Eleanor and Franklin part 2: The White House and War Years (1977 miniseries)

This is the sequel to 1976's "Eleanor and Franklin." Originally airing on March 13, 1977, it was based on Joseph P. Lash's Pulitzer prize-winning biography chronicling the lives of the 32nd U.S. President and the First Lady. Joseph Lash was a secretary and confidant of Eleanor and wrote other books on the couple.
FDR was elected four times, dying three months into his fourth term. This film (following a flashback to Franklin and Eleanor visiting her uncle, president Teddy Roosevelt) covers his first inauguration in 1933 to Eleanor laying the flowers on his casket in 1945.
Seven members of the original cast returned for the sequel, including the two main characters portrayed by Jane Alexander and Edward Herrmann. It won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special of the Year.

[@juttamedina4183]

Eleanor had me when I learned that she got into an airplane of the Tusegee Airmen, a black swadron in WWII, at a time when people did not think that a black man could fly a plane!!! Eleanor rocks!!!! Best First Lady ever! Live what you preach, not preach water and drink wine. What a great movie!! thanks for posting it

[@deborahduthie4519]

Maybe Elenor was the woman for the people, in the truest sense of the meaning

[@jacksonj3082]

I read when Eleanor visited the troops in the Pacific in WW2, it was something the soldiers hadn't seen in a long time - a mother figure. It meant so much to them - touring musicians, actors, and actresses could not come close to replicate. Eleanor recognized that many of the soldiers would not return home and toured troops, hospitals, and cemeteries sun up to sun down. The scene with Robert Dunlop in the hospital brought tears to me, knowing my father also served in the Pacific.

[@marymayer2282]

I admired Elinor s. Resigning from daughter's of American revolution in protest against the baring of Marion Anderson and her glorious voice from performing that was a very strong statement for civil rights

[@jacksonj3082]

@@marymayer2282 if you have time, suggest you read about Eleanor’s visit to AUS, NZ, and Guadalcanal during WW2 and her trying lobby FDR concerning civil rights, and interment of Japanese Americans - wish there were more leaders like Eleanor today.

[@WWG1WWGA]

Right!!!? And the Boyo "president" was all alone & needed holding, so BLESSED eleanor's ONLY daughter betrays her. Too shocking 4 me. B°tch of a daughter, imho.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Do I have to tell of the story of the GI who bet big money on patting her rear end, and how the MP's took him away.

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

It's truly disgusting how these Presidents are so blatant with their affairs & the many that go along & encourage it. Not to mention the daughter to go along & betray her mother. Goodness, Ms. Eleanor truly was the force in that administration & she is so betrayed. Bless her, for loving her country & people. She was definitely the People's Lady of America. Bless her....❤

[@kerrycavanaugh4268]

Not a daughter or a son's fault when at parent has an affair. Even as an adult, the child doesn't want to hurt the deceived parent and tattle on the one that is deceiving in fear of losing their love. I was a child(adult) who was in the same predicament. I did not cause or betray anyone so how was it up to me to drop the bomb.

[@shonabeggs4640]

​@@kerrycavanaugh4268Courtesy and respect to the deceived parent?

[@kerrycavanaugh4268]

@@shonabeggs4640 You just keep on judging people like me that was put in a no win situation and I hope you feel good.

[@barrett7893]

Honestly this is one of the best Dimensions of the Roosevelts. Of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. God bless them if it not been for both of them America would not be as great as it is!! They will always be in our history books for an amazing President and a amazing First Lady 💜 💜 💜

[@jamesgordon2255]

God love Mrs.Rosevelt,she had so very many heartbreaks. I wonder if the world ever knew just how important that she was. However if it’s looked back on the First Ladies pay such an unbelievable price behind the scenes. It’s absolutely remarkable. They are such glue,and they suffer in silence.

[@rubydavis5384]

If they even produce this movie again with others actors, they will never ever create the essence the original actors and actresses pro trade in this movie. Jane Alexander was awesome! 🏆🏆🏆

[@charleslong8870]

They don't make movies or actors like this anymore!

[@TheSaltydog07]

Brilliant performances. Still holds up. FDR and Eleanor, my heroes.

