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* ANounReferredToAsX: ''A Girl Named Sooner''.
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It's about a young girl named Sooner (Susan Deer) who lives with her guardian, an elderly moonshiner named Mam Hawes (Creator/ClorisLeachman), in the backwoods near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Mam brings Sooner into town and attempts to collect foster support on the child, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" [=McHenry=] (Creator/RichardCrenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Creator/LeeRemick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.

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It's about a young girl named Sooner (Susan Deer) who lives with her guardian, an elderly moonshiner named Mam Hawes (Creator/ClorisLeachman), in the a backwoods near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Mam brings Sooner into town and attempts to collect foster support on the child, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" [=McHenry=] (Creator/RichardCrenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Creator/LeeRemick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.
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It's about a young girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian, an elderly moonshiner named Mam Hawes (Creator/ClorisLeachman), in the backwoods near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Mam brings Sooner into town and attempts to collect foster support on the child, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" [=McHenry=] (Creator/RichardCrenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Creator/LeeRemick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.

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It's about a young girl named Sooner, Sooner (Susan Deer) who lives with her guardian, an elderly moonshiner named Mam Hawes (Creator/ClorisLeachman), in the backwoods near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Mam brings Sooner into town and attempts to collect foster support on the child, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" [=McHenry=] (Creator/RichardCrenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Creator/LeeRemick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Sooner's name is "Sooner".

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Sooner's name is "Sooner"."Sooner".

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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on Suzanne Clauser's [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 novel]] of the same name.

It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Her guardian (Creator/ClorisLeachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.

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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, Creator/{{NBC}} MadeForTVMovie directed by Delbert Mann, based on Suzanne Clauser's [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 novel]] of the same name.

It's about a young girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian guardian, an elderly moonshiner named Mam Hawes (Creator/ClorisLeachman), in the backwoods near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Her guardian (Creator/ClorisLeachman) Mam brings Sooner into town and attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, the child, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) [=McHenry=] (Creator/RichardCrenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), (Creator/LeeRemick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.



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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) (Creator/ClorisLeachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.
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* ParrotPetPosition: Bird is perfectly happy on Sooner's shoulder.

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* ParrotPetPosition: Bird MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Alluded to with Elizabeth. It's never said why she was in the hospital, but it seems she had a miscarriage or lost a baby, and that's why she is perfectly happy on Sooner's shoulder.in such a deep depression at the beginning of the movie.



* ANounReferredToAsX: ''A Girl Named Sooner''
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Alluded to with Elizabeth. It's never said why she was in the hospital, but it seems she had a miscarriage or lost a baby, and that's why she is in such a deep depression at the beginning of the movie.

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* ANounReferredToAsX: ''A Girl Named Sooner''
Sooner''.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Alluded to with Elizabeth. It's never said why she was in the hospital, but it seems she had a miscarriage or lost a baby, and that's why she ParrotPetPosition: Bird is in such a deep depression at the beginning of the movie.perfectly happy on Sooner's shoulder.



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Sooner's name is "Sooner"

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Sooner's name is "Sooner""Sooner".

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->"Mac, you just don't know what you're asking of that little girl. Now you and Elizabeth and this town here - all of us - our life is like a different ''planet'' to her!"

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->"Mac, ->''"Mac, you just don't know what you're asking of that little girl. Now you and Elizabeth and this town here - all here--all of us - our us--our life is like a different ''planet'' PLANET to her!"her!"''


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* RealPlaceBackground: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevay,_Indiana Vevay, Indiana]] is a real place along the southern border of Indiana, and the movie was filmed in and around it. It's mentioned by name as the location the film takes place in the Sheriff's office early in the movie. The creek scenes were filmed along Indian Creek. The river you often see in the background in many scenes is the Ohio.

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* RealPlaceBackground: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevay,_Indiana Vevay, Indiana]] is a real place along the southern border of Indiana, and the movie was filmed in and around it. It's mentioned by name as the location the film takes place in the Sheriff's office early in the movie. The creek scenes were filmed along Indian Creek. The bridge Sooner plays near at the beginning of the film was slated for destruction, but was kept up so it could be filmed. The river you often see in the background in many scenes is the Ohio.
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This film was never released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]], though for some segments the sound is off by a second or so.

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This film was never released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]], though for some segments the sound is off by a second or so.
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It's unknown if this was ever/will ever be released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]], though for some segments the sound is off by a second or so.

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It's unknown if this This film was ever/will ever be never released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]], though for some segments the sound is off by a second or so.
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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.

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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the Suzanne Clauser's [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] novel]] of the same name.
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana.Indiana during TheGreatDepression. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take in Sooner.
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It's unknown if this was ever/will ever be released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]].

