
Ellis Island
"THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND."
5.0
19841 Season
Overview
Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin.
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Vista Films

Additional Information
Original Name:Ellis Island
Status:Ended
First Air Date:1984-11-11
Last Air Date:1984-11-14
Number of Episodes3
Duration:140 min
Original Language:EN
Seasons
Season 1
3 Episodes
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