Johnny Belinda
First screened in September 1999 / Most recently screened in February 2016

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Director: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Jonathan Hale, Rosalind Ivan, Mabel Paige, Ida Moore, Ray Montgomery, Joan Winfield, Dan Seymour, Alan Napier, Barbara Bates. Screenplay: Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent (based on the play by Elmer Harris).

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Twitter Capsule: Pure vessel of musty ideology about gender, sex, and disability. Wrestles with its own conservatism. Mostly loses.

VOR: ③  Exists for narrow reasons (reaping Oscars) and broad ones (conflating disability with malady, womanhood with motherhood, philanthropy with sex). Intriguing. No mold-breaker.

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Photo © 1948 Warner Bros. Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C

(in September 1999: B)

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
	Best Director: Jean Negulesco
★	Best Actress: Jane Wyman
	Best Actor: Lew Ayres
	Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead
	Best Supporting Actor: Charles Bickford
	Best Screenplay: Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent
	Best Cinematography (Black & White): Ted D. McCord
	Best Art Direction (Black & White): Robert M. Haas and William Wallace
	Best Film Editing: David Weisbart
	Best Original Score (Drama/Comedy): Max Steiner
	Best Sound
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture (Drama; tie)
★	Best Actress: Jane Wyman

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