Linda and Susan. In the beginning, Molly, Linda, and Susan are at the movie theater talking about how they think their teacher, Miss Campbell, is nice and pretty and they think her fiance, Lieutenant Davies, is handsome as well. The girls then go to an ice cream parlor and are disappointed that they are out of ice cream, but they decide to get cherry coke instead. As Molly's 10th birthday nears, she dreams of having princess-themed tea party for her birthday, only to be disappointed to learn that her family can't afford it. Molly's older sister Jill then says she is too immature to understand how the war changes people's lives.
As Molly's class learns about the war going on and air raid drills, Molly's father announces that he must go to London to help injured soldiers. Molly is furious that her father is leaving her and going to an unsafe city, but he comforts her by calling Molly his "North Star" and telling her to look at the stars. Molly then decides she wants to be the school's "Miss Victory" but she struggles to practice her tap dancing and Allison has been dancing since she was a toddler. Molly also gets chosen to represent her class in the school spelling bee.
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