The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Country: US
Technical: bw 156m
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price
Synopsis:
In mid-nineteenth century France, at Lourdes, a young peasant girl has a vision of a 'lady', which everyone takes to be 'our lady' except the sceptical local prosecutor, who hounds Bernadette for a hoaxster.
Review:
Touching, but ponderous and longwinded Hollywood hagiography, given the full Fox treatment. It introduced the radiant Jones to the screen, who became Mrs Selznick but whose career never quite delivered on her early promise.
Country: US
Technical: bw 156m
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price
Synopsis:
In mid-nineteenth century France, at Lourdes, a young peasant girl has a vision of a 'lady', which everyone takes to be 'our lady' except the sceptical local prosecutor, who hounds Bernadette for a hoaxster.
Review:
Touching, but ponderous and longwinded Hollywood hagiography, given the full Fox treatment. It introduced the radiant Jones to the screen, who became Mrs Selznick but whose career never quite delivered on her early promise.
Country: US
Technical: bw 156m
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price
Synopsis:
In mid-nineteenth century France, at Lourdes, a young peasant girl has a vision of a 'lady', which everyone takes to be 'our lady' except the sceptical local prosecutor, who hounds Bernadette for a hoaxster.
Review:
Touching, but ponderous and longwinded Hollywood hagiography, given the full Fox treatment. It introduced the radiant Jones to the screen, who became Mrs Selznick but whose career never quite delivered on her early promise.