Aunt Abigail’s Beau is episode eight of the first season of the Sullivan Entertainment long-form television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996) and episode 8 overall. It first aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on 25 February 1990 and on the Disney Channel on 2 April 1990. It was written by Heather Conkie and directed by Harvey Frost. It was preceded by “Conversions” and followed by “Malcolm and the Baby.”
This episode stars series regulars Sarah Polley (Sara Stanley), Lally Cadeau (Janet King), Cedric Smith (Alec King), Gema Zamprogna (Felicity King), and Zachary Bennett (Felix King); absent from this episode are series regulars Jackie Burroughs (Hetty King) and Mag Ruffman (Olivia King). Guest stars include Rosemary Dunsmore (Aunt Abigail) and Malcolm Stoddard (Malcolm MacEwan).
A novelization by Amy Jo Cooper, as volume 7 of the Road to Avonlea book series, was published in Canada in 1991 and the United States in 1992.
Home Video: Road to Avonlea, Volume 4. A Sullivan Films Production. Astral Communications, 1990.
DVD: Road to Avonlea: The Complete First Season. Sullivan Entertainment Presents. Sullivan Entertainment, 2002. Tales from Avonlea: The Complete First Season. Disney Presents. Walt Disney Home Video, 2005. Road to Avonlea: The Complete First Season / Les Contes d’Avonlea: L’intégrale de la première saison. Sullivan Entertainment, 2009.
Credits
Opening Credits
A KEVIN SULLIVAN PRODUCTION
ROAD TO AVONLEA
SARAH POLLEY [Sara Stanley]
JACKIE BURROUGHS [Aunt Hetty]
LALLY CADEAU [Janet King], CEDRIC SMITH [Alec King]
GEMA ZAMPROGNA [Felicity King]
MAG RUFFMAN [Aunt Olivia]
ZACHARY BENNETT [Felix King]
Special Guest Star: MALCOLM STODDARD [Malcom MacEwan]
Special Guest Star: ROSEMARY DUNSMORE as Aunt Abigail
Art Direction: PERRI GORRARA
Director of Photography: MANFRED GUTHE, c.s.c.
Costume Design: MARTHA MANN
Casting: ANNE TAIT
Written by HEATHER CONKIE
Story Editor: LUCIE HALL
Edited by JAMES LAHTI
Music Composed by JOHN WELSMAN
Executives in Charge of Production: DEBORAH BERNSTEIN, CATHY JOHNSON
Executive Producers: KEVIN SULLIVAN, TRUDY GRANT
Directed by HARVEY FROST
Ending Credits
Sara Stanley: SARAH POLLEY
Malcolm MacEwan: MALCOLM STODDARD
Aunt Abigail: ROSEMARY DUNSMORE
Felicity King: GEMA ZAMPROGNA
Felix King: ZACHARY BENNETT
Cecily King: HARMONY CRAMP
Andrew King: JOEL BLAKE
Aunt Hetty: JACKIE BURROUGHS
Janet King: LALLY CADEAU
Alec King: CEDRIC SMITH
Rev. Leonard: PETER DONALDSON
Mr. Lawson: LES CARLSON
Mrs. Lawson: ELVA MAI HOOVER
Mrs. Biggins: ANNA FERGUSON
Mrs. Potts: MAJA ARDAL
Auctioneer: MICHAEL MATTHEWS
Auction Man 1: AL HEFFERING
Auction Man 2: AL BLACK
Line Producer: LEN D’AGOSTINO
Production Manager: BRIAN LESLIE PARKER
1st Asst. Director: LIBBY HODGSON
2nd Asst. Director: ROCCO GISMONDI
3rd Asst. Director: ROSE TEDESCO
Camera Operator: ANDY CHMURA
Location Manager: JOSEPH BOCCIA
Assistant Location: ARTHUR CLARKE
Script Supervisor: ELAINE YARISH
1st Assistant Art Director: NANCEY PANKIW
2nd Assistant Art Director: SUSIE MAH
Drafting: TOM DOHERTY, BARBRA MATIS
Head Set Decorator: DAN CONLEY
Set Decorators: ELENA KENNEY, JARO DICK
Set Dresser: DAVID JAQUEST
Property Master: J. TRACY BUDD
