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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Warner Bros.
Salesrank: 23789
Released: June 22, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
No pretensions. No tantrums. Marjorie Lawrence is a prima donna in the most professional sense of the term. She's a foremost Wagnerian, a soprano equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer's oeuvre. And she's a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.
The acclaimed tale of Lawrence's rise from outback girl to renowned diva and her subsequent battle against polio won the 1955 Academy Award(r) for Story and Screenplay. Best Actress Oscar(r) nominee Eleanor Parker portrays Lawrence, with the film's selection of glorious arias voiced by uncredited opera-legend-in-the-making Eileen Farrell. Glenn Ford and Roger Moore join Parker in a Melody to remember.
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Interrupted Melody Reviews:
Intrupted Melody 
2009-09-12 - I am an opera lover. The first time when I saw this film, I wanted to see it again. At last, I was able to add it to my collection.
It is the life story of Australian opera star Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker) who meets an American Doctor (Glenn Ford) in Paris while in school. They meet again in the States and get married. She is stricken with polio but she overcomes it and returns to perform one of the Wagner's best operas.
Eleanor Parker is great and the story is magnificent. I recomend it specially to opera lovers.
POWERFUL 
2009-08-26 - Excellent telling of the life of Australian Opera singer Marjorie Lawrence,who after reaching the top of her profession,married a Doctor and wanted to give up her career.However professional commitments intervene and whilst abroad rehearsing for an opera,contracts polio.The undeniable star power of Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford carries this interesting movie along,and the closing moments are extremely moving and powerful.Parker won an Oscar nomination for this,and it's easy to see why.Although Ford is sidelined a bit,he makes all his scene's count,especially the teary final moments.The music is tremendous,the colour bright,and the many costumes reflect the 50's glamour that was so prevalent in movies of that time.Well done.10/10
Ambition, disaster, courage!!
2009-08-19 - This is a nicely written screenplay. My main complaint is Farrell's voice. But then, many probably like it. For me it makes the opera scenes quite forgettable. But the portrayal of a woman's ambition, success, maritial comflict, disaster, then a comeback make a good story. Another slight complaint. Parker overdid the lipsync. Extremely handsome is a decades pre Bond Roger Moore.
Bravura Performance From Eleanor Parker
2009-08-04 - Eleanor Parker was alot like Barbara Stanwyck and Kate Winslet who preceded her in that her work was consitently of the highest calibre that there was the tendency to take her for granted. Her performance in "Interrupted Melody" is probably the crowning jewel of her career. As Marjorie Lawrence, a world renowned opera singer who is subsequently stricken with polio, Parker has to assay both a stage performer and a woman struggling with an illness that cripples both her body and soul. In the earlier scenes Parker is mesmerizingly coquettish in the opera scenes despite the fact that she is lip synching to the voice of Eileen Farrell. When illness strikes the film could have veered into mawkishness but Parker keeps the film grounded by avoiding overplaying the scenes. My favorite scene in the film is when Lawrence is contemplating a comeback by performing at a V.A. hospital. Her choice of "Over the Rainbow" is both inspiring and touching. Not to be overlooked is Glenn Ford as her supportive husband who sacrifices his medical practice to care for his wife. This is not just a great musical biography but a great film, period.
Great Film, Especially for Opera Lovers
2009-05-30 - I think this is a beautiful film, well acted, written and beautifully sung by Eileen Farrell. The opera segments are wonderful and Eleanor Parker has the best role of her career. By all means see it, especially if you are an opera buff. The quality is actually quite good, although a full re-mastering should be done.
