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  1. The Dollmaker is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel of the same title written by Harriette Arnow. It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984.

    • Drama
  2. May 13, 1984 · A Kentucky farm family faces hardship and tragedy during World War II in this Emmy-winning adaptation of Harriette Arnow's novel. Jane Fonda stars as Gertie Nevels, a woodcarver who makes dolls to support her children in Detroit.

    • (999)
    • Drama
    • Daniel Petrie
    • 1984-05-13
  3. Jane Fonda, Levon Helm

    • 144 min
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  4. The Dollmaker is a novel by Harriette Arnow. It is the story of Gertie Nevels and her family's migration from their Kentucky homeland to industrial Detroit during World War II. First published in 1954, the novel earned a 1955 nomination for the National Book Award.

  5. The Dollmaker is about what happens when Gertie is forced to leave her beloved rural Kentucky for the terrifying, filthy, noisy, chaotic and impoverished world of a Detroit slum.

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    • Paperback
    • Harriette Simpson Arnow
  6. Jane Fonda gives an Emmy-winning performance as Gertie Nevels, a pioneer woman and the mother of five from the Kentucky hills who is forced to uproot her chi...

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    • Al Wood
  7. During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels (Levon Helm) leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly...

    • Drama