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It's unknown if this was ever/will ever be released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]].
here]], though for some segments the sound is off by a second or so.
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on in Sooner.
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child foster support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" guardian near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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[[caption-width-right:313:Book cover referring to the movie.]] ''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.

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->"Mac, you just don't know what you're asking of that little girl. Now you and Elizabeth and this town here - all of us - our life is like a different ''planet'' to her!"
-->--'''Sheriff Rotteman'''

''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Mac hopes to bring his despondent wife out of her depression by bringing Sooner home.

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Mac hopes to bring his despondent wife out of her depression by bringing Sooner home. It does work out in the end, but it's a long road.
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the small town of Vevay, Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on sooner, Sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In the end, Mam Hawes allows Sooner to go with the [[=McHenry=]]s, and is shown to be sad about it.]]

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In the end, Mam Hawes allows Sooner to go with the [[=McHenry=]]s, [=McHenry=]s, and is shown to be sad about it.]]
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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the town of Vevay, UsefulNotes/{{Indiana}}. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

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It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the small town of Vevay, UsefulNotes/{{Indiana}}.Indiana. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.



* RealPlaceBackground: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevay,_Indiana Vevay, Indiana]] is a real place, and the movie was filmed in and around it. It's mentioned by name as the location the film takes place in the Sheriff's office early in the movie. The creek scenes were filmed along Indian Creek.

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* RealPlaceBackground: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevay,_Indiana Vevay, Indiana]] is a real place, place along the southern border of Indiana, and the movie was filmed in and around it. It's mentioned by name as the location the film takes place in the Sheriff's office early in the movie. The creek scenes were filmed along Indian Creek. The river you often see in the background in many scenes is the Ohio.
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It's unknown if this was ever/will ever be released on video, but the film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqRabznaUs&list=PLB99E7A022E756A73&index=3 on YouTube here]].
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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.

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[[caption-width-right:313:Book cover referring to the movie.]]
''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.
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''A Girl Named Sooner'' is a 1975 [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook 1972 book]] of the same name.

It's about a girl named Sooner, who lives with her "grandmother" near the town of Vevay, UsefulNotes/{{Indiana}}. Her guardian (Cloris Leachman) attempts to collect child support on sooner, bringing her worth as a guardian into question. Enter town veterinarian "Mac" (Richard Crenna) and his wife Elizabeth (Lee Remick), a couple who don't have have a child. They take on Sooner.

!!Tropes in this film:
*AutomatonHorses: Averted. Mam Hawes whips poor William into town and William does not survive.
*BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Mac hopes to bring his despondent wife out of her depression by bringing Sooner home.
*BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. It doesn't take long for Sooner, when back with Mam Hawes, to end up unkempt and dirty again.
*CountryMouse: Sooner is fascinated by the electricity and modern things in town.
*DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler: Bird is killed by Sooner and a group of kids who are trying to get him to fly.]]
*EvilGloating: Mam Hawes gets some when Elizabeth shows up looking for Sooner.
*FreeRangeChildren: All the kids in town. and especially Sooner, who even is given a ride by a guy outside of town.
*GrammarNazi: Elizabeth tries to correct Sooner's grammar. It starts to work near the end.
*GraveRobbing: [[spoiler: Sooner exhumes Bird and reburies the bird near Mam Hawe's shack.]]
*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In the end, Mam Hawes allows Sooner to go with the [[=McHenry=]]s, and is shown to be sad about it.]]
*KidsAreCruel: The girls doing jump rope tease Sooner. Sooner and the kids throw things at Bird to try to get him to fly.
*ParrotPetPosition: Bird is perfectly happy on Sooner's shoulder.
*NoEndorHolocaust: Sooner throws up on the Ferris wheel, but we aren't shown if anyone beneath her got hit with vomit.
*NobodyPoops: Bird doesn't seem to ever leave any bird poop on Sooner's shoulder, or under the perch.
*MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Alluded to with Elizabeth. It's never said why she was in the hospital, but it seems she had a miscarriage or lost a baby, and that's why she is in such a deep depression at the beginning of the movie.
*RealPlaceBackground: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevay,_Indiana Vevay, Indiana]] is a real place, and the movie was filmed in and around it. It's mentioned by name as the location the film takes place in the Sheriff's office early in the movie. The creek scenes were filmed along Indian Creek.
*SheCleansUpNicely: Sooner, after a bath and a change of clothes.
*TrainingMontage: As Sooner learns how to jump rope.
*VomitDiscretionShot: When Sooner vomits on the Ferris Wheel, it's over the rear of the gondola, so we don't have to see.
*WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Sooner's name is "Sooner"

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