Regular Price $27.98

Starring: Ronnie Claire Edwards,  Nora Marlowe,  Robert Donner,  Richard Gilliland, 
Directed By: Gabrielle Beaumont,  Nell Cox,  Anthony Brand,  Walt Gilmore,  Fielder Cook, 
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1974-09-14
Studio: Warner Home Video
Format: Closed-captioned,  Color,  DVD-Video,  Subtitled,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

Product Description
They built their home on the timeless mountain that bears their name. They built their lives on even stronger stuff: the bedrock of family. This 5-disc set features all 25 Season-three episodes of the beloved series that ran 9 years and won 5 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series. Through another hard year of the Depression Season 3 entails the Walton family's discovery that the true richness in life comes from the joy they bring each other while fans also relive John-Boy's first year at college.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS UPC: 012569768598 Manufacturer No: 76859

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The Waltons: The Complete Third Season finds series creator Earl Hamner's running story about the proud, Depression-era family living and working on Walton's Mountain going through some changes. The big news is that oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is now a freshman at Boatwright University, pursuing his dream of becoming a writer but encountering a lot of tough challenges and distractions. Still living at home but driving to classes every day, John-Boy gets an unpleasant taste of hazing from arrogant upperclassmen, grief from impatient professors, insecurity in a competitive writing class, and an ever-broadening sense of how the other half lives through exotic, quirky, yet sometimes sweet and attractive young women he meets on campus.

Meanwhile, John-Boy's father, John Walton (Ralph Waite), nurses a dream of opening a father-and-son-operated lumber mill, knowing full well that the very busy John-Boy can't do much without sacrificing his education. (John also discovers next-in-line son Jason (Jon Walmsley) is already dreaming about his own career beyond the mountain.) Walton mom Olivia (Michael Learned) looks wistful over the speed with which her children are growing up, and Grandpa (Will Geer) tries to do his part for the family's well-being within the limits of his age and rocky health. The Complete Third Season starts powerfully with a story about Walton kin, living elsewhere on the mountain, who refuse to leave their generations-long home in an eminent domain struggle with the government. Glimpses of the world Grandpa grew up in--full of moonshine, guns, and hardheaded men and women--abound in this fascinating episode. Other dramas concern heart problems for Grandpa; a runaway crisis when Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) bolts from home; a proper (and long-delayed) wedding for formerly eloped couple John and Olivia; a horse race that's supposed to be fun but takes on greater dimension; and troubles for John-Boy with a femme fatale and Boatwright's flawed honor code. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews for The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

Walton's Third Season
Thoroughly enjoyed all shows in this season! My adult children are
enjoying them too. Makes us want to keep our lives simple and know
what's important -- family and belief in God. I look forward to
watching one episode every night. The DVD's are perfect.The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

Family Entertainment
I purchased this set for my grandma and she loves it. Best prices in the market from Amazon once again.The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

Retro show
the classic shows from the 70 & 80 is a great break from current cable. The Waltons contains great moral values, and goes back to a simpler time.The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

Growing up and branching out
Season 3 finds John-Boy a freshman at Boatwright University, realizing his longtime dream of attending college and becoming a writer. Of course, it isn't easy -- unable to afford the cost of living there, he must commute the 28 miles each day. That's the least of John-Boy's problems, however, as he struggles to fit in amongst rich classmates who never thought twice about whether college would be in their future.

Back on the mountain, the other Waltons are also growing up and branching out into the larger world. Mary Ellen, who has just begun pinning her hair up each day, attends her first college dance with one of John-Boy's friends. Jim-Bob, sick of being ignored by the elders, learns that running away from home isn't the answer, either. Having nursed a lifelong interest in art, Olivia finally musters the courage to sign up for a free adult education course...necessitating that she learn to drive!

Character development isn't limited to the Waltons, either -- store owner Ike, single for so long, finally meets a woman with whom he immediately falls in love.

Despite this being its third season, the warm supportiveness, tinged with humor, of the Walton clan remains as strong as ever in this DVD set.The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

3rd Season of the Waltons
Wonderful as always! One of the best family series to every grace television.The Waltons - The Complete Third Season

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