Johnny Belinda
Summary:
After years of dumb-blonde and best-friend roles, Jane Wyman proved her skills as a dramatic actress -- and won an Academy Award in the bargain -- in Johnny Belinda. Adapted from a stage play by Elmer Harris, the story takes place in Nova Scotia, where deaf-mute Belinda (Wyman) leads a lonely existence on the hardscrabble farm of her father Black Macdonald (Charles Bickford... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jane Wyman - (Belinda McDonald)
Lew Ayres - (Dr. Robert Richardson)
Charles Bickford - (Black McDonald)
Agnes Moorehead - (Aggie McDonald)
Stephen McNally - (Locky McCormick)
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Review:
Johnny Belinda features a superb performance from Jane Wyman in the title role and a well-crafted story without the overtly happy ending common to this type of "personal triumph" drama. Filmed in effective black-and-white by Ted D. McCord, the studio recreation of a Nova Scotia fishing village is convincing, while director Jean Negulesco... Continue >>
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