The Scarecrow

TV Movie
1972
1h 45m

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Just before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover.Just before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover.Just before the Salem witch trials, an embittered old woman, who's learned witchcraft, and brings a scarecrow to life, as part of her revenge on the judge who was once her lover.

Director
- Boris Sagal
Writers
- Percy MacKaye
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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6.9/10

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Director
- Boris Sagal
Writers
- Percy MacKaye
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win total

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Trivia
Last filmed project of actor Pete Duel.

Quotes
Richard Talbot: [to Goody Rickby] Charm all the broomsticks you like; bewitch all the mirrors and saucepans, but gull no more money out of young girls! Mind you, we're not so enterprising in this town as in Salem, but we may come to it!

Connections
Remake of Puritan Passions (1923)

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10/10

Scarecrow (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Part of the Broadway Theater Archive Series this remarkable play, shown here in 1972, was written by Percy MacKaye (1875-1956.)

Other than being a powerful addition to the series the draw is of the variety of the actors; many of the actors are well known from the time. Others will want to go back and watch their previous works.

The story called "The Scarecrow" is only called "Scarecrow" on the production cover; This can be confusing when purchasing.

A nice commentary in great prose on the nature of man and revenge. A fund comic version of the time vs. Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."

We started in Massachusetts almost three hundred years ago. A well-designed stage. Rachel Merton (Blythe Danner) purchases a mirror of truth from Goody Rickby (Nina Foch). You will want to keep an eye on the mirror. Gene Wilder plays Lord Ravensbane; he could scare a crow.

As the crow flies so the wind blows.

Wed the girl and sting the justice.

Will things go as planned?

Again, keep your eye on the mirror.

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