Director: Jean Negulesco

Writers: Irmgard Von Cube; Allen Vincent

From a play by: Elmer Harris

Music by: Max Steiner

Producer: Jerry Wald

Keywords: Drama, Deafness, Rape, Pregnancy

Deaf mute Belinda MacDonald is treated poorly in her isolated Nova Scotia village; a newcomer, Dr. Richardson, teachers her to read and sign. Belinda is later raped and grows visibly pregnant; the villagers, unaware of the circumstances of the rape, believe Richardson scandalously responsible for her pregnancy. Jane Wyman won the Oscar for Best Actress; the film received 11 additional nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor and Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Dramatic Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lew Ayres	Actor	28-Dec-1908	30-Dec-1996	All Quiet on the Western Front
Charles Bickford	Actor	1-Jan-1891	9-Nov-1967	The Song of Bernadette
Stephen McNally	Actor	29-Jul-1913	4-Jun-1994	Winchester '73
Ida Moore	Actor	1-Mar-1882	26-Sep-1964	American character actress
Agnes Moorehead	Actor	6-Dec-1900	30-Apr-1974	Endora on Bewitched
Alan Napier	Actor	7-Jan-1903	8-Aug-1988	Alfred on Batman
Dan Seymour	Actor	22-Feb-1915	25-May-1993	Return of the Fly
Jan Sterling	Actor	3-Apr-1921	26-Mar-2004	Ace in the Hole
Jane Wyman	Actor	5-Jan-1917	10-Sep-2007	Falcon Crest

CAST

Jane Wyman	...   Belinda McDonald
Lew Ayres	...   Dr. Robert Richardson
With
Charles Bickford	...   Black McDonald
Agnes Moorehead	...   Aggie McDonald
Stephen McNally	...   Locky McCormick
Jan Sterling	...   Stella McGuire
Rosalind Ivan	...   Mrs. Poggety
Dan Seymour	...   Pacquet
Mabel Paige	...   Mrs. Lutz
Ida Moore	...   Mrs. McKee
Alan Napier	...   Defense Attorney

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 23-Aug-2006)

Saw this film on release and still play the video now and again. The music by Max Steiner - though now seeming a bit too rich - was fantastic at the time.. Considering Wyman was 34 years of age and playing a sixteen year-old - what an actress. Apparently Jack Warner felt it only fit to 'stuff in cans and leave on the shelf' - quoted from Wyman's biography. Poor old Stephen McNally was booed off the screen when I first saw it. Now, only Wyman survives. GREAT GREAT GREAT - on a par with Olivia de Havilland's performance in 'The Heiress' around the same time. Regards Gordon Harper Stevenage Herts UK

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