[@michaelneel4828]

Eleanor was the true strength behind Franklin ! Their son married my first cousin Edith Dupont in my little state of Delaware . The same place that Anderson met her husband Fisher . I'm very proud of my family who gave up all there membership to the southern women membership in Andersons name ! Cheers to my Great Grand mother & my Grand mother !!!

[@barrett7893]

Hell Yeah!! 💯

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

Amen!😊

[@Koopalingfan]

Totally agree.

[@hubertlester2558]

My father is the man singing and playing the accordion at 2:11:33. His name is Carl Blackwell Lester. The singer and musician he portrayed was FDR's favorite singer/musician, who wrote my father a letter thanking him for his performance.

[@3000_Year_Old_Man]

Strangely, that role is only listed as "Chief Petty Officer." In fact, the man's name was Graham Washington Jackson and he was a minor celebrity in the music world. time.com/3764064/mourning-fdr-in-a-classic-photo-the-face-of-a-nations-loss/

[@3000_Year_Old_Man]

"Ed Clark’s photograph, meanwhile, of an openly weeping Chief Petty Officer (USN) Graham W. Jackson playing “Goin’ Home” on his accordion as FDR’s flag-draped casket passes by in April 1945 has, through the years, come to symbolize not merely a nation’s grief, but black America’s acknowledgement of Roosevelt’s efforts on behalf of civil rights."

[@hubertlester2558]

That's exactly right. I always forget his name. Thank you for reminding me.

[@susanvega1590]

Listening to your father brought tears to my eyes. I was moved by his voice and his expression.

[@atomant451]

Fantastic, to have your father immortalized by voice and song. Lucky, lucky, lucky.

[@gracie3174]

I pitied Eleanor…a woman of grace. How humiliated she must have felt. Just sad.

[@absolutetruthgirl]

Justifying adultery is pathetic. Blaming Eleanor for Franklin's loneliness cruel. This may be fictional, but nothing justifies adultery. Its just plain selfishness.

[@Theranchhouse1]

Im sure it was probably MUCH WORSE for her than could be depicted in this movie...seems most of our democrat presidents were womanizers...

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

I completely agree. She was his anchor, his rock, his backbone. Then to betray not only once, however countless times. On top of that, their stupid daughter chose to betray her Mother as well. Fortunately, Ms. Eleanor is definitely a legend & example for women forever, except PLEASE NOT TO TOLERATE YOUR HUSBAND'S ADULTERY.

[@carollund8251]

And with her friend! I really hate Lucy Mercer. I wish Eleonor could have met with her once to tell her what she thought of her!

[@drew7099]

True! He was a pathetic man, through and through. A failure by any measure. Eleanor, on the other hand, was strong, unselfish, giving and always looking to meet the needs of others. He did not deserve her.

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

Looking at a woman who ain't your wife is adultery, too.

[@irenefeltham8984]

A truly wonderful historical tribute to The Roosevelt’s, Eleanor and Franklin ~ In Sincere Gratitude To All Concerned💫🙏🏻

[@genepatrickvi8377]

this actor Edward Herrmann truly talented... sadly underrated... now days they give Oscars to most anybody.....

[@carolhensen8005]

What a woman, deep respect for her after reading books about her life now watching this video, so well done……I agree Eleanor could have been President timing is everything……little credit from anyone for all she did in her campaigning for FDR…..

[@elizabethtobin6894]

Eleanor was twice the woman he was the man. A beautiful lady. He didn’t deserve her.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Eleanor made FDR stronger but they were two intellectuals that made each other stronger In spite of FDR’s philandering they worked together to make a better world

[@shonabeggs4640]

​@brigidconroy2111 He never made a better world. He was at the helm of destroying Europe and her peoples.

[@Koopalingfan]

@@brigidconroy2111Agree

[@hanaluong2672]

Years ago, I read about Mitterrand's death. He spent his final month (or months) with his former mistress and the daughter from that relationship, with the blessing by his wife. France's former First Lady was larger than life and forgiving. BTW, Mitterrand was one of the well-known French presidents.

