Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family (1982)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 26, 1982Release Date
Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family (1982)
1h 35m
Running Time
April 26, 1982Release Date
Plot.
This is the story of the Osmond Family and is based on the book written by Olive (Mother) Osmond. This film tells of the beginnings of this family and how they got to where they were by the late '70s.
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Cast & Crew.

Marie Osmond
Olive Osmond

Joseph Bottoms
George Osmond

Karen Alston
Belva

Cheryl Chase
Marianne

Scott Wilkinson
Lt. Gontz

Daryl Bingham
Young Alan

Brian Poelman
Young Wayne

Spencer Alston
Young Merrill

Jason Sanders
Young Jay

Todd Dutson
Older Alan

Vinc Massa
Older Wayne

Shane Wallace
Older Merrill

Jeremy Haslam
Older Jay

David Eaves
Older Virl

Shane Chournos
Older Tom

Travis Osmond
Young Virl

Justin Osmond
Young Tom

Jamon Rivera
Young Donny

Amy Osmond
Young Marie

Barbara Claman
CastingDirector

Anne Cullimore Decker
Vera Davis

Marc Schwartz
CastingDirector

H.E.D. Redford
Tom Davis

Coleman Creel
Dr. Ward

Babetta Dick
Miss Harper

Bruce Hertford
Neighbor

Beverly Rowland
Neighbor

Tip Boxell
Policeman

Duane Hill
Jim Lennon

Oscar Rowland
Howard Corbin

Rollie Bestor
Barbershop Quartet Leader

Robert E. Hartenberger
Ring Announcer

Robert Peterson
Picnic Announcer

Anthony Auer
Stage Manager

Charles L. Hughes
Art Direction

Richard Briggs
Producer

George Aliceson Tipton
Music

Deanne Barkley
Executive Producer

Roland "Ozzie" Smith
Director of Photography

Dave L. Love
Set Decoration
Details.
Wiki.
Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family is a 1982 American made-for-television biographical film about the earlier years of the famed entertainment family, starring Marie Osmond as matriarch Olive Osmond, and Joseph Bottoms as patriarch George Osmond. This film was released on VHS tape in 1998 but has never had an official DVD issue.
Side by Side would be followed 19 years later by Inside the Osmonds, which focuses on the family's breakthrough years as pop stars with an entirely new cast.