Interrupted Melody (1955)

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1h 46min
Biography, Drama
01 Jul 1955 (USA)
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This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.

Director:

Curtis Bernhardt

Writers:

William Ludwig, Sonya Levien, Marjorie Lawrence

Stars:

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations.
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This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.

Still of Eleanor Parker (I) in Interrupted Melody (1955)

Still of Glenn Ford (I) and Eleanor Parker (I) in Interrupted Melody (1955)

Still of Glenn Ford (I) in Interrupted Melody (1955)

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	Glenn Ford	...	Dr. Thomas King
	Eleanor Parker	...	Marjorie Lawrence
	Roger Moore	...	Cyril Lawrence
	Cecil Kellaway	...	Bill Lawrence
	Peter Leeds	...	Dr. Ed Ryson
	Evelyn Ellis	...	Clara
	Walter Baldwin	...	Jim Owens
	Ann Codee	...	Mme. Gilly
	Leopold Sachse	...	Leopold Sachse
	Stephen Bekassy	...	Comte Claude des Vignaux
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Phyllis Altivo	...	Louise (uncredited)
	Benjie Bancroft	...	Doctor (uncredited)
	Francis Barnes	...	Singer (uncredited)
	Louise Bates	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Mary Bayless	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	George Blagoi	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Heinz Blankenburg	...	Baritone (uncredited)
	Lulu Mae Bohrman	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Jean Bonacorsi	...	Contralto in 'Tristan und Isolde' (uncredited)
	Eugene Borden	...	French Headwaiter (uncredited)
	Paul Bryar	...	Florida Conductor (uncredited)
	Peter Camlin	...	French Messenger (uncredited)
	Steve Carruthers	...	Military Officer (uncredited)
	Robert Carson	...	Base Commander (uncredited)
	André Charlot	...	Monsieur Bertrand (uncredited)
	John Close	...	Actor in 'Tristan' (uncredited)
	Phyllis Coghlan	...	Mother (uncredited)
	Edward Colmans	...	Italian Man (uncredited)
	Janet Comerford	...	Contestant (uncredited)
	Gene Coogan	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Paul Cristo	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Oliver Cross	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Gabriel Curtiz	...	Tenor's Manager (uncredited)
	George Davis	...	French Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
	Jeanne Determann	...	Soprano in 'Tristan' (uncredited)
	Robert Dix	...	Man on Beach (uncredited)
	Walter Ducloux	...	Metropolitan Conductor (uncredited)
	Michael Dugan	...	Sentry (uncredited)
	Edwin Dunning	...	Baritone in 'La Bohème' (uncredited)
	Estelle Etterre	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Charles Evans	...	Metropolitan Opera Managing Director (uncredited)
	Eileen Farrell	...	Student at Mme. Gilly's (uncredited)
	Jean Fenwick	...	Mother (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	John Ford	...	Singer (uncredited)
	William Forrest	...	Dr. Richards (uncredited)
	Alex Frazer	...	Adjudicator (uncredited)
	Martin Garralaga	...	Dr. Ortega (uncredited)
	Kay Garrett	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Joseph Gaudio	...	Samson in 'Samson and Delilah' (uncredited)
	Kenneth Gibson	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Jo Gilbert	...	Nurse (uncredited)
	Joe Gilbert	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
	Charles Gonzales	...	Bass in 'La Boheme' (uncredited)
	Ivis Goulding	...	Mother (uncredited)
	Donna Jo Gribble	...	Contestant (uncredited)
	Jack Grinnage	...	Corp. Michael Watkins (uncredited)
	Robert Haines	...	Man in Audience (uncredited)
	Fiona Hale	...	Eileen Lawrence (uncredited)
	Sam Harris	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Colin Harvey	...	Singer (uncredited)
	Ann Howard	...	Contestant (uncredited)
	Charles Keane	...	Ted Lawrence (uncredited)
	Kenner G. Kemp	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Stapleton Kent	...	Station Man (uncredited)
	Lois Kimbrell	...	Nurse (uncredited)
	Frederick Klassen	...	Singer in 'Tristan und Isolde' (uncredited)
	David Leonard	...	Elderly Man (uncredited)
	Desire Ligeti	...	Bass in 'Tristan und Isolde' (uncredited)
	Doris Lloyd	...	Volunteer Worker (uncredited)
	Leota Lorraine	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Jerry Martin	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
	Paul McGuire	...	Metropolitan Cashier (uncredited)
	Doris Merrick	...	Nurse (uncredited)
	Walter Merrill	...	Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Harold Miller	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Mike Morelli	...	Waiter (uncredited)
	Sol Murgi	...	Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
	Barry Norton	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	William Olvis	...	Tenor in 'Seguildilla' (uncredited)
	Rudolph Petrak	...	Tenor (uncredited)
	Foster H. Phinney	...	Assistant Director (uncredited)
	Jack Raine	...	Mr. Norson (uncredited)
	Marcella Reale	...	Soprano in 'La Bohème' (uncredited)
	Gloria Rhoads	...	Mrs. Schultz (uncredited)
	Leoda Richards	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Gene Roth	...	King Mark (uncredited)
	Gilbert Russell	...	Tenor in 'Il Trovatore' (uncredited)
	Penny Santon	...	Mme. Gilly's Secretary (uncredited)
	Dick Simmons	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Frieda Stoll	...	Accompanist (uncredited)
	Claude Stroud	...	George - Tenor (uncredited)
	Lomax Study	...	Metropolitan Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Armando Tokatian	...	Tenor in 'La Boheme' (uncredited)
	Sid Troy	...	Patient (uncredited)
	Edwin Tuttle	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
	William Vedder	...	Metropolitan Attendant (uncredited)
	Stuart Whitman	...	Man on Beach (uncredited)
	Tudor Williams	...	Singer in 'Tristan' (uncredited)

