`Limberlost' teaches modern, moving lesson

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19910412
Author:Mary Houlihan-Skilton

A Girl of the Limberlost (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) WTTW-Channel 11, 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

One can almost bet that as long as there have been children on this earth, they have sustained themselves with dreams of the future embodied in the question: What do you want to be when you grow up?

These dreams and the fight to realize them are the theme of "A Girl of the Limberlost," the latest in the "WonderWorks Family Movie" series, which will air from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday on WTTW-Channel 11. Three appealing actresses - Joanna Cassidy, Annette O'Toole and Heather Fairfield - bring Gene Stratton-Porter's ...

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