Ellis Island

Ellis Island (1984)

THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Creator: Fred Mustard Stewart
  • First Air Date: 1984-11-11
  • Last Air Date: 1984-11-14
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 140 min.
  • Production Company: Vista Films
  • Networks: CBS
  • Director: Jerry London
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Summary

Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.

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Ellis Island Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1984-11-11
3 Episodes

Ellis Island Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Part 185 min
Season 1Episode 2Part 285 min
Season 1Episode 3Part 385 min
  • Peter Riegert

    as Jacob Rubinstein
  • Gregory Paul Martin

    as Marco Santorelli
  • Claire Bloom

    as Rebecca Weiler
  • Judi Bowker

    as Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell
  • Kate Burton

    as Vanessa Ogden
  • Joan Greenwood

    as Madame Levitska
  • Ann Jillian

    as Nellie Byfield
  • Lila Kaye

    as Kathleen O'Donnell
  • Stubby Kaye

    as Abe Shulman
  • Alice Krige

    as Bridget O'Donnell
  • Cherie Lunghi

    as Una Marbury
  • Melba Moore

    as Flora Mitchum
  • Milo O’Shea

    as Casey O'Donnell
  • Emma Samms

    as Violet Weiler
  • Ben Vereen

    as Roscoe Haines
  • Faye Dunaway

    as Maud Charteris
  • Richard Burton

    as Sen. Phipps Ogden
  • Michael Byrne

    as Dr. Carl Travers
  • Barrie Holland

    as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
Directing Jerry London Director
Crew Fred Mustard Stewart Creator
Production Patricia Johnson Associate Producer
Production Gabriel Katzka Executive Producer
Editing Bernard Gribble Editor
Production Jerry London Supervising Producer
Camera Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography
Camera Jack Hildyard Director of Photography
Editing John J. Dumas Editor
Production Barry Jossen Associate Producer
Editing James Galloway Editor
Camera Dudley Lovell Director of Photography
Writing Christopher Newman Teleplay
Production Frank Konigsberg Executive Producer
Sound John Addison Original Music Composer
Writing Fred Mustard Stewart Novel
Production Nick Gillott Producer
Writing Fred Mustard Stewart Teleplay
Sound Zeljko Marasovich Original Music Composer