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Johnny Belinda (1948)

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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.

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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.

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