[@nothingworksworks3511]

She was beauty inside and out. I love her unconventional looks and vulnerable strength. He, Lucy & her crap lying daughter pale in comparison

[@fredfoster8057]

I just took a break from the movie because I was thinking whoever cast this movie was brilliant can you imagine anybody other than Jane Alexander and Edward Herman to play these two people

[@curtischildress9580]

I watched this back when it first aired. I felt like I was truly watching Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt. It's still easy to imagine this is a real view of history.

[@gobucsyanks6789]

@@curtischildress9580 It's like when William Devane played President Kennedy in the Missiles of October. He not only looked like JFK, he had the natural twang in his voice so that he sounded like him and didn't have to use a made up accent like so many others who played the role.

[@curtischildress9580]

@@gobucsyanks6789 You're right. I recall watching Devane playing Kennedy & honestly picked up a Kennedy vibe. I'm not sure, but might Devane have played Kennedy in another film?

[@gobucsyanks6789]

@@curtischildress9580 I read a story where when The Missiles of October was being put together, Devane was casted originally as Robert Kennedy, but they were never unable to find someone to play John Kennedy. So Devane was casted in the role of JFK and Martin Sheen was a last minute replacement for the role of RFK. I heard that Devane did play Bobby in a play. Anytime the role for JFK came up, everyone wanted Devane to play him, but he turned them all down because he did not want to be type casted. When the mini-series "A Woman Named Jackie" was done, Devane played her father "Black Jack" Bouvier. Stephen Collins, who was casted as JFK went to Devane about playing the role and he told Collins to not try to mimic the way he did it, but to make the role his own.

[@gabriel_alemdoaquario]

They were great but c'mon. There are several actor who could easily pull them both off.

[@RianShafer]

I truly loved this. I'm proud to be one of her descendants. She showed so much loyalty to everyone even those who betrayed her. I think the war on equality for all started with her in so many ways & even the haters could not make her back down from what she believed to be right & true. I'm taking away so much for this very well done documentary/movie. I will always feel her daughter betrayed her & she was much more forgiving than I would have been since it was her daughter who actually contacted his old flame & that after many visits, she happened to be present at his death.

[@gracie3174]

Eleanor was talked down to on a regular basis…so demeaning. She deserved so much better than a unappreciative, cheating husband.

[@Stevie-hn7mp]

Absolutely agree. She was far smarter than him that’s why he wanted her because of her brain. Plus he talked down to her.

[@DovZeev]

There's a closeness and a distance between them

[@markvanalstyne1381]

This film is towering achievement. Still brilliant after all these years.

[@marymayer2282]

Elinor with All The betrayal from Franklin and The many pain and loses she endured was a very talented intelligent gifted woman she had a big hand in Franklin becoming president Franklin thou flawed was one of our greatest presidents he was the right president at the right Time to heal our land

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

He was the right President bc of the right woman who pushed him to be what he became.

[@Koopalingfan]

⁠@@FemiNelson-sb1emYou got that right. Honestly both Eleanor and Franklin saved America from The Great Depression, but she did most of the work.

[@janmills4885]

This. Is the best movie . I have seen in years. Congratulations to the actors

[@ricardobigi1712]

I wonder when the Academy will deign itself to give Jane Alexander an Oscar for her brilliant, distinguished career as an actor.

[@adamjeffries7235]

it was a tv movie and she won an emmy

[@geraldw1678]

I am persuaded after watching this as well as Winston Churchill the Wilderness years that those men could be called great men as it were without the unique women that they were married to history would have turned out a lot differently

[@curtischildress9580]

I agree. Many times presidents have been assisted by their wives in ways mostly never known by the public...staff members tell stories to their families about overhearing these situations.

[@brigidconroy2111]

Great series what an amazing power couple The world has much to be grateful for Eleanor Roosevelt

[@michaelneel4828]

My God she was a hell of a woman ! God rest her soul !!!

[@sandrapowell5695]

Yes she was, and we could use more like her now.

[@marymayer2282]

I've been looking for this I'd seen it several years ago and remember how good it was I have part I on VHS and watch it occasionally it was perfectly cast and very well done

[@marioescalante4401]

Hermann does an INCREDIBLE job of portraying President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Even as the actor's health was deteriorating from cancer, he managed to portray Roosevelt one last time by providing his "FDR voice" to Ken Burns' "The Roosevelts" documentary in late 2014.