Directed by

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Curtis Bernhardt

Written by

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William Ludwig	...	(written by) and
Sonya Levien	...	(written by)

Marjorie Lawrence	...	(based on her life story by)

Produced by

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Jack Cummings

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producer

Music by

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Alexander Courage	...	(uncredited)
Adolph Deutsch	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Joseph Ruttenberg	...	director of photography
Paul Vogel	...	director of photography (as Paul C. Vogel)

Editing by

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John D. Dunning

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film editor (as John Dunning)

Editorial Department

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Alvord Eiseman

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color consultant

Art Direction by

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Daniel B. Cathcart
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Jack D. Moore	...	(set decorations)
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Helen Rose

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(costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

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Sydney Guilaroff	...	hair stylist
John Truwe	...	makeup artist
William Tuttle	...	makeup creator

Production Management

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Jay Marchant

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unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ridgeway Callow	...	assistant director
Hank Moonjean	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim Jr.	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Harry Edwards	...	props (uncredited)
Larry Keethe	...	props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Wesley C. Miller	...	recording supervisor
James Brock	...	sound (uncredited)
Ralph George	...	sound editor (uncredited)
Kurt Hernfeld	...	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Warren Newcombe

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special effects

Stunts

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Martha Crawford

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stunt double: Eleanor Parker (uncredited)

Music Department

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Saul Chaplin	...	musical supervisor
Adolph Deutsch	...	adaptor: dramatic music score / conductor: dramatic music score
Walter Ducloux	...	conductor: operatic recordings (as Walter Du Cloux) / supervisor: operatic recordings (as Walter Du Cloux)
Harold Gelman	...	music advisor
Alexander Courage	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Margery MacKay	...	singing voice: Suzuki (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Mollie Kent

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Vladimir Rosing	...	stager: operatic sequences
Marjorie MacKay	...	assistant: Vladimir Rosing (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (made in Hollywood, U.S.A. by)

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (United States) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro (1955) (Norway) (theatrical)
Rete 4 (1988) (Italy) (tv)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary	Marjorie Lawrence crowds her life with excitement and achievement from the day she leaves her Australian home and goes to Paris to study voice. After a triumphal debut at the Paris Opera she becomes famous overnight, and her debut at the Met in New York establishes her as one of the great singers of her time. With all her dreams come true, tragedy strikes in the form of infantile paralysis and she faces a life of confinement to a wheelchair. Although she reaches the depths of despair, she manages through the love and devotion of her husband, Dr. Tom King (Glenn Ford), she begins to build a new career by singing to servicemen who, like herself, are confined to wheelchairs. Written by Les Adams Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	career-woman title-co-written-by-female based-on-autobiography sheep-farm housemaid See All (119) »
Taglines	The greatest musical drama since "The Great Caruso." See more »
Genres	Biography Drama Music Mystery Romance
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Finland:K-8 France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Norway:A Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:Approved West Germany:12

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Also Known As	Mélodie interrompue (France) Melodía interrumpida (Spain) Kırık Melodi (Turkey, Turkish title) Félbeszakított dallam (Hungary) Sången till livet (Sweden) See more »
Runtime	106 min
Country	United States
Language	French Italian English
Color	Color (Eastman Color)
Aspect Ratio	2.55 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$2,367,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Eleanor Parker can read music, and has perfect pitch as a singer. She decided to study the scores of the opera songs used in this movie on her own. She rented a cabin in Lake Arrowhead, California, and played the records while singing along, until she had the breathing and phrasing memorized. Then when filming the scenes, instead of lip-synching to the tracks recorded by Eileen Farrell for the movie, she sang full voice (but an octave lower). She is proud of the fact that they never had to do a re-take, in order to "match" the tapes. She nailed it on the first take every time. See more »
Goofs	After Marjorie sings "Annie Laurie" and she wheels herself into the kitchen and she suggests a concert tour, right as she and Dr. King are embracing . See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955). See more »
Soundtracks	Don Carlos See more »
Quotes	Marjorie Lawrence: [drinking champagne] Tonight I love the whole world and I want them to know it. Dr. Thomas King: And tomorrow you'll have a monumental hangover. Marjorie Lawrence: That's the advantage of going out with doctors. See more »

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