Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore

Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker) crowds her life with excitement and achievement from the day she leaves her Australian home and goes to Paris to study voice. After a triumphal debut at the Paris Op...( read more  read more... )era she becomes famous overnight, and her debut at the Met in New York establishes her as one of the great singers of her time. With all her dreams come true, tragedy strikes in the form of infantile paralysis and she faces a life of confinement to a wheel chair. Although she reaches the depths of despair, she manages through the love and devotion of her husband, Dr. Tim King (Glenn Ford), she begins to build a new career by singing to servicemen who, like herself, are confined to wheel chairs. William Ludwig and Sonya Levien won an Oscar for writing the story and screenplay.

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Unrated, 106 min.

Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt

Release Date: March 25, 1955

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  • November 20, 2007
    Growing up, when you watch a James Bond movie, do you think about the quality of the acting? Not me. As a kid watching someone like Roger Moore play Bond, the only thing I thought about was the quality of the action. True, the plot of a Bond film may become problematic when yo...( read more)u get old enough to think about it, but even as an adult, I can't say I'll see a Roger Moore Bond movie in order to critique his acting job. This may be the very first time I've seen Moore in anything other than a Bond or a Simon Templar role, and The Saint TV series is another place where I put judging acting on hold. Moore is excellent as Eleanor Parker's very attentive manager-brother. That's a bonus here.

    For opera buffs, this is a must-see for the opera highlight numbers performed by Parker lip-synching Marjorie Lawrence's beautiful voice. A very convincing job by Parker.

    While Glenn Ford will probably never make my top actors list, he is as good here as I've seen him, playing the very supportive husband role. Remember that this is based on Lawrence's autobiography; we should all hope to have a spouse like this.

  • August 19, 2009
    Very melodramatic biography of Marjorie Lawrence, but Eleanor Parker really does a terrific job in one of her best roles. A notch above the typical 1950's tearjerker. Good production, fine art direction, make-up and costumes.
  • February 3, 2009
    It's a wonderfully done, well-told true story of an opera diva overcoming tragedy and still finding the spirit to encourage others. I don't know who dubs the singing for Eleanor Parker, but her voice is stunning!
  • October 13, 2008
    amazing biography beautifully performed by the elegant Eleanor Parker

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