Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - DE5
“The WalTons” Timeline
1970
12.19.1971
“The Homecoming,”
Earl Hamner’s novella about his
Appalachian childhood, is published.
“The Homecoming,” a CBS
Television special, debutes to generally positive reviews.
their first glimpses at John Boy, Olivia,
Grandpa Zeb, and all the family on
Walton’s Mountain.
Mary McDonough was a 10-yearold dance student with no previous
acting experience when she won the
role of Erin in “The Homecoming.” It
was her first professional audition.
“We went in and did the scene
where we were kids in the barn with
John Boy cracking walnuts at the
beginning of the movie. And the next
thing I knew I had a callback and I
was with five different kids, and then I
had another call back and I was with
five different kids, and they ended up
narrowing it down to the final six of us.”
For the young actors who would
portray the Walton siblings, Hamner’s
sentimental Depression-era tale was
an unfathomable world away from
their actual Los Angeles childhoods.
“We were wearing period costumes and it was different, because we
were putting on these coats and hats
and mufflers and gloves,” says
McDonough. “And being a native
Californian, I had no idea why someone would wear something like that. But
when we did film in the snow, I got it.”
“We were told a little bit about the
time – that we were hungry and that it
was a tough time, but we were basically just coached to be kids and be
ourselves,” says Judy Norton, who portrayed Mary Ellen Walton throughout
the series run. “I know they didn’t want
us to try to do Southern accents,
because Virginia is a tricky accent. So
Earl talked about softening the ends of
words – dropping the ‘g’ on the end. It
was done lightly, and I think sometimes
that’s less distracting than a bad
Southern accent.”
With all the Walton children now
aboard, Andrew Duggan was hired to
portray John Walton, Sr., Ellen Corby
was chosen as the acerbic grandmother Esther, and radio legend Edgar
Bergen rounded out the supporting
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Table of Contents
Digital Help Guide
Letters
From the Editor
From the Farm
Worth a Click
Creature Feature
Great Home Buys
Country Roads
The Hike
Mountain Report
Festivals and Events
The Best of the Mountains 2013
25 Years of Covers: Your Favorites
Ghost Town in the Sky Rises from the Dead to Live Again
Blossoms and Buddies: The Photoessay
25 Gen X and Gen Y-ers Changing Our Mountains for the Better
Beer! A Tasting Tour of Notable Microbrews in the Mountains
Then & Now: A Photo Tour
Chefs of the Mountains, Part III
Cabin in the Woods
Flavors
Mountain Garden
The Guest Column
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Digital Help Guide
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Letters
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - From the Editor
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - From the Farm
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Worth a Click
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Creature Feature
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Great Home Buys
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Country Roads
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - The Hike
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Mountain Report
Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Festivals and Events
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - The Best of the Mountains 2013
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - 25 Years of Covers: Your Favorites
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Ghost Town in the Sky Rises from the Dead to Live Again
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Blossoms and Buddies: The Photoessay
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - 25 Gen X and Gen Y-ers Changing Our Mountains for the Better
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Beer! A Tasting Tour of Notable Microbrews in the Mountains
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Then & Now: A Photo Tour
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Chefs of the Mountains, Part III
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Cabin in the Woods
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Flavors
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Blue Ridge Country - July/August 2013 - Mountain Garden
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