The Song of Bernadette
First screened in September 1999 / Most recently screened in January 2016
Director: Henry King. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, Roman Bohnen, Blanche Yurka, Mary Anderson, Ermadean Walters, Gladys Cooper, Charles Dingle, Aubrey Mather, Patricia Morison, Lee J. Cobb, Alan Napier, Merrill Rodin, Frank Reicher, Edith Barrett, Sig Ruman, Marcel Dalio, Pedro de Cordoba, Jerome Cowan, Jerome Cowan, William Eythe, Tala Birell, Fortunio Bonanova, Lionel Braham, Nana Bryant, André Charlot, Manart Kippen, Charles La Torre, Charles Waldron, Linda Darnell. Screenplay: George Seaton (based on the novel by Franz Werfel).

 Twitter Capsule: Quite watchable despite pieties and clichés. Even when core gets soft, the edges prove rather interesting.

VOR: ③  Never quite overcomes the incongruity of patently studio-baked production and deeply devout theme. Still, it's a noble attempt, and a remarkable document of star-making, too.


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Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Henry King
★Best Actress: Jennifer Jones
Best Supporting Actress: Gladys Cooper
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Bickford
Best Screenplay: George Seaton
★Best Cinematography (Black & White): Arthur Miller
★Best Art Direction (Black & White): James Basevi & William S. Darling; Thomas Little
★Best Original Score (Drama/Comedy): Alfred Newman
Best Film Editing: Barbara McLean
Best Sound: Edmund H. Hansen

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★Best Picture (Drama)
★Best Director: Henry King
★Best Actress: Jennifer Jones
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