The Gathering (Special Edition) (MOD) "Short Film"

The Gathering (Special Edition) (MOD) "Short Film"In the Emmy winning The Gathering, a dying father, Adam Thornton (Edward Asner), arranges a Christmas reunion with the family he's neglected in the hopes of making peace. Maureen Stapleton plays his estranged wife Kate. In The Gathering Part II, Kate runs Thornton Industries and is wooed by a wealthy financier (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) whose intentions are unclear. Stapleton and many of The Gathering cast members return for another holiday tale aglow

An elderly Chinese man routs evil in a Western frontier town by setting up his circus for the townspeople

" Adding to the interest: a narrative structure that cuts between the onstage production of a make-or-break show and the in-the-wings scrambling to mount it - and to find out who heisted the night's gate receipts

setting the template for what was to follow

"Feet" goes on a gambling spree and ends up winning a fortune

Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island

who would go on to direct Kelly in Thousands Cheer

Now he's an international agent with all the gadgetry a spy could want: a signal-emitting dental insert

Cecilia is smitten with the showbiz bug as she experiences a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of a big musical number

government officials

the ex-piano man who went on to compose some 8O productions

Otto Kruger

Time for stargazing