"Bring a little happiness to a human being ..., Belinda, I do believe I failed. "
just the third anniversary of the death of Jane Wyman , the star of "Belinda" ( Jean Negulesco , 1949). This mournful date coincided with our new visual review of this classic 7 º Arte.
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addition have become the first wife of Ronald Reagan , the world of television helped increase the popularity of the Wyman through "Falcon Crest" , successful serial of the 80 whose plot orbiting vineyards in California .
toast with Angela Channing , the matriarch of "Falcon Crest" For his outstanding work performances in this film Negulesco, Jane Wyman won the Oscar for best actress in 1948, prize money, of course, without saying a word ... Pure performance!
From the medical point of view, "Belinda" is particularly valuable, as denounced in his time on the big screen so courageous a condition that caused the suffering and social isolation of whom suffered. Belinda lives in an archaic world, rural, puritanical, hypocritical, full of prejudice. In this regard, recently pointed out in this blog ( "My Left Foot Jim Sheridan , 1989) marginalization from earlier times have been suffering physically disabled, often considered as being reprehensible, weighed and below. But it is also interesting portrait is made of the medical profession, vocation, no civil service, altruism, selfless, paternalistic ...
more than 20 years ago, when I started to exercise even had the opportunity to meet colleagues, veterans and retirees who practice medicine in conditions comparable to those of Dr. Robert Richardson ( Lew Ayres ) permanently on guard 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Film and TV (eg "Northern Exposure" , key comedy in kind) have sacrificed Rosenberg to enlarge the figure of the rural doctor.
Lew Ayres is Dr. Robert Richardson The Lew Ayres election was a big hit in the direction of casting . As a good friend of mine would say, " it looks like a doctor . " In " Young Dr. Kildare " ( Harold S. Bucquet , 1938) portrayed the popular physician, a fictional character invented by the writer Max Brand and since the decade of the 30 of the last century XX has continued to generate movies, radio serials, serial television and even comics.
Young Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) with his mentor Dr. Gillespie ( Lyonel Barrymore ) In his successful career film medical , Lew Ayres had already been highlighted in another memorable role, that of Dr. Scott Elliot in charge of dealing with the disturbing pairing of the Collins twins ( Olivia de Havilland in double role) in "Through the Looking Glass" ( Robert Siodmak , 1946) film that as a tempting offer in the future deserve individual treatment in this blog. For those interested in learning more about the life and work of this great actor:
METHOD ABATE DE L'EPEE
Dr. Robertson Belinda known to exist when you visit the remote family farm that operates in the MacDonald Cape Breton Island ( Nova Scotia - Canada ). They live poorly operated a mill and working the land from dawn to dusk Black MacDonald (rock and convincing Charles Bickford ) and her sister Aggie ( Agnes Moorehead ). The deaf girl, lost her mother, is the only daughter of the slain farmer, raised on the need and loneliness.
simple story As mentioned here that none of the exterior of this movie were filmed in Cape Breton, but California (USA) ... The doctor will note next to the huge intelligence and capabilities Belinda and decides to teach the "Method of L'Epee" to communicate with her ...
Abbe Charles-Michel L'Eppe was a renowned teacher and speech therapist eighteenth century French. His life and work details can be found at:
The real significance of L'Epee does not lie in the invention of sign language communication system that previously existed, but the introduction of mass education for deaf children, learning hitherto reserved for the aristocratic families , within which the affected learned individually.
can say without a doubt, that L'Eppe gestural method was the natural communication system of the deaf, that is, a way through which every object and associate a word that represents the image of it formed in the brain from the information provided by our eyes.
Dr. Richardson and Belinda learn sign language simultaneously, even the girl learns to read lips. One of the most emotional scenes in this film we are introduced to Belinda praying an Our Father before the coffin of his father, while the voices in off physician and Aunt Aggie's shelled prayer verse by verse. The vibrant musical background, as the rest of the soundtrack, is due to teacher Max Steiner.
can say without a doubt, that L'Eppe gestural method was the natural communication system of the deaf, that is, a way through which every object and associate a word that represents the image of it formed in the brain from the information provided by our eyes.
Dr. Richardson and Belinda learn sign language simultaneously, even the girl learns to read lips. One of the most emotional scenes in this film we are introduced to Belinda praying an Our Father before the coffin of his father, while the voices in off physician and Aunt Aggie's shelled prayer verse by verse. The vibrant musical background, as the rest of the soundtrack, is due to teacher Max Steiner.
In a playful scene we can also see how Belinda is able to "hear" music of the party placing her hand on the wood of a violin who cheerfully plucks a musician, even shows his sense of rhythm timidly cheering beat time with his feet, accompanying the melody ...
Dr. Richardson does not renounce its efforts to help Belinda and decides to consult the Dr. Horace M. Gray ( Jonathan Hale ) hearing pathologist who ruled the otosclerosis as cause of deafness of the protagonist. We see the doctor uses various pitches to evaluate hearing impairment Belinda, specifically the Rinne Test , which tests your hearing by bone conduction and by air . The hearing our protagonist indicates severe damage in both directions.
Alcoholism, machismo and brutality are elected by the writers to design the personality of the vile villain in this story. It is the fisherman Locky McCormick (played by a convincing Stephen McNally ) dishonoring leaving the defenseless deaf child. The result of this infamous child rape will receive name Johnny Belinda , providing the title Negulesco original film ...
also emphasize the character of Stella McCormick ( Jan Sterling ), secretly in love with the maid Dr. Richardson and ultimately be responsible for solving the narrative in favor of love, forgiveness and redemption.
also emphasize the character of Stella McCormick ( Jan Sterling ), secretly in love with the maid Dr. Richardson and ultimately be responsible for solving the narrative in favor of love, forgiveness and redemption.
As usual, it must include the following account for the Journal of Medicine and Film , in which the authors conduct a thorough review of all the films related to hearing impairment and verbal.
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