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Johnny Belinda (1948)

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Reviews Counted:7

Fresh:6

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: This tearjerker, with its subtle and sensitive performances, captivated both critics and audiences and earned an Oscar for Jane Wyman. An idealistic doctor comes to a small fishing village in... This tearjerker, with its subtle and sensitive performances, captivated both critics and audiences and earned an Oscar for Jane Wyman. An idealistic doctor comes to a small fishing village in Nova Scotia and transforms the world of a deaf-mute girl by teaching her sign language. Then, just when her life has improved, she's raped by the local womanizer, and ends up pregnant. When the rapist threatens to take the boy, the young mother is driven to murder her attacker, and a gripping trial ensues. A dramatic witness comes forward to save her, and eventually she has a happy life with her child and the doctor. [More]

Starring: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Jan Sterling

Starring: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Jan Sterling, Rosalind Ivan, Dan Seymour, Mabel Paige, Ida Moore, Alan Napier, Monte Blue, James Craven, Ian Wolfe

Director: Jean Negulesco

Director: Jean Negulesco
Story: Elmer Harris
Composer: Max Steiner

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  • Johnny Belinda
  • Life is hard on MacDonald farm in stony, windswept Nova Scotia - and harder for young Belinda, a deaf mute whose affliction has been confused with mental deficiency. Then the town's new doctor takes an interest in helping her break out of her silent prison.
  • Jane Wyman won the Best Actress Academy Award for her sensitive portrayal of Belinda, capturing the girl's affecting isolation, awakening desire to learn and ultimate triumph. Directed by Jean Negulesco and co-starring Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford and Agnes Moorehead (all four Oscar nominees* for their fine work), Johnny Belinda (nominated for a total 11 Oscars including Best Picture) blends atmosphere, nuance and high drama into a heartbreaking classic.
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    Emanuel Levy

    Jean Negulseco's melodrama is a moody, well-crafted if outdated saga with a star-making performance from Jane Wyman as a deaf-mute girl, who's raped and bears an illegitimate child.

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    Christopher Null

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

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 23 2006 10:31 PM

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    Steve Crum

    Powerful Jane Wyman performance and Oscar caliber production overall.

    comment Comment | Dec., 28 2004 08:28 AM

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    Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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

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