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An American Girl Story – Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas (2016)

An American Girl Story – Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas poster
Original title
An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas
Directed by
Valerie Weiss
Genre
Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
48 min
Rated
PG
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1950s Florida, a girl named Maryellen wants to feel special in her big family. She helps children in a polio ward, facing her own history with the disease.

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What happens

An American Girl Story – Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas is a 2016 family-drama film starring Alyvia Alyn Lind in the title role, along with Mary McCormack and Madison Lawlor in supporting roles. The film takes place in mid-1950s Daytona Beach, Florida, centering on Maryellen Larkin's life together with her big family, longing to stand out among her siblings and other relatives, and how she helped a number of young patients at a polio ward, Maryellen herself had polio. Extraordinary Christmas is the second in the American Girl film series to be released exclusively on an online streaming service, and is the twelfth release overall. It is also the second American Girl film to feature the Maryellen character, the first being the short Maryellen and the Brightest Star starring Harlie Galloway. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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