Johnny Belinda (1948)
Country: US
Technical: bw 103m
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally
Synopsis:
A doctor in a remote island community tutors a deaf mute girl, sensing her innate intelligence, but ranks are closed against them when she is raped and made pregnant by a local fisherman, and the doctor falls under suspicion.
Review:
Jane Wyman wins an Oscar without saying a word! Pretty smooth stuff, with good support from Moorehead and Bickford, but a community stocked with somewhat two-dimensional characters. In spite of the novelty of having its leading lady deflowered, the film manages to pass through its entire length, including a courtroom scene, without once mentioning the 'r' word.
Country: US
Technical: bw 103m
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally
Synopsis:
A doctor in a remote island community tutors a deaf mute girl, sensing her innate intelligence, but ranks are closed against them when she is raped and made pregnant by a local fisherman, and the doctor falls under suspicion.
Review:
Jane Wyman wins an Oscar without saying a word! Pretty smooth stuff, with good support from Moorehead and Bickford, but a community stocked with somewhat two-dimensional characters. In spite of the novelty of having its leading lady deflowered, the film manages to pass through its entire length, including a courtroom scene, without once mentioning the 'r' word.
Country: US
Technical: bw 103m
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally
Synopsis:
A doctor in a remote island community tutors a deaf mute girl, sensing her innate intelligence, but ranks are closed against them when she is raped and made pregnant by a local fisherman, and the doctor falls under suspicion.
Review:
Jane Wyman wins an Oscar without saying a word! Pretty smooth stuff, with good support from Moorehead and Bickford, but a community stocked with somewhat two-dimensional characters. In spite of the novelty of having its leading lady deflowered, the film manages to pass through its entire length, including a courtroom scene, without once mentioning the 'r' word.