Family Theater present the most famous of all stories concerning the men and the women who first brought our heritage of freedom to the shores of America, the men and the women who were the first to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving. Tom Tully narrates the story of our pilgrim fathers, The Courtship of Miles Standish starring Raymond Burr as the brave and rugged captain, John Dehner as his young poet friend and Virginia Gregg as the beautiful young maiden in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s classic poem of Plymouth.

Written by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Adapted by: Sydney Marshall