Interrupted Melody (1955)
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Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. Eleanor Parker plays Ms. Farrell, while her vocal renditions, ranging from selections from Madame Butterfly to MGM's own Over the Rainbow, were dubbed by Eileen Farrell, who would be… More Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. Eleanor Parker plays Ms. Farrell, while her vocal renditions, ranging from selections from Madame Butterfly to MGM's own Over the Rainbow, were dubbed by Eileen Farrell, who would be with the Met from 1960-1966. The story traces Marjorie's long, hard road to the top, her success on two continents, and her turbulent marriage to American doctor Thomas King. While touring South America, Lawrence is stricken with polio, which not only abruptly ends her career but briefly robs her of the will to live. The rest of the film is devoted to Ms. Lawrence's emergence from depression and her triumphant comeback. William Ludwig and Sonya Levien shared an Academy Award for their cinemadaptation of Marjorie Lawrence's autobiography. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Written By
- William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 25, 1955 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
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Cast
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Glenn Ford
as Dr. Thomas King
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Eleanor Parker
as Marjorie Lawrence
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Roger Moore
as Cyril Lawrence
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Cecil Kellaway
as Bill Lawrence
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Peter Leeds
as Dr. Ed Ryson
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Evelyn Ellis
as Clara
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Walter S. Baldwin
as Jim Owens
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Ann Codee
as Madame Gilly
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Leopold Sachse
as Himself
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Stephen Bekassy
as Comte Claude des Vigneux
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André Charlot
as M. Bertrand
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Sandy Descher
as Suzie
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Eileen Farrell
as Vocal student
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Alex Frazer
as Adjudicator
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Fiona Hale
as Eileen Lawrence
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Charles R. Keane
as Ted Lawrence
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Doris Lloyd
as Volunteer Worker
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Paul McGuire
as Metropolitan Cashier
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Doris Merrick
as Nurse
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Jack Raine
as Mr. Norson
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Penny Santon
as Gilly Secretary
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Claude Stroud
as Tenor
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Stuart Whitman
as Man on Beach
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Frieda Stoll
as Accompanist
- Dick Simmons
- Walter Baldwin
