Johnny Belinda

TCM fan Annelisa Purdie joins Ben Mankiewicz for an introduction and comments following Johnny Belinda, 1947.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Nicely wrought by director Jean Negulesco, Dr. Richardson (Lew Ayres), new in remote Nova Scotia, taking his fee in fishing rights from the McDonald family, gets his first chance to test what he’s learned about communicating with deaf-mute daughter Belinda (Jane Wyman), in Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Robert (Lew Ayres), with Belinda (Jane Wyman, in her Academy Award-winning role) in town to meet hearing specialist Dr. Gray (Jonathan Hale), is stunned when he makes a passing reference to her being pregnant, in Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Raucous crowd led by Locky (Stephen McNally) for an impromptu dance at the McDonald farm where Robert (Lew Ayres) helps Belinda (Jane Wyman) with the music and Stella (Jan Sterling) issues a warning, in Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Aggie (Agnes Moorehead) has dragged M.D. Robert (Lew Ayres) to the McDonald farm to help a cow, whereupon he meets father Black (Charles Bickford) and daughter Belinda (Jane Wyman), in Johnny Belinda, 1948, directed by Jean Negulesco.

Jane Wyman won a Best Actress Award portraying a deaf-mute girl who learns to communicate with the help of a small town doctor (Lew Ayres) in Johnny Belinda (1948), directed by Jean Negulesco.