Christmas on Mavis Street: A Screenplay

By Bernard Mendillo

CHRISTMAS ON MAVIS STREET is a comic and nostalgic movie about Catholic school, childhood and family - taking place in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1950s. It follows poor little Ray Bellini as he pines after the most beautiful girl in the sixth grade,

It is a funny, nostalgic episodic adventure-bringing to life a bygone era and celebrating family, friends, love and childhood.

Ray's heartthrob is Theresa Mangiaverde, a blonde blue-eyed beauty who is unattainable. Ray perseveres. Along the way he and his pals encounter adventures, disasters and triumphs at their grammar school run by Dominican nuns-Our Lady of the Very Long Thorns.

Altar boys. Spelling. Math. Uniforms. Catechism. Latin. Gregorian Chant. Clapping erasers. Diagramming sentences. Sins. Grace. Sacraments. Processions. School plays. Milk Money. Nuns. Mother Superior.

Everything builds to a climax on Christmas Eve, when Ray confronts who he is and who he wants to be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CWLG5Q73
• ISBN13: 9798882989520
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"