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This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Phyllis Altivo
- Louise
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Francis Barnes
- Singer
- (uncredited)
Louise Bates
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
- Backstage Well-Wisher
- (uncredited)
George Blagoi
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Heinz Blankenburg
- Baritone
- (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
- Backstage Well-Wisher
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaEleanor Parker can read music, and has perfect pitch as a singer. She decided to study the scores of the opera songs used in this movie on her own. She rented a cabin in Lake Arrowhead, California, and played the records while singing along, until she had the breathing and phrasing memorized. Then when filming the scenes, instead of lip-synching to the tracks recorded by Eileen Farrell for the movie, she sang full voice (but an octave lower). She is proud of the fact that they never had to do a re-take, in order to "match" the tapes. She nailed it on the first take every time.
- GoofsAfter Marjorie sings "Annie Laurie" and she wheels herself into the kitchen and she suggests a concert tour, right as she and Dr. King are embracing .
- Quotes
Marjorie Lawrence: [drinking champagne] Tonight I love the whole world and I want them to know it.
Dr. Thomas King: And tomorrow you'll have a monumental hangover.
Marjorie Lawrence: That's the advantage of going out with doctors.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
- SoundtracksDon Carlos
(1867) (uncredited)
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by François Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle
Aria "O don fatale" Performed by Eleanor Parker (dubbed by Eileen Farrell) with piano accompaniment
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Comment from a relative of Marjorie Lawrence
I am a great-niece of Marjorie Lawrence. It's a very sad fact that Marjorie is best known outside of Australia. However, she was recently honored as one of 100 Australian Entertainers of the Century. It's also a bit of a shame that this movie is a Hollywood producer's interpretation of an American publisher's version of my Great-Aunt's life. The real family story is actually much more interesting. Auntie Marj never smoked a cigarette in her life - but it seems everyone smoked in the movies of the 50s. My mother and my aunt attended the world premiere here in Melbourne. I remember meeting Auntie Marj as a child in the 70s.
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- Unterbrochene Melodie
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- $2,367,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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