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Johnny Belinda (1948)

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After years of dumb-blonde and best-friend roles, Jane Wyman proved her skills as a dramatic actress -- and won an Academy Award in the bargain -- in Johnny Belinda. Adapted from a stage play by Elmer Harris, the story takes place in Nova Scotia, where deaf-mute Belinda (Wyman) leads a lonely existence on the hardscrabble farm of her father Black Macdonald (Charles Bickford) and her aunt Aggie (Agnes Moorehead). Newly arrived doctor Robert Richardson (Lew Ayres) takes a special interest in

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Classics

Jan 31, 2006

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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)

Jean Negulseco's melodrama is a moody, well-crafted if outdated saga with a star-making performance from Jane Wyman as a deaf-mute girl, who's raped and bears an illegitimate child.

February 8, 2008 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Try all you want to make yourself jaded over this, but in the end poor little Belinda wins us all over in the end.

February 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Powerful Jane Wyman performance and Oscar caliber production overall.

December 28, 2004 Comment

A touching, moving film that takes its time and doesn't rely on strident melodramatics to tell its story.

December 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Johnny Belinda

As a child this film, so bold and brass for its time, scared me with its depiction of the rape of a deaf girl. Still tragically complicated and ultimately a cultural masterpiece, Johnny Belinda not only possesses the qualities that made the exceptional Miral Worker a phenomena, but also the ruthless libel that has

April 4, 2010
FrizzDrop

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While the ending to "Johnny, Belinda" is surprisingly understanding and Jane Wyman's star making and Oscar winning performance is lovely, it's still a pretty dumb movie. The way deafness is handled in the picture is quite silly, and the events (rape and murder and misunderstanding in Canada) comes out a wash. See this

July 29, 2010
stevenecarrier
Steven Carrier

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