Jane Wyman delivers the role of a lifetime in “Johnny Belinda.” Her riveting performance as a deaf-mute young woman who is raped earned Wyman the Academy Award for Best Actress, the film’s sole Oscar win out of twelve nominations. The screenplay by Allen Vincent and Irma von Cube was based on the 1940 Broadway play of the same name. The cinematography by Ted McCord was excellent.
Director Jean Negulesco (“Three Coins in the Fountain” 1954) was expert at handling the talented cast to success, such as Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, Jonathan Hale, and Snub Pollard as a man on the jury. “Johnny Belinda” was the fourth highest-grossing film of 1948 for producer Jerry Wald and Warner Bros. Pictures.
Johnny Belinda (1948)
cinema
My Review
Jane Wyman delivers the role of a lifetime in “Johnny Belinda.” Her riveting performance as a deaf-mute young woman who is raped earned Wyman the Academy Award for Best Actress, the film’s sole Oscar win out of twelve nominations. The screenplay by Allen Vincent and Irma von Cube was based on the 1940 Broadway play of the same name. The cinematography by Ted McCord was excellent.
Director Jean Negulesco (“Three Coins in the Fountain” 1954) was expert at handling the talented cast to success, such as Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, Jonathan Hale, and Snub Pollard as a man on the jury. “Johnny Belinda” was the fourth highest-grossing film of 1948 for producer Jerry Wald and Warner Bros. Pictures.