Mandy

Child star Mandy Miller in her first appearance in the title role, director Alexander Mackendrick with a terrifying moment, as mother Christine (Phyllis Calvert) narrates, then joins father Harry (Terence Morgan), unable to help their child, in Mandy, 1952.

Persuaded by friend Lily (Eleanor Summerfield) to seek further help, mother Christine (Phyllis Calvert) meets grouchy deafness specialist Searle (Jack Hawkins, his first scene), on location at the Royal Residential School for the Deaf in Manchester, England, in Mandy, 1952.

Phyllis Thaxter narrates as young mother Christine, Eleanor Summerfield her visiting friend Lily, Terence Morgan her husband Harry, suddenly worried about her young daughter, opening Alexander Mackendrick's Mandy, 1952, from Ealing Studios.