Episode
Bonanza: The Ballerina
Overview
Kellie Conrad dances and her father plays the fiddle to earn a living. Hoss feels a sense of guilt after he unintentionally hurts the arm that Kellie's father uses to play the fiddle, in a saloon fight with some roughnecks. He gets them to stay at the Ponderosa while the girl's father recuperates. While there, Ben introduces Kellie to his friend Paul Mandel, a ballet star before an explosion cut his dancing career short. Kellie persuades Paul to help her learn ballet. She soon comes to the realization that she loves both the ballet and Paul. She struggles inwardly to make a choice between her love of ballet and giving it all up for the love of her father.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1965-01-24
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Ballerina is Episode 18 in Season 6 of Bonanza. It aired on 1965-01-24. The runtime is 49 min.
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