Michael Fields Director Screenwriter (1 results)

Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 "American Playhouse" episode, originally aired on PBS on January 21, 1985. Based on the 1937 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. A Swedish stranger arrives at a small family run dairy farm out of the blue, asking for work, promising strong effort in exchange for very little pay. While the family is initially put off by the stranger's cold demeanor, they gradually accept him and the farm thrives under his care, until news arrives that lays their relationship with him and each other bare. Set in South Texas, shot in Fredericksburg and Mason, Texas. White titled self wrappers, with title page integral with the front wrapper as issued, noted as Revised Second Draft, dated May 10, 1984, with credits for director Michael Fields and novelist Katherine Anne Porter. 55 leaves, with last page of text numbered 54. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good, with soil to the first and final leaves, bound with three gold brads.…