[@jwelch5742]

This film won 7 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Dramatic Special, Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Special, Outstanding Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts - Hairstyling, Outstanding Makeup, Outstanding Film Editing for a Special, Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy and Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy.

[@robertahubert9155]

I so admire Elenore. She was one fine lady. I have watched this movie countless times and never get tired of it i aleays see something i missed. RIP ❤❤

[@Gimo76]

I have great respect for Eleanor.

[@2legit64]

The best miniseries were made in the 70s. This is one of them. I was twelve when this first aired and have loved it since. I finally broke down a few years ago and bought the dvds.

[@MTknitter22]

2legit64 You are right.

[@vivianpowell1732]

The finest television miniseries was "The Winds of War" which aired in 1983, with its sequel "War and Remembrance" airing in 1989. Robert Mitchum played lead character Victor "Pug" Henry in both productions, a distinguished Navy officer who became a trusted advisor to President Roosevelt in 1939 and later commanded a battleship in the Pacific Theater after Pearl Harbor. After WWII he became an advisor to President Truman. The 1970s did give us some excellent miniseries, an era that culminated during the next decade with The Winds of War and its sequel. "Roots" and "Holocaust" aired during the 1970s. "Holocaust" introduced Meryl Streep, and her extraordinary performance in that miniseries began her rise to becoming an American icon in the field of dramatic arts.

[@carolbryant9756]

I truly enjoyed this I think there should be more movies like this about the former presidents both FDR and ELEANOR ROOSEVELT were remarkable people they were truly Patriots which you do not see anymore

[@alanbrooke-feather7567]

This is the first time I have seen this movie. I was Very moved by the touching performances involved. F.D.R was a great man in every sense of the word. He provided practical and moral friendship and helped with Churchill to forge an unbeatable team when our two great countries faced evil. May that bond between the U.K and the U.S.A never be broken.God bless America!🇺🇸🇬🇧Alan, U.K..

[@kimprice9172]

Brilliant Actors. Absolutely loved this film...part 1 and 2. Thank you!

[@oldgringo2001]

I didn't see this when it came out. Why? It's exactly the kind of historical movie I like. However, in 1977, I was in the Navy, stationed in Spain. Armed Forces Radio and Television didn't provide service for our base (technically a Spanish base). Star Wars didn't make it to our base, either. I didn't bother to get a TV where the best thing on seemed to be old reruns of McMillan & Wife--dubbed into Spanish, of course. Anyway, here it is 45 years later and I'm finally seeing it.

[@curtischildress9580]

Some friends & I watched this when it came out back then in my dorm room back in college. This movie is so well done it's like watching real life history...the best cast possible.

[@annamarielorenzo2730]

such incredibly talented actors!

[@Tani4578]

Thank you! I saw the Film ... puh ... Decades ago! Most of the Film i didn´t remember any more! Edward Herrmann and Jane Alexander were to good!!! Again: THANK YOU!!!

[@jslasher1]

Superb music score by John Barry.

[@pianoman551000]

The theme composed for the flute was so beautiful!!

[@arlettedumais5776]

I loved the 🎶🎼

[@GeneralZodFDNY77]

John Barry was perfection with every score he did.

[@HendrikDaStar]

Together with part I these two films are the core of my inspiration in life, to never surrender to a disability & to embrace a faith in Ur own dreams. Beautifully made & acted

[@opybrook7766]

If only we had political figures today with the same morals, the same values as the Roosevelts had.

[@susanschmitt115]

They were such awesome leaders both of them. It’s a travesty that we have no leaders of their caliber any longer. I love this mini series as much as the first part Eleanor and Franklin. If you haven’t read Mr. Lash’s book, I urge you to do so. It’s fabulous reading. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@mytobytobster]

I adored this series❤❤❤

[@carlabroderick5508]

I felt bitter for Eleanor the first time I saw this film so long ago. Now I see the film does give some respite from the sense of her betrayal.

[@wendysmith7458]

Behind every good man is a good woman Behind every great man is a great woman

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

You're welcome.

[@karinvantubbergh3418]

Excellent! Exceptional couple. Great people.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Edward Herrmann sounds so different here from the History Channel docs he narrated back in the day. RIP.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Thank you for signing The Social Security Act President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 14, 1935.

