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American Playhouse•Season 6•Episode 17

Waiting for the Moon

Jun 15, 198788 min

A fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples, Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas. During a 1930s summer in France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, and others; and Hemingway pops in.

Directed byJill Godmilow

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Waiting for the Moon

Crew8

Jill Godmilow

Jill Godmilow

Director

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Mark Magill

Story

Jill Godmilow

Jill Godmilow

Story

Sandra Schulberg

Sandra Schulberg

Producer

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Mark Magill

Screenplay

A

André Neau

Director of Photography

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Georges Klotz

Editor

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Michael Sahl

Original Music Composer

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Episode Summary

"Waiting for the Moon" is episode 17 of American Playhouse season 6. Directed by Jill Godmilow, it aired on June 15, 1987.

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