MOVIE #1:
Love Begins -
the prequel to “Love Comes Softly,” the first in a series of highly-rated “Loves” movies from Hallmark Channel. It is the story of Clark Davis falling in love with his first wife, Ellen.
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MOVIE #2:In the second prequel to “Love Comes Softly,” when Clark’s beloved wife, Ellen, dies from scarlet fever, he and his daughter, Missy, must find a way to survive this hardship while also saving the barren land from drought.
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MOVIE #3:
Love Comes SoftlyBy covered wagon, Marty and Aaron Calridge have come west in search of fortune. But unforeseen tragedy leaves Marty a widow facing bleak prospects for the future. With a bitter winter season approaching and no safe passage back home, she finds herself stranded yet befriended by settlers Ben Graham and his wife Sarah. They encourage her to take up widower Clark Davis on his unusual offer—join him in a temporary marriage of convenience. Marty will have a roof over her head until the spring thaw when she can return home. In the meantime, Clark’s nine-year-old daughter Missie, will have a teacher.
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MOVIE #4:
Love's Enduring Promise
Facing the risk of losing their crop, Marty and the kids pull together. But for nineteen-year-old Missie, life is offering something else as she discovers a new beginning of her own… two new suitors are vying for the attention of the lovely young schoolteacher.
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MOVIE #5:
Love's Long Journey
After two years of marriage, and with a child on the way, Missie and Willie LaHaye part with family ties to start a new life and new family of their own. As part of a wagon train heading west across beautiful, desolate country, their trek begins.
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MOVIE #6:
Love's Abiding Joy
Missie and Willie LaHaye have put down roots and raised a fine family in a homestead in the far West. While Missie fulfills her ambition for teaching twelve eager students, fours days a week, Willie tends to their youngest daughter Kathy, and with the help of his sons Jeff and Matthew, keeps their growing ranch as stable and prosperous as he can.
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MOVIE #7:
Love's Unending Legacy
Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again.
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MOVIE #8:
Love's Unfolding Dream
Living happily with her adopted parents Missie and Zach Tyler, Belinda Tyler has blossomed from a timid orphan into a confident young woman, a natural born caretaker who believes it is her purpose to serve her community as a doctor. But her resolution is tested when she falls in love with Drew Simpson, an attractive New York lawyer who expects a traditional wife and family back East.
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MOVIE #9:Love Takes Wing
Wounded by the recent death of her husband, Dr. Belinda Simpson arrives in the tiny town of Sikeston to take up the post of town physician. Once there, she discovers that many of the town’s residents, including children at an orphanage run by Miss Hattie Clarence, have fallen ill to or died from an unknown ailment. Ultimately, it’s clear that a little bit of faith – in oneself and in one another – can go a long way.
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MOVIE #10:
Love Finds a Home
The story continues of Belinda, a rare female doctor working in a quaint Missouri town. When her longtime friend and colleague, Annie, arrives so that Belinda can watch over her in the last stages of her pregnancy, Annie brings along her mother-in-law, Mary, a seen-it-all nursemaid whose homeopathic remedies and folksy wisdom are at odds with Belinda’s scientific knowledge.
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MOVIE #11:
Love's Christmas Journey
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis, a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle, but also the chance at a new life, when she finds herself falling in love again.
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Each endearing story is about the faith, hope, and love of the Davis family!
I hope you enjoy the list. I do not know, yet, if there will be any more movies after Love's Christmas Journey.... We will have to wait and see!
God Bless You All !
I am watching these on Hallmark and Pixel. They are all so wonderful and romantic!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this series except for one thing, there are two episodes that are missing not yet on DVD. I recorded all of them, watched them with my family but we were all confused and could not figure out what order they went in since Love Comes Softy was the first we caught, Love Begins never came on yet nor did Love's Everlasting Courage which is not on DVD yet so we didn't get to see how Clark lost his wife and came to be a widower. Then the saga goes on but Marty isn't in the pictur for a few of them, don't know what happened or know how she died, if she did. And last, the last one isn't on dvd yet, so we don't know how it ends with Loves Christmas Journey. This was the last movie series I watched with my mother as she was dying with cancer & lost my sister 30 days before mom passed. I love this series & it means a lot to have this. please email me at lmayewski@yahoo.com when they are ALL available.
ReplyDeleteI found all of them either at my local video store, or the library. Amazon has the entire set for $55 - http://www.amazon.com/Love-Comes-Softly-Anniversary-Collection/dp/B009A87WU4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389451508&sr=8-2&keywords=love+comes+softly
DeleteYes, Amazon has a 10 DVD Movie Set of this "Love Comes Softly" Collection for one great price! I saw it this morning for around $30!
DeleteHere's the link to see what the price is today:
http://www.amazon.com
The only movie you have to purchase separately, is "Love's Christmas Journey", which is longer than your typical 1 hour and 30 min. movie, and is actually one of my favorites! This movie is actually 2 hours and 52 minutes. The original 10 movies are all in that one DVD collection.
Hope that helps!
You can find them at the library and now both movies you could not find are on DVD.
DeleteThis is best and most simplest list I have ever seen for all of the Love Comes Softly Movies. I have always wondered how each one goes after the other whenever I watch one on the Hallmark Channel so reading your list was very helpful. Thank you. I enjoyed the short descriptions from each movie, too. I hope there will be another.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list but actually Love's Christmas Journey of 4 hours starts the whole saga with Clark. I watched the others for years starting with Love Comes Softly but there are three that lead up to this one. Fantastic series, now watching When the Heart Calls, great.
