Dolley Madison : America's first lady / American Experience presents ; a production of tpt National Productions in association with Middlemarch Films, Inc. for American Experience ; Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. and WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced by Muffie Meyer, Julia Morrison ; directed by Muffie Meyer ; written and co-produced by Ronald Blumer.

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"Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first twelve Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth preside...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: PBS Distribution (Firm)
TPT National Productions
Middlemarch Films
Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Other Authors: Best, Eve, 1971-
Mays, Jefferson
Stiers, David Ogden
Sachs, Sharon
Hurwitz, Tom
Daring, Mason
Meyer, Muffie (Producer, Director)
Morrison, Julia (Producer)
Blumer, Ronald H. (Producer, Screenwriter)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2010]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Madison, Dolley, > 1768-1849.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
America's first lady.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first twelve Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president James Madison, became one of the most influential and best loved figures of her day. When she died in 1849 at the age of 81-- one of the last remaining members of the founding generation--Washington City honored her with the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen." -- Container.
Note:Originally produced as an episode of the television program "The American Experience" in 2010.
"The words spoken by the actors in this program are based on the actual writings of Dolley Madison and her contemporaries"--Opening credits.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E342.1 .D65 2010 VideoDVD
CV8 D0120498 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781608831821
1608831825
Credits:Edited and co-produced by Sharon Sachs ; director of photography, Tom Hurwitz ; original music composed by Mason Daring.
System Details:DVD, 5.1 surround, region 1, widescreen, NTSC.
Cast:
Eve Best (Dolley Madison), Jefferson Mays (James Madison), narrated by David Ogden Stiers.