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Jun 12, 2014 · It was the spring of 2009. I was in a class called Lawyers & Literature. My professor, Jim Elkins, a short-thin man with long-white hair, gained the podium. Wearing what might be called a suit—with Elkins one never could tell—he recited lines from a novella Decoration Day. I had heard of the author, John William Corrington, but only in passing.
John William Corrington (October 1932 – November 1988) was an American movie and television writer, novelist, poet and lawyer. He received a B.A. degree from Centenary College of Louisiana in 1956 and his M.A. from Rice University in 1960, the year he took on his first teaching position in the English Department at Louisiana State University.
John William Corrington. Garden 35, East Half of Lot 64, Grave 3. FPE burial No. 26010. Author, Motion Picture Screenwriter. He was a graduate of Jesuit High School and Centenary College of Louisiana, both in Shreveport, Louisiana, and of the graduate school of the University of Sussex in Great Britain. He also held a law degree from Tulane ...
Decoration Day - Full Cast & Crew. 1990; 1 hr 40 mins Drama ... Adapted from the novella by John William Corrington. Director 1 Credit. Robert Markowitz. Screenwriter 1 Credit ...
Mar 6, 2024 · Decoration Day is an American drama television film that premiered on NBC on December 2, 1990, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. It is directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert W. Lenski, based on the novella of the same name by John William Corrington. The film stars James Garner, Judith Ivey, Bill Cobbs, Ruby Dee ...
1 hr 40 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. James Garner stars as a retired judge whose cantankerous attitude is tempered by a troubled godchild (Norm Skaggs), a black tenant farmer (Bill Cobbs) who ...
Oct 1, 2006 · Amazon.com: Decoration Day [VHS] : James Garner, Judith Ivey, Ruby Dee, Bill Cobbs, Laurence Fishburne, Jo Anderson, Norm Skaggs, Wallace Wilkinson, Jonathan Peck ...
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