Thursday, May 13, 2010

Does anyone remember the name of the movie where the girl makes an elderly man take a bath in onions?

This movie trivia question is bugging me. People here on Yahoo! Q %26amp; A have asked this question a few times now and I have yet to read the correct answer or find the answer myself. The plot of the movie is something like this: Set in the country, a girl is left to raise her younger brother and sister alone after their parents die. The siblings conceal the fact that the parents are deceased from the public. At some point in the movie, the oldest girl gives a man a bath in onions. Any idea as to what movie this could be?Does anyone remember the name of the movie where the girl makes an elderly man take a bath in onions?
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)


starring Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers (Bailey of ';WKRP in Cincinatti';), Matthew Burrill, Helen Harmon, Sudie Bond, Rance Howard (Ron and Clint Howard's father), Alice Beardsley, Harry Dean Stanton


From DVDsClassics.com:


Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Vera and Bill Cleaver and adapted by Earl Hamner, Jr. (television's ';The Waltons';), ';Where the Lilies Bloom'; tells the story of Mary Call Luther, who lives happily with her father and three siblings in the remote Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Her idyllic childhood ends abruptly when her father dies. Though she is the second eldest, responsible and resourceful Mary Call emerges as the head of the family, determined to do what she must to fulfill her deathbed promise to her father to keep the orphans together. To earn their living, the children learn the art of gathering and preparing medicinal herbs, known as ';wildcrafting.';





It's available on VHS here:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6302478鈥?/a>


I found it on DVD here:


http://www.dvdsclassic.com/where-the-lil鈥?/a>


At least it's available in both formats, which surprises me as it's rather an obscure film that hasn't been aired on network television or movie channels, at least none in this region.





I think that Netflix might have it, too:


http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv%26amp;cf=inf鈥?/a>





If I recall, the man receiving the onion treatment is Harry Dean Stanton as Kiser Pease. I haven't seen the film since the Seventies, so my memories are rather hazy.

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