Interrupted Melody (1955)
- Starring:
- Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, (more)
- Director(s):
- Curtis Bernhardt
Synopsis of Interrupted Melody
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. Eleanor Parker plays Ms. Farrell, while her vocal renditions, ranging from selections from Madame Butterfly to MGM's own Over the Rainbow, were dubbed by Eileen Farrell, who would be with the Met from 1960-1966. The story traces Marjorie's long, hard road to the top, her success on two continents, and her turbulent marriage to American doctor Thomas King. While touring South America, Lawrence is stricken with polio, which not only abruptly ends her career but briefly robs her of the will to live. The rest of the film is devoted to Ms. Lawrence's emergence from depression and her triumphant comeback. William Ludwig and Sonya Levien shared an Academy Award for their cinemadaptation of Marjorie Lawrence's autobiography. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Interrupted Melody
- Glenn Ford - Dr. Thomas King
- Roger Moore - Cyril Lawrence
- Peter Leeds - Dr. Ed Ryson
- Walter S. Baldwin - Jim Owens
- Leopold Sachse - Himself
- Eileen Farrell - Vocal student
- Doris Merrick - Nurse
- Penny Santon - Gilly Secretary
- Claude Stroud - Tenor
- Alex Frazer - Adjudicator
- Stuart Whitman - Man on Beach
- Paul McGuire - Metropolitan Cashier
- Eleanor Parker - Marjorie Lawrence
- Cecil Kellaway - Bill Lawrence
- Evelyn Ellis - Clara
- Ann Codee - Madame Gilly
- Stephen Bekassy - Comte Claude des Vigneux
- Fiona Hale - Eileen Lawrence
- Frieda Stoll - Accompanist
- André Charlot - M. Bertrand
- Sandy Descher - Suzie
- Jack Raine - Mr. Norson
- Doris Lloyd - Volunteer Worker
- Charles R. Keane - Ted Lawrence
- Director(s):
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Writer(s):
- William Ludwig, Sonya Levien, Marjorie Lawrence
- Producer(s):
- Jack Cummings
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