[@sandramcdaniel4545]

He did it because he knew very few people lived to be 60 back then. So they began to spend SS money and spent it. They melted spending it throughout the years and now our children and grandkids will not have it yet will continue to pay into it. FDR was also a Socialist and believe in some communist ideology. He wasn't a great President! Sorry to burst your bubble. I'm glad I have SSDI and have had since 2002. It'll be 5 more years and then I go on SS. That won't be good for me, However, I can collect my deceased husband's which will pay more. When he decided to put us in a war that's when things started to turn around and people were able afterwards to get jobs and we prospered. War always does benefit someone, Mainly the Elite government these days. Donald Trump is finally getting the US back on track. He is unlike any other President. He doesn't take bribes, he has a backbone and he has tried to keep his Word to the people. There has been so much he's done in 2 yrs that other Pres have not done, yet the media won't report that! Do some more research... not google.... On FDR and you will find he was crooked as they come. I'm not trying to be mean or rude so please don't take it like that. It's just many believe he was such a good President. He helped to bring corruption in. I really hope you'll research all the presidents. Best wishes.

[@ronaldgoff7499]

if you were getting 1300 a month youd love it without it you have only your company retirement

[@dillardjenkins5118]

@@sandramcdaniel4545 You are hopelessly ignorant of facts Sandra.

[@pianoman551000]

@@ronaldgoff7499 Company retirements are dying out fast. Future retirees will only have their self directed 401k/Ira and nothing more. Very few people under fifty have saved anything for retiremnt.

[@carollund8251]

​@@sandramcdaniel4545🤮🤮🤮Donald Trump. the worst, most corrupt, dishonest, immoral , inefficient and abysmally ignorant president in history not to mention man on the face of the earth. He couldn't solve a crossword puzzle ( besides not knowing how to spell, his vocablary is at a 3rd grade level) let alone achieve even one of the great accomplishments that FDR did.

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Absolutely mesmerizing 😮

[@jackandmoonpie7245]

great movie. Finally finished this. The actress who played Eleanor was such a gem. I felt she captured Eleanor just perfectly. They don't make movies like this now a days. so good.

[@dakotabruce8000]

FDR WAS MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT

[@jemcolo5778]

the guy that play teddy did great.

[@2legit64]

The actress who portrayed Eleanor is the incomparable Jane Alexander. She has an incredible body of work to her credit. This is one of my favorite JA performances.

[@elphie808]

Also Jane Alexander did played Sara Roosevelt in the HBO movie like 15 years ago.

[@ginaavery798]

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[@dr.aniasara7038]

The kind of mother-in-law you're tempted to ship to Siberia. hahahahahaha!!

[@curtischildress9580]

She was a piece of work alright.

[@Phlowermom]

On an ice floe with a starving leopard seal!

[@shonabeggs4640]

​@@Phlowermom😂

[@wotan10950]

An epic journey. Where do we have such leaders as FDR and Eleanor today? I just visited Hyde Park last week. They are buried together with the little dog Falla.

[@jerrie1935]

Both these films are excellent. Thank you so much.

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

I am so glad I made the time to watch this lengthy film series. I am sure it meant so much at the time of its release in 1976 to the elder generations whose lives were so influenced by the age of Roosevelt. I was deeply touched by the Xmas scene with FDR reading Dickens to the family. While our father never read "A Christmas Carol" to us, the entire family would watch it together on Xmas eve; something I still do to this day. I was hoping to see so much more on the supporting cast colleagues of Roosevelt's rise to greatness and reign. I nevertheless enjoyed the entire content of the film, some aspects of which I truly knew nothing about. The final scene with Eleanor and Anne in discussion on the subject of the bonds between man and woman itself was fabulous. That discourse merited a Pulitzer prize of its own.

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

Eleanor and Franklin, as most marriages. lived very separate lives. Especially near the end.

[@iNdUsTrIaLrOcKeR4U]

Is oral sex approved by you?

[@DaveFisher-cq2dr]

both Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt will always be remembered among America's greatest presidents, and Eleanor Roosevelt will always be remembered as one of America's most beloved first ladies

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Rest In Peace Franklin Delano Roosevelt and thank you.

