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Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She's a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer's oeuvre. And she's a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.



Interrupted Melody (1955)
Released: 01 Jul 1955
Runtime: 106 min
Rated: PASSED
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Writer(s): William Ludwig, Sonya Levien, Marjorie Lawrence (based on her life story by)
Actors: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations.
IMDB Ratings: 6.9



Plot: Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker) crowds her life with excitement and achievement from the day she leaves her Australian home and goes to Paris to study voice. After a triumphal debut at the Paris Opera she becomes famous overnight, and her debut at the Met in New York establishes her as one of the great singers of her time. With all her dreams come true, tragedy strikes in the form of infantile paralysis and she faces a life of confinement to a wheel chair. Although she reaches the depths of despair, she manages through the love and devotion of her husband, Dr. Tom King (Glenn Ford), she begins to build a new career by singing to servicemen who, like herself, are confined to wheel chairs.