The Gift of Love

TV Movie
1978
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1h 38m

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A wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of "socially acceptable class." When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she struggles between her relat... Read allA wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of "socially acceptable class." When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she struggles between her relatives' expectations and her own wishes.A wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of "socially acceptable class." When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she struggles between her relatives' expectations and her own wishes.

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Rudi Miller: [after revealing Beth's now short hair] Your hair! What have you done?
Beth Atherton: Please don't look at me like that! I had to! It was Christmas Eve, and my heart was just bursting with love that... there was this place where you can sell hair to make wigs, and I had no money and... here open this.
[Hands him his present. Rudy opens the present and reveals a small watch chain]
Beth Atherton: It's for your watch. You know how you cherish it, and I'm always afraid you'll lose it!
Rudi Miller: [Slowly hands Beth her present] .
[Whispers]
Rudi Miller: Open it.
[Beth open her present and takes out two small combs]
Rudi Miller: I too wished to show you my love. I had no money and... I sold my watch.
[They laugh]
Rudi Miller: I sold my watch to buy you combs for... for the hair you sold...
[They laugh harder]
Rudi Miller: ... to buy a chain for my watch!
[They stop laughing]
Rudi Miller: Oh but you are beautiful. You are more beautiful than before.
[They kiss]
Beth Atherton: I love you so much.

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Version of The Sacrifice (1909)

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The Precious Gift Of Love
Music & Lyric by Fred Karlin

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8/10

A Holiday classic, with a gorgeous Marie Osmond

Marie is an orphan. Her rich uncle takes her in, and raises her for a couple years. When she turns 18, he arranges a marriage for her (with an all-but-complete stranger). She has to take it ... or else she will be thrown out on the street. She accepts (and so, uncle will give her a big chunk of money upon the marriage).

Marie had scarlet fever growing up, and when her hair came back, promised her father never to cut it. Mmm. By now it's well-over 4-feet long, lush and beautiful. Soon after her engagement, she meets Timothy Bottoms (in an outstandingly cute performance). They start flirting, but before things go very far, he has knocked her to the ground twice.

June Lockhart plays an air-headed high society lady to the hilt, always focused on the next event. And, the movie is opened and closed by David Wayne, as O'Henry, introducing his story: "The Gift of the Magi." This has warmed my heart several times; it is quite a good Christmas movie.