[@Theranchhouse1]

isnt it funny when people are caught in lies and deceit like their daughter Anna...that they automatically blame the person that caught them.....FOR CATCHING THEM... what a pitiful daughter she was....totally disgusting

[@marvinabigby5509]

I felt so bad when the baby died.She got no sympathy or understanding.

[@gracie3174]

Yes, very sad and pathetic.

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

Agreed. It was horrible how she was so dismissed by so many.

[@elizabethtobin6894]

@@FemiNelson-sb1emSign of the times. My mother lost two children. Three year old with Diphtheria, and two months old with Bronchial pneumonia, and you just had to get on with it. No counselling, no nothing. 😢

[@user-qr9uh1fd8g]

​@@elizabethtobin6894 and sometimes still.

[@marymayer2282]

Elinor was a compassionate humanitarian and largely influenced Franklin in The Long neglected subject of The very poor The horrible treatment of the Jews and others suffering she is the one who gave heart to the presidency c

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

Ms. Eleanor was his backbone & didn't allow him to ignore Social Security, unemployment & so many other issues that were vital for our Nation to survive.

[@Koopalingfan]

Quite agree. Honestly both Eleanor and Franklin saved America from The Great Depression.

[@madtwc4425]

I watch our Presidents of past and ask myself, how in Gods name did we wind up with the past few administrations??

[@arlettedumais5776]

I think the same! It's a shameful joke. 😟

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

Fantastic movie. Ed Herrmann and Jane Alexander were spot-on in their roles.

[@JSB1882]

This is really well done. I wish that they would have continued with Eleanor after his death. Her life was incredible. Mr. Harry Belafonte considered her his second mother.

[@pianoman551000]

Actually they did make a movie of Elanor's life after FDR, starring Jean Stapleton. She was brilliant in that film It's time for another bio pic of Eleanor: Meryl Streep would be a good choice.

[@pianoman551000]

@Martha Fogelin The movie was entitled: "Eleanor, First Lady of the World." It was released for television in 1982.

[@DBEdwards]

Ed Herman was fantastic as the law student In THE PAPER CHASE. Very convincing performance then and here.

[@awesomeinspector5270]

I think he did.

[@stolte95]

Wow! Mark Harmon as one of the wounded servicemen talking to the First Lady!

[@robertahubert9155]

Unless you have ever been cheated on you can not feel what Elenor endured all those years. And then to be betrayed by your own daughter too ! Elenor had what very few humans have. She is the great one in this story. RIP Mrs Roosevelt ❤.

[@MarlasusanBellusciobennett]

These are my family tree and will be remembered as faithful loving parents and grandparents . WE love!!! ❤

[@karriebelle49]

Very topical comment by Eleanor about not employing their son James to work with Franklin and how it would look employing family

[@sassy0010]

Wow, topical for today especially.

[@nrkgalt]

Ana Young Or topical for 1961 when Kennedy appointed his brother as Attorney General.

[@retroguy9494]

@@nrkgalt Which eventually led Congress to pass the "Bobby Kennedy Law" forbidding presidents from appointing close relatives.

[@retroguy9494]

The sad thing was that James was corrupt. He used his position to steer big business to his insurance firm. Its said that when FDR found out, he literally cried. Of course, James was involved in some shady deals beforehand with old Joe Kennedy.

[@jackdowd6238]

Tidbit----Missy Lehand spent her last days in her family's home 101 Orchard St. Somerville MA-------literally 430 feet from 26 Russell St. Cambridge where Tip O'Neill lived with his family till the 80's

[@MarlasusanBellusciobennett]

We are the emerald city and historical markers with my great grandmother's lovely poetry and your names with hers as she was a proud woman of her people a n d world she made for us to live in.

[@deborrastrom8559]

It seems after Eleanors Father Franklin showed her real attention & dedication & recognition of who she was & loved her for it. He had just had not been her equal in self-discipline & thats what caused the deepest grief ..but I put 59% blame of Franklins mother in that way. I think Eleanor & those close to both Eleanor & Franklin could see more wisdom in his wife > than in himself & recognized his need for her was greater than any other woman. She raised the bar for all of us. Hopefully she felt a contentment in her last years of being really recognized for her true value.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

It was so sad when Missy Lehand had a stroke in the White House on June 4, 1941.

