Starring Celeste Holm and Elizabeth Wilson
with David Jensen and Lisa Iuary
Featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Produced and directed by Michael Hugh McLean
Nora, once energetic and eager to serve, spends her time feeling sorry for herself as she faces hearing problems and blindness. Losing interest in the things that used to give her happiness, like working withthe Christmas pageant she founded, she has given up: "I'm through," she says. "It's time to die."
Nora begins to open up to others once again when Jenny, blind from birth, teaches her how to use her senses of smell and touch to compensate for her lost sight and hearing. And then during a return visit to the Bennington Christmas Pageant, Nora receives her Christmas gift: the sure knowledge that Jesus Christ lives. With this increased spiritual sight, Nora can now face her physical blindness. She finally begins to understand how much Jesus loves her.
Time: 46:37.
Elizabeth Wilson
Nora's
Christmas
Gift
Featuring
The Mormon Tabernacle
Choir
with
David Jensen
Liisa Ivary
Film Editor
Stephen L. Johnson
Production Designer
Doug Johnson
Art Director
Richard Jamison
Casting
Cate Praggastis
Music
Merrill Jenson
Sam Cardon
Sound Design
Bill Conner
Associate Producer
James M. Rutherford
Story by
Michael Hugh McLean
Written and Photographed by
Brian Capener
Produced and Directed by
Michael Hugh McLean
| LaMarr Nielsen | Fred |
| Hester Schell | Yvonne |
| Star Roman | Alfreda |
| Mary D. Pederson | Bernice |
| Frank Gerrish | Deaf Man |
| Jay Bernard | Monroe |
| Nancy Borgenicht | State Trooper |
| Stephen Cracroft | Dr. Lyttle |
| Robert Conder | Coach Dahl |
| Peadair Addie Jr. | Scottish Farmer |
| Arthur Boyadjian | Farmer |
| John Garrison | Farmer |
| James Robinson | Farmer |
| Donald Steffey | Farmer |
| Susie Goebel | Erika |
| Jason Johnson | Jared |
| Jerold D. Ottley | Conductor |
| J. Spencer Kinard | Announcer |
| Production Supervisor | Grant Baird |
| New York Casting | Claire Newell |
| SAG Signatory | Melanie Morrison-Lundy |
| Production Coordinator | Terry Pappas |
| 1st Assistant Director | Blair Treu |
| 2nd Assistant Director | Peggy Stuber |
| Extras Assistant | Rosalind Soulam |
| Script Supervisor | Mark Thomas |
| 1st Assistant Camera | Brian Sullivan |
| 2nd Assistant Camera | Greg Rhineer |
| 2nd Unit Photography | T.C. Christensen Matt Williams Mark Taft Rhett Fernsten |
| Video Assist | Ed Burningham Gaylen Nebeker |
| Still Photographer | Gerald Hatch |
| Gaffers | Garlan Wilde Jon Tilton |
| Best Boy | Kelly Mecham |
| Electricians | Nicholas Peterson J.P. Croft |
| Key Grip | Richard Mitchell |
| Best Boy | Alan Oakes |
| Grips | Tyler Meiners Duncan Filson Greg Meiners |
| Boom Operators | Steve Laneri Glen Fisk |
| Music Recording Engineer | Ron Miller |
| Dialogue Editor | Matthew Nickel |
| Foley | Ryan Purcell Dave Neyman |
| On Line Editor | Reid Griffiths |
| Post Production Supervisor | Scott Freebairn |
| Art Department Coordinator | Linda Jamison |
| Draftsman | John Uibel |
| Prop Master | Bill Shira |
| Assistant Prop Master | Jim Sherman |
| Assistant Props | Mark Cowley |
| Scenic Artists | Nickle Lauritzen Mindy Jamison |
| Lead Man | Les Boothe |
| Set Dressers | Barbara Ward Stan McBride Sadie Wing |
| On-Set Dresser | Gordon Eddington |
| Painter | Jim Bastian |
| Carpenters | Lynn Clark Randy Champion John Franklin |
| Special Effects | Lynn Maughan |
| Costume Design | Nina Padavano |
| Wardrobe Assistant | Kathy O'Brien |
| Seamstress | Nancy Cavallaro |
| Makeup Artist | Thomas Hoerber |
| Makeup Assistant | Lisa Ely |
| Hair Stylist | Tenita Parker |
| Hair Assistant | Becky Iannone |
| Transportation | Larry Matsen |
| Drivers | Peter Matsen David Peck Sean Hyte Orville Roylance Rachel Rencher |
| Production Assistants | Alan O'Connor Chris Pappas Penny Karen |
| Craft Service | Suzie Clark |
| Stand-Ins | Ilene Wood Joan Burrell |
| Security | Andy Nelson |
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