"The Miracle Woman" is nothing but proof that evangelists have been scheming worshippers for decades, if not centuries. The last movie I saw of a similar theme was "Leap of Faith" with Steve Martin. The evangelist in "The Miracle Woman" was Florence 'Faith' Fallon (Barbara Stanwyck). The movie began with her reading the riot act to her father's congregation for their hypocrisy. Her father died penniless while his congregation lived well.
After her father died she was without money and without hope until a fellow named Hornsby (Sam Hardy) spoke to her. He was dazzled by her quotation of the Bible and her passion when telling off the congregation. He could solve her problems if she'd only partner up with him. "Religion is like everything else, it's great if you can sell it, no good if you give it away," is what he told her and with that they were a team.
The next time we heard Florence's voice she was on the radio preaching. The next time we saw her she was in front of a packed tent preaching from within a lion's cage. She was bewitching the masses and pulling money from their pockets with the help of Hornsby's shills he was paying to make her act look authentic.
Florence was having reservations about the plants being used to fool the people. She believed that the truth was good enough to rely upon regardless of whether people freely gave to her tabernacle or not.
Then she met John Carson (David Manners), a blind military vet. He was going to jump to his death until he heard her on the radio. He was a real life that Florence saved, but she was too deeply embedded with Hornsby to get off the ride now.
"The Miracle Woman" is good if for any reason it's different. It's not a high society movie or relationship drama and it exposes some of the religious grifters we have. Of course, Hollywood couldn't totally dump on religion. Florence found her faith and gave up all of her wealth to be truly dutiful to God.
Hey, it happens.
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After her father died she was without money and without hope until a fellow named Hornsby (Sam Hardy) spoke to her. He was dazzled by her quotation of the Bible and her passion when telling off the congregation. He could solve her problems if she'd only partner up with him. "Religion is like everything else, it's great if you can sell it, no good if you give it away," is what he told her and with that they were a team.
The next time we heard Florence's voice she was on the radio preaching. The next time we saw her she was in front of a packed tent preaching from within a lion's cage. She was bewitching the masses and pulling money from their pockets with the help of Hornsby's shills he was paying to make her act look authentic.
Florence was having reservations about the plants being used to fool the people. She believed that the truth was good enough to rely upon regardless of whether people freely gave to her tabernacle or not.
Then she met John Carson (David Manners), a blind military vet. He was going to jump to his death until he heard her on the radio. He was a real life that Florence saved, but she was too deeply embedded with Hornsby to get off the ride now.
"The Miracle Woman" is good if for any reason it's different. It's not a high society movie or relationship drama and it exposes some of the religious grifters we have. Of course, Hollywood couldn't totally dump on religion. Florence found her faith and gave up all of her wealth to be truly dutiful to God.
Hey, it happens.
Free on Odnoklassniki.