Interrupted Melody (1955)The film chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback. Director:Curtis Bernhardt |
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Interrupted Melody (1955)The film chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback. Director:Curtis Bernhardt |
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Dr. Thomas King
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| Eleanor Parker | ... |
Marjorie Lawrence
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| Roger Moore | ... |
Cyril Lawrence
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Cecil Kellaway | ... |
Bill Lawrence
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Peter Leeds | ... |
Dr. Ed Ryson
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Evelyn Ellis | ... |
Clara
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Walter Baldwin | ... |
Jim Owens
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Ann Codee | ... |
Mme. Gilly
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Leopold Sachse | ... |
Himself
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Stephen Bekassy | ... |
Comte Claude des Vignaux
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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 Opera 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. Tom King (Glenn Ford), she begins to build a new career by singing to servicemen who, like herself, are confined to wheel chairs. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
I was fortunate enough to be chosen as the stunt double for Eleanor Parker in this extraordinary film. I was in awe of her performance and cannot say how much I enjoyed working with her for several of her films. I thought the script was marvelous and did win an award I believe. Eleanor Parker is the true lady she portrayed in this once in a lifetime film. I never tire of seeing it - over and over again.