Interrupted Melody
- Glenn Ford: Dr. Thomas King
- Eleanor Parker: Marjorie Lawrence
- Roger Moore: Cyril Lawrence
- Cecil Kellaway: Bill Lawrence
- Peter Leeds: Dr. Ed Ryson
- Evelyn Ellis: Clara
- Walter Baldwin: Jim Owens
- Ann Codee: Mme Gilly
- Leopold axis: When he himself
- Stephen Bekassy: Comte Claude of Vignaux
- Bess Flowers: Party Guest
- Doris Lloyd: Volunteer assistant
- Stuart Whitman: Man at the beach
Interrupted Melody (Original Title: Interrupted Melody ) is a biographical film from 1955 about the struggle of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence with polio. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, starring Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker and Roger Moore.
Action
The dream of the Australian Marjorie Lawrence is to be a great opera singer. To realize this dream, she went to Paris and studied singing. There she is discovered after a grand appearance and increases at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to become a world star. But soon she became seriously ill with polio and must henceforth sit in a wheelchair. But through the encouragement she receives from her husband and her relatives, they do not lose hope and start a second career.
Background
The film is based on the 1949 published autobiography Interrupted Melody of Marjorie Lawrence. As the filming was in the conversation, she announced to the press that they wanted to take over the vocals, but Eileen Farrell was instead committed to the singing scenes. Lawrence criticized the film later as " untrue" over their lives.
The film played at the U.S. box office approximately 1.8 million dollars.
Music
Eileen Farrell Eleanor Parker lent her voice in the singing scenes. The soundtrack was released on September 20, 1955, contains the following pieces:
Criticism
" An emotional, sometimes overly sentimental entertainment, interesting mainly because of the excellent vocal performances. "
" Not made his appearance on the big screen since Columbia's One Night of Love, about 20 years ago, it has such been a fully satisfactory mixture of grand opera with a tender love story in the film, such as Broken in the MGM production melody. "
Awards
- Oscar / Best Original Screenplay ( William Louis )
- Oscar / Best Actress ( Eleanor Parker)
- Oscar / Best Costume Design ( Helen Rose)