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The Miracle Worker (1962)
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The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate. Director:Arthur Penn |
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| Anne Bancroft | ... | ||
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Victor Jory | ... | |
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Inga Swenson | ... | |
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Andrew Prine | ... | |
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Kathleen Comegys | ... | |
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Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate. Written by Christina Dunigan <minstrel@wf.net>
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A mighty motion picture experience. . .touch it. . .sense it. . .feel it. . .you can't forget it! See more »Parents Guide:
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Ana de los milagros See more »Box Office
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Annie Sullivan: An alphabet.
James Keller: Alphabet?
Annie Sullivan: [finger-spelling to Helen] For the deaf.
Annie Sullivan: [after Helen finger-spells back to her] Oh, how bright she is!
James Keller: You think she knows what she's doing? She's a monkey. She imitates everything.
Annie Sullivan: Yes, she's a bright little monkey, all right!
James Keller: She wants her doll back.
Annie Sullivan: After she spells it.
James Keller: Spells? She doesn't know the thing has a name, even.
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(uncredited)
Traditional Southern lullaby
Sung by Anne Bancroft
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William Gibson took Helen Keller's story to Broadway in 1959, but it was performed for the first time not on Broadway but on live television in a 1957 episode of "Playhouse 90": The Miracle Worker. The two leads were Teresa Wright and 11-year-old Patty McCormack. On the Broadway stage and in the film they were Anne Bancroft and 16-year-old Patty Duke. Arthur Penn directed both the TV version and the 1962 film. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The way Annie holds the doll changes after Helen gets back in bed after learning 'milk.' See more »Quotes
James Keller: Finding out if she's ticklish? She is. What is it, a game?Annie Sullivan: An alphabet.
James Keller: Alphabet?
Annie Sullivan: [finger-spelling to Helen] For the deaf.
Annie Sullivan: [after Helen finger-spells back to her] Oh, how bright she is!
James Keller: You think she knows what she's doing? She's a monkey. She imitates everything.
Annie Sullivan: Yes, she's a bright little monkey, all right!
James Keller: She wants her doll back.
Annie Sullivan: After she spells it.
James Keller: Spells? She doesn't know the thing has a name, even.
[...]
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Connections
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hercules Unchained (#5.8)" (1992) See more »Soundtracks
"Hush, Little Baby"(uncredited)
Traditional Southern lullaby
Sung by Anne Bancroft
Also played in the score See more »
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