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The Best of Families, No. 4: Ambition

The year is 1890. Teddy Wheeler, who is a prominent banker, decides on philanthropy as a way to make his bank better known. He establishes a competition for the design and construction of a housing project to be named for his mother. The lives of the Wheelers and Lathrops cross when James Lathrop wins the competition. Financial problems with the project and a subsequent mugging by an Irish street gang reverse Lathrop's fortunes once more. The Raffertys continue on a shoestring existence.

More in Best of Families Series

  1. The Best of Families, No. 1: Generations 1977
  2. The Best of Families, No. 2: The Bridge 1977
  3. The Best of Families, No. 3: The Election--Patronage or Paradise 1977
  4. The Best of Families, No. 4: Ambition 1977
  5. The Best of Families, No. 5: Chill to the Bones 1977
  6. The Best of Families, No. 6: The Great Trolley Battle 1977
  7. The Best of Families, No. 7: New Times 1977
  8. The Best of Families, No. 8: January 17, 1977 1977

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record

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