The Phantom of the Open Hearth is an American made-for-television family-comedy film, directed by Fred Barzyk and David R. Loxton, with a script written by Jean Shepherd. Produced by Loxton, the film is the first screen adaptation to feature Shepherd's character Ralphie Parker, and is notable for influencing studio interest in A Christmas Story years later. Based on Shepherd's book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash and similar to all the other Parker Family films, the film depicts fictionalized events from his real-life childhood.
The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976)
Directed by David R. Loxton / Fred Barzyk
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Family-Comedy, Fictionalized Events, In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, Influenced A Christmas Story, Parker Family Films, Ralphie Parker, Real-life Childhood, Studio Interest
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The Phantom Of The Open Hearth
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
US
Visions: The Phantom of the Open Hearth
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