Interrupted Melody (1955)
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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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Glenn Ford - Dr. Thomas King
- Roger Moore - Cyril Lawrence
- Peter Leeds - Dr. Ed Ryson
- Walter S. Baldwin - Jim Owens
- Leopold Sachse - Himself
- Sandy Descher - Suzie
- Doris Merrick - Nurse
- Alex Frazer - Adjudicator
- Penny Santon - Gilly Secretary
- Paul McGuire - Metropolitan Cashier
- Doris Lloyd - Volunteer Worker
- Eileen Farrell - Vocal student
- Eleanor Parker - Marjorie Lawrence
- Cecil Kellaway - Bill Lawrence
- Evelyn Ellis - Clara
- Ann Codee - Madame Gilly
- Stephen Bekassy - Comte Claude des Vigneux
- Claude Stroud - Tenor
- Jack Raine - Mr. Norson
- Frieda Stoll - Accompanist
- André Charlot - M. Bertrand
- Fiona Hale - Eileen Lawrence
- Charles R. Keane - Ted Lawrence
- Stuart Whitman - Man on Beach
- Director(s):
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Writer(s):
- Sonya Levien, Marjorie Lawrence, William Ludwig
- Producer(s):
- Jack Cummings
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