Mary Steenburgen
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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- In the late 1920s, columnist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) moves to Cross Creek, Fla., to dedicate herself to writing a serious novel. Despite her husband's eventual departure, the initial suspicion of the locals about her work, and the challenge of finding a worthy subject to devote herself to, Marjorie persists in her dream.
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Cross Creek is a 1983 American biographical drama romance film starring Mary Steenburgen as The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The film is directed by Martin Ritt and is based in part on Rawlings's 1942 memoir Cross Creek.
In 1928, long before “dropping out” was the thing to do, a New York newspaper reporter named Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings headed south and bought a shack in the Florida Everglades. She was not the pioneer type.
Oct 27, 1983 · Cross Creek: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Mary Steenburgen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill. In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Martin Ritt
- 1983-10-27
Cross Creek (1983) Movie Info Synopsis In the late 1920s, columnist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) moves to Cross Creek, Fla., to dedicate herself to writing a serious novel.
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- Martin Ritt
- PG
- Mary Steenburgen
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
In 1928, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) in her early 30s moves to a blindly bought orange grove near the hamlet of Cross Creek, in northern Florida, which is located on a strip of land between two large lakes (Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake).
Sep 21, 1983 · The film is set in 1928, and it begins with Marjorie's abrupt decision to leave her husband and move to an extremely remote orange grove, where she expects to live in utter isolation while...