[@TheMrboogity]

Missy Lehand was a fool. She might have married, had children, a home of her own, instead she wasted her life as a mistress to a married man.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

This mini-series biopic is a class act: great performances all around--great dialogue, sets, costumes, music and direction recreate the imagery and feelings of its characters, eras and places with high art and verisimilitude. In a time machine, we are there.

[@stuartchong1506]

For me I'll always think President Franklin D Roosevelt not only as one of the Greatest Presidents in History but a World Saviour. It's because of his Extraordinary Leadership that the World not Only have a Powerful Force of Freedom but the World could be Saved and Freed. In Heaven I believed he would be Smiling as he Watches the American Soldiers during the Occupation of Japan working, saving, helping etc with/for the Japanese people making Japan a former enemy becoming a Strong Friend and Ally to the United States as of Today

[@robruss62]

As a conservative who is very critical of half his domestic policy and the Russia slant of his foreign policy, I have to still rank him among the greatest US presidents and perhaps it's most effective commander in chief. His championing of American sea power (The Vinson acts, Merchant Marine act, Two Ocean Navy Act) and Lend Lease, not to mention selective service and thousand bomber program were things that none of his alternatives would have done. Comparing the subsequent (and pathetic) war leadership of Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden who have all turned the very concept of purposeful military action upside down, FDR stands as a shining light. Thank God America did not have term limits in 1940. The idea of Cactus Jack Garner, communist asset Henry Wallace, or useless isolationists like Bob Taft, or the neophyte Wilkie at the helm in 1941-45 is horrific to contemplate. Love or hate his policies, which apart from his military leadership in WWII was a very mixed bag, the skill with which he pushed and implemented his agenda is something that his Republican detractors ought to have learned from instead of whining about. And his championing of American military and economic might, along with commitment to victory, is something that his once great party should be damned and ashamed for abandoning.

[@Nikaroooo]

@@robruss62here here! Great and meaningful comment. Thank you for your comment!

[@MTknitter22]

FDR hurt Eleanor so deeply with the affairs and so many people knew...

[@willdwyer6782]

Hollywood got it wrong on that score. Eleanor knew all along.

[@deb310red]

How do you think Jackie felt?

[@dillardjenkins5118]

@@deb310red Jackie had affairs of her own Deb. Read more post less.

[@llatimer2]

Jane Eyre but she was a lesbian who had her own affairs. What was hw to do?

[@baylorsailor]

I think he married her to be closer to Teddy Roosevelt. He was in awe of him according to private letters and such. Eleanor was close to Teddy. Franklin also wanted to be in politics.

[@MTknitter22]

Loved the movie. They did not make either one out to be some sort of saint - really good.

[@barrett7893]

Amen 💯 💜 They were just normal people. They weren’t saints they made mistakes just like every other person on earth. But I think in the end they really did love each other and they made America great country it is today. Without Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt the United States would not be half as great as it is!! Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt really cared about our country and The normal People the middle class and the poor people of America 🇺🇸 💯 God Bless them!

[@elizabethtobin6894]

A great film thank you for posting

[@lorrainechandler7864]

The only thing missing from Jane Alexander's brilliant performance is that I wish she had smiled more.Eleanor had a beautiful, sweet smile.

[@nancychavez5952]

It’s disgusting how her own daughter betrayed her.

[@cliftonbowers6376]

The daughter was most likely influenced by what many families of wealth do is have a fancy woman or man on the side...I remember my grandmother and daddy talking about FDR's death in Georgia...Dad was present when he past ..

[@yaywhewclips242]

R I P Ed Herman. He was so wonderful as Father Mc Cabe on St. Elsewhere.

[@LKSPR13]

You Richard Gilmore :)

[@cindyrobertson7741]

I loved St Elsewhere it was one of my favorite shows.

[@lorrianejohnson6110]

arthur sweeny life

[@willdwyer6782]

The actor who played the amputee soldier was also on St. Elsewhere as well as NCIS.

