Eleanor and Franklin the Early Years
Winner of a Golden Globe and 11 Emmy awards, “Eleanor and Franklin” stars Edward Herrmann and Jane Alexander. The movie chronologically orders the first four decades of the lives of Eleanor and Franklin. You will get to experience the various conflicts that loomed, whether it was Franklin’s overbearing mother or Eleanor’s discovery of FDR’s affair with Lucy Mercer, Eleanor went through many trials and tribulations. After Franklin is stricken with Polio in 1921, she emerges as an influential public figure.
Starring Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy
Director Daniel Petrie