Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
“From Victorian farm girl to one of the world’s greatest opera sopranos”
2021•PG•1h 20m•Released
Documentary
Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.
Director
Wayne Groom
Writer
Wayne Groom
Languages
English
Studio
Australian International Pictures
Cast
Kiri Te Kanawa
Narrator
Ita Buttrose
Self
Richard Bonynge
Self
Brian Castles Onion
Self
Miki Oikawa
Self
John Bolton-Wood
Self
Production
Company
Australian International Pictures
Producer
Wayne Groom
Producer
Carolyn Bilsborow
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