Assistant Property Master: TORY BELLINGHAM
Make-Up Design: LINDA L. GILL
Assistant Make-up Artist: MARILYN TERRY
Hairdresser: PAUL ELLIOT
Assistant Hairdresser: KELLY BRENNAN
Assistant Costume Designer: MADELEINE STEWART
Wardrobe Mistress: MICHELE HARNEY
1st Asst. Wardrobe: KAREN RENAULT
Sewer: GRAHAM DOCHERTY
Tailor: CARL DOCHERTY
Cutter: EVAN AYOTTE
Prod. Accountant: RONALD J. GILBERT
Assistant Production Accountant: ELAINE SCOTT
Payroll Clerk: MARGIE SCHNEIDERMAN
Prod. Coordinator: SUSAN PHILLIPS
Production Secretary: DAWN L. SINKO
Production Assistant: DAN MATTHEWS
Trainee Asst. Dir.: GRANT LUCIBELLO
1st Asst. Camera: KERRY SMART
2nd Asst. Camera: WENDY WALGATE
Camera Trainee: RICHARD W. BROWN
Stills Photographer: MICHAELIN McDERMOTT
Sound Mixer: OWEN LANGEVIN
Boom Operator: KEN PORTER
Sound Trainee: JOHNNY MOTYER
Gaffer: GARY W. DENEAULT
Rigging Gaffer: ROBERT CONDIE
Best Boy: MICHAEL GALBRAITH
Electricians: JAMES MacCAMMON, BARRY GOODWIN
Generator Operator: IAN FOULDS
Key Grip: RANDY TAMBLING
Second Grip: MIKE KIRILENKO
Dolly Grip: RON RENZETTI
Grip: ROBERT RICE
Transportation Coordinator: WILF BELL
Driver Captains: BRUCE RAYMER, TIM HILTS
Honeywagon Driver: KEVIN WILSON
Animal Wrangler: LIONEL PURCELL
Craft Service: PAUL TEMPLE
Catering: MICHAELSON’S FOOD SERVICES, CANADA INC.
Extras Casting: ROSE LEWIS CASTING
Sarah Polley’s Tutor: LAUREL BRESNAHAN
Tutor: JANICE NUTTER
Children’s Coordinator: AEDEN LANGEVIN
Unit Publicist: THE PUBLICITY COMPANY, GENEVIEVE KIERANS, CAROL MARKS-GEORGE
Stunt Coordinator: DENNIS CHRISTENSEN
Stunts: THE STUNT TEAM, ALISON KEMSIES, KATHY McMORROW, MATTHEW VAN HART
Special Effects: ARTHUR LANGEVIN
Construction Coordinator: WIETS JEKEL
Head Carpenter: JACOB HAAK
Scenic Artist: MELISSA MORGAN-KELNER
Post-Production Supervisor: GREGOR HUTCHISON
Post-Production Assistant: SHAUNE SYLVESTER
Assistant Editor: VICTORIA ROSE
Video Editor: BERNIE CLAYTON
Colorist: BILL FERWERDA
Supervising Sound Editor: JEREMY MacLAVERTY
Dialogue Editor: TIMOTHY ROBERTS
Assistant Sound Editor: KRIS ENGEL, MHAIRI KERR
Foley Artist: DONNA POWELL
Studio Sound Mixer: DANIEL PELLERIN
Assistant Sound Mixer: TODD B. WARREN
Series Developed by FIONA McHUGH
Wardrobe Services by
COSPROP, LONDON ENGLAND
Production Services Provided by
SULLIVAN FILMS INC.
The Production Gratefully acknowledges
JOEY & TOBY TANENBAUM
THE TOWN OF UXBRIDGE
HAMILTON REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
THE ESTATE OF L.M. MONTGOMERY
PINEGROVE CHURCH
PICKERING VILLAGE MUSEUM
PFA FILM AND VIDEO LABORATORIES
VIDEO ATLANTIC
FILM OPTICALS
WILLIAM F. WHITE
THE FILM HOUSE GROUP
The characters and incidents portrayed in
this motion picture are entirely fictitious.
Any resemblance to any person living or
dead is purely coincidental.
Adapted from the novels
THE STORY GIRL
THE GOLDEN ROAD
CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA
by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Produced by
Story Girl Productions Inc.
in association with
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Disney Channel
and with the participation of
Telefilm Canada
© Story Girl Productions Inc.
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