ReplyDeleteThe order above is correct. "Love's Christmas Journey" is the last film in the series and the two main characters are Clark and Marty's children: Aaron and Ellie. Love's Christmas Journey tells their family stories, adventures, and Ellie's love story.
Delete"Love Begins" and "Love's Everlasting Courage" tells the prequel story of Clark's life before he meets Marty.
I just can't watch these movies as they differ so much (in my opinion) from the books. I wish they would have kept them as close to the book plots as possible.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Marie. I loved the book series. It's disappointing to see how different the series was portrayed from the way Janette Oke originally wrote it in her books. But, I do enjoy the decency of the movies and the prairie life.
DeleteI am confused. I though Clark and Marty's kids were Aaron, Arnie and Missy. Who is Ellie in the Christmas one?
ReplyDeleteIn the book series they had several children, including Ellie.
DeleteEllie was their surprise baby
ReplyDeleteYes, that's right! I remember that now! Thank you for the reminder. It's been a long while since I've read the series. I enjoyed it so much.
DeleteSad news to share about one of the actresses in the series
ReplyDeletehttp://timesleader.com/news/home_top-local-news/50018643/Skye-Bartusiak-was-no-stranger-here#.U9mXic90zIU
Misty
Yes, I heard. Jennifer shared this news in the comments under the post regarding the passing of James Garner. I am still shocked and saddened for her dear family and friends. She was a wonderful little actress. I know many of us Love Comes Softly fans will always remember her fondly.
DeleteI used my hopper and set it to record the series on pixl, INSPIRED and Hallmark. Love Takes Wings is set to record. The only one I need is Love's Christmas Journey. I'm setting it to seek & record it once it does play.
ReplyDeleteThese movies don't deserve to be banned after the book!! It's painful to think about all the changes try made. They COMPLETELY changed the plot after enduring promise onward. And in that one the skip the first half of the book. And the first two movies don't even exist in the series!!! They are good movies, but only if you can manage to forget that they are supposedly based on the books
ReplyDeleteYou are right. The books and the movies are almost completely different. Tell everyone not to read the books if they want to watch the movies.
DeleteOr not to watch the movies if they want to read the books. Id go for reading the books anyday, as in my opinion they are much better
Deleteclark is the adoptive father of aaron, but he is the biological father of ellie.
ReplyDeleteJust ordered on Amazon for 11.18 - can't wait to start watching!
ReplyDeleteI've watched these series on tbn, I'm confused. If love beings was filmed in 2011 and it's the first of the series why was it that loves everlasting courage says it was filmed in 2010? Also confusing what happened to Ellen's sister Cassie and please explain while is Ellie? Missy had one son and adopted another who then married the sheriffs daughter what happend to them; and what happened to Matthew (Matt) and what happend to Belinda's brother? I've never read the books I've only watched the movies...totally confused.
ReplyDeleteI know, it can be rather confusing... some characters were simply not included in further movies, or some left town for various reasons. Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to continue the story of Cassie because these movies were a prequel and all the following movies had already been done many years before.
DeleteSadly, some character's whereabouts are never full explained.
Thank you so much for your reply. How about the different years? Do you know why Love beings was filmed in 2011 and loves everlasting courage in 2010 where she dies? Also confusing LOL sorry for all the questions.
DeleteI'm totally confused. If loves begins was filmed in 2011 and it's the first. Why does love's everlasting courage say's it was filmed in 2010?
ReplyDelete"Love Comes Softly," the first movie in the series, premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2003. Subsequently, many of the other period films followed continuing the story of the Davis family.
DeleteThen, they decided to go back and give a prequel to the story with "Love Begins" and "Love's Everlasting Courage." "Love Begins" original air date on the Hallmark Channel was September 17, 2011 and "Love's Everlasting Courage" first aired on October 1, 2011. (I'm not sure where you saw 2010. Could that have been when I first posted the movie information?)
Thank you for your questions, Lillian. It is a remarkable series of movies, which at times, unfortunately gives us more questions than answers. I appreciate each movie, but do wish there hadn't been so many women left as widows. That particularly storyline was repeated too often in my opinion, and was not something that occurred in the books.
Again, thank you for commenting! Blessings to you, Net
Sorry for sending the same question. I watched all the series on TBN (Turner Boardcasting Network) the Christian channel. Thank you for clearing the confusion. I guess TBN then or whomever posts the years on the infor part of cable. That's why it was confusing to me. Thanks again Net truly appreciate it <3 blessing to you :)
DeleteThank you, Lillian! What a sweet message! I have watched them on TBN, too, which is awesome! No commercials!!! Love it and all the beautiful, heartwarming stories from the prairie!
DeleteAppreciate your comment so much! Blessings back to you!!! Net :)
Can someone give the exact order to watch all 11 movies
ReplyDeleteYes! All you have to do is watch them in the order I have above, Lady Bugg! This order goes according to the story and the lives of the characters. I know it's a bit confusing because the first two movies (listed above) were actually filmed after some of the others, but if you want to follow the story in order, you should start with Love Begins... and follow it all the way from there... with Love's Everlasting Courage next, then Love Comes Softly, and so on....
DeleteI hope that is helpful advice for you. I have seen all the movies and enjoyed them all, mostly, very much!
If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask!
Blessings, Net
Awesome article.
ReplyDeleteHope to see more of these someday. Maybe gac family can do it.
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