The Song of Bernadette

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Song Of Bernadette, 1943.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Song Of Bernadette, 1943.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Song Of Bernadette, 1943.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Song Of Bernadette, 1943.

Guest host Dana Delaney introduces The Song Of Bernadette, 1943.

Not bright Bernadette (Jennifer Jones) at school in Lourdes, scolded by her teacher (Gladys Cooper), defended somewhat by her sister (Ermadean Walters), all of them visited by Dean Peymarale (Charles Bickford), early in The Song Of Bernadette, 1945.

Little dialogue in director Henry King's opening, Jennifer Jones (as "Bernadette") makes her official movie debut asleep, mother and father (Anne Revere, Roman Bohnen) fighting poverty in 19th century France, in The Song Of Bernadette, 1945.

Left alone while her sturdier sister (Ermadean Walters) and friend (Mary Anderson) seek firewood, Bernadette (Jennifer Jones) at the grotto sees a vision (resembling Linda Darnell) for the first time, in Henry King's The Song Of Bernadette, 1945.

Jennifer Jones won a Best Actress Oscar for her first starring role in The Song Of Bernadette (1943), playing a French girl who has a vision of the Virgin Mary.