[@gracecallowayable]

What an awesome movie!!!💜

[@joannortham5517]

I am so glad I watched this - I had read a lot about Franklin and Eleanor, but this film revealed a problem they both had in dealing honestly and openly with their feelings. What I knew of Eleanor dealt mainly with her political interests, and causes she adopted and worked so hard for. Her political outlook was so much at odds with my own, I found it difficult to feel much sympathy/empathy for her. But this film shows how impossible it is for two people who both keep their deepest feelings to themselves to find the satisfaction most of us hope for within a marriage. FDR "fell in love" with Lucy Mercer - she brought him "out of himself" and enabled him to enjoy a relationship in which they both participated not just on a work and political level, but in terms of emotion. Eleanor, deeply wounded to her soul by FDR's finding a woman who gave him what she could not, sublimated her need by channelling it into all the genuinely good works and causes she adopted as her own. FDR either never knew how agonising was the pain he had inflicted on her, or he knew, but could not either give up Lucy or find a means of explaining to her why he felt the need for Lucy. All that pain, because they could not share their emotional needs with one another. I finished watching feeling I understood Eleanor at a level I had not realised at all before….so thanks very much for showing me this side of her, and enabling me to find a great deal of sympathy for both of them in the process.

[@saviopais4291]

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[@simosc2]

beautifully said

[@ChiHatcher]

Your comment is superb! you said everything I was feeling..

[@simosc2]

Chi Hatcher it broke my heart that such a loving, giving woman was so deeply hurt by everyone she loved....either by death or betrayal even her children saying they loved their grandmother second to their papa...God bless her sweet soul

[@ChiHatcher]

simosc2 I agree, it actually made me feel saddened and emotional. I think where I felt the worst for her is when she learned her daughter hosted that woman. I understand her father asked her too. But, I could never do such a thing knowing her father was in love with that lady. Even knowing how that woman almost broke up their marriage. A stab in the heart!!

[@judyvalencia3257]

Such a beautiful and honest movie. Although I do take issue with the make-up that they applied to make them look older, but I'm sure they did the best they could with what they had in the 70's. It seemed to be applied a little heavy-handed and didn't look natural.

[@diankreczmer6595]

Adore historical films😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@tnecklover]

Love, absolutely, John Barry's music in this!

[@thomasmartinez3386]

lk& in dr 53rd = you

[@MarlasusanBellusciobennett]

It is a given fact that men and women think quite differently and for those reasons compliment one another. Marriage is very perfect as husband and wife even to this day in the year 2024.

[@eepanusstar5940]

This was excellent-thanks

[@nycava0520]

Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@JiminPalmSprings]

I chuckled a little bit at the beginning of this movie where you see Franklin and Eleanor in a horse carriage entering the White House and you see in the background a few late 70s cars driving by LOL

[@jeannetteterhark7647]

I really enjoyed this!

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I wish FDR had given up Lucy.

[@kathleenevans1201]

I was very fortunate to have visited Spring Wood.

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

Please do share details. 🙏

[@kathleenevans1201]

@@FemiNelson-sb1em I found the building itself to be beautiful. The inside gave inside to the private side of FDR'S life. I was fortunate to have been able to visit his private space.

[@marymayer2282]

Ralph Bellamy played The part of Franklin Roosevelt in the movie sunset on Campobello

[@chrismcevoy2503]

He was President Of The United States during the Hindenburg Disaster. May 6, 1937

[@ChristinaGiagni]

those two actors.....magnificent

[@jmitterii2]

I saw the actor who plays FDR in this back in the 90's doing documentaries on A&E, History Channel (when they did more history than junk), etc. And thought he looks like FDR, someone should caste him as FDR in a movie or something... well looks like someone thought the same two decades before me.

[@flowingbrooke1]

Thank you for great movie.

[@jsk910]

love the theme song

[@debbiecrochiere2182]

That theme song was the theme of Dvorak’s New World Symphony he composed in 1893. It’s a beautiful piece.😊

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Rest In Peace Peggy McCay/Grace Tully.

[@Koopalingfan]

Eleanor Roosevelt is definitely the best First Lady ever. Honestly Eleanor did most of the work and really guided through The Great Depression and World War II. Rip Eleanor and Franklin D Roosevelt who both did very well with serving people during The Great Depression and World War II.