Clark Davis (Wes Brown) and his wife (Ellen) are trying to make a living on their small farm, but it seems fate is conspiring against them.
A drought has stricken the area. The Davis’s well has gone dry. The land has gone barren. And they’ve fallen desperately behind on their mortgage payments.
With the bank threatening to foreclose, Ellen takes a job as a seamstress in town. Clark feels guilty about that; he believes it’s the man’s job to support his family.
And all of this is occurring just as his parents (played by Bruce Boxleitner and Cheryl Ladd) arrive for a visit with the couple and their growing daughter Missy.
Then Ellen comes down with scarlet fever, eventually succumbing to the disease.
His parents off a solution: Clark and Missy can return to live with them. Or at least allow Missy to do so while he regains his financial footing.
But can Clark leave a home with so many memories? And could he stand parting with his young daughter?
Wes Brown as Clark Davis, watching help arrive to repair his damaged home in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Julie Mond as Ellen Davis, struggling with a decline in her health in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Review:
This marked the 10th film in the “Love Comes Softly” series, and the scriptwriters had clearly fallen into a rut.
Or simply run out of subplots that didn’t involve guns or violence, because both were clearly prohibited at this point in the series.
The only subplot here is the very predictable blossoming of a romance between widow Sarah, Ellen’s seamstress friend, and widower Ben, Clark’s helpful neighbor.
Julie Mond and Wes Brown are back from 2010’s subpar “Love Begins,” and the former’s death bed scene is superbly done.
But that’s about the only thing memorable from this film, and the addition of Bruce Boxleitner and Cheryl Ladd as Clark’s parents do little to enliven the proceedings.
The series would bounce back nicely for a fitting closing telefilm, the two-part “Love’s Christmas Journey,” which aired in 2011 and starred Natalie Hall, Greg Vaughan and Dylan Bruce.
Bruce Boxleitner as Lloyd Davis, helping his son through a difficult time in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Cheryl Ladd as Irene Davis, Clark’s mom, arriving for a vist with him and her granddaughter in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Directed by:
Bradford May
Cast:
Wes Brown … Clark Davis
Cheryl Ladd … Irene Davis
Bruce Boxleitner … Lloyd Davis
Julie Mond … Ellen Davis
Morgan Lily … Missy Davis
Willow Geer … Sarah
Tyler Jacob Moore … Ben
Kirk B.R. Woller … Bruce
James Eckhouse … Mr. Harris
Courtney Marmo … Laura
Runtime: 88 min.
Tyler Jacob Moore as Ben, the neighbor who helps Clark Davis and finds new love with a seamstress in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Willow Greer as Sarah, a widow ready to give love another chance in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Memorable lines:
Ellen Davis, on her death bed, making Clark promise to keep his heart open once she’s gone: “She (Missy) will need someone to show her that love doesn’t leave this world with the passing of just one person.”
Lloyd Davis to his frustrated son Clark: “Givin’ up hope is for the hopeless.”
Clark Davis to daughter Missy, after she’s caused a major setback: “If something bad happens to you, sorry doesn’t fix it.”
Clark Davis to his father: “It says in the good book, the good are rewarded and the wicked are punished. Why am I being punished?”
Morgan Lily as Missy Davis, Clark’s daughter, struggling to understand why she has to stay away from her sick mother in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
James Eckhouse as Mr. Harris, the banker who threatens to foreclose on the Davis property in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Julie Mond as Ellen Davis and Morgan Lily as Missy, watching the banker drive up to their home in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
Bruce Boxleitner as Lloyd Davis and Wes Brown as his son Clark, reacting to a banker’s threats in Love’s Everlasting Courage (2011)
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