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Reflections by Karen Devaney
The Great Forgotten
A Television Series
A television series about two sisters, Elizabeth and Celia who give their services during WWI, then return to Manhattan with the Roaring Twenties in full-swing. It is war told through the eyes of women. The two distinct worlds we've created capture the complexity of the characters. The Great Forgotten began as a play with a sold out audience at New York City's International Fringe Festival. Currently it is poised for a network series. TGF will take the viewers from the blood soaked trenches of Northern France to the sexy speakeasies in Manhattan.
For more info Check out this article from the Doughboy Foundation.
Doughboy Foundation - The Great Forgotten: A Television Series Honoring the Nurses Who Served in World War One
One Simple Story
A Feature Film
When nineteen-year-old Claire meets James, a traveling actor in Philadelphia, her dream of being a writer begins to unfold. The two fall in love and embark on their lives together. But when James becomes ill with tuberculosis, Claire is forced to put her baby, Thomas, in the same orphanage that she lived for much of her childhood. Seven years pass before she takes Thomas home.
But is too late? This film reveals the stark reality of being a young single mother in the 1930’s when choices for women didn't exist. It also follows a mother and son relationship strained by circumstances.
The Cannery Girls
A hilarious tv series about four women, Julia, Val, Candie, and Agnes who live in Monterey's spaghetti hill during the early 1940's. By day the women pack sardines. By night, they have an act at Charla's Place, a semi dive bar. Their husbands have no clue! Until... the war breaks out and all four of the husbands are drafted. The women are forced to man the sardine boats while their husbands are shipped overseas. Don't worry, they don't give up their act!
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