CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 20m

Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

From Victorian farm girl to one of the world’s greatest opera sopranos

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Marjorie grew up in Winchelsea in country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star like Dame Nellie Melba. In 1928 she went to Paris to study opera without knowing a word of French and having never heard of Richard Wagner. In 1941, at the height her success, she was tragically cut down by polio and became completely paralysed. With the help of Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, Marjorie regained movement in her upper body and resumed her career in a wheelchair. In 1955, MGM made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody", starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford, which won an Academy Award.

Directed byWayne Groom

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
EN
Released
December 16, 2021
Studios
Australian International Pictures

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Marjorie Lawrence: The World At Her Feet - Official Trailer

Marjorie Lawrence: The World At Her Feet - Official Trailer

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Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

Narrator

Ita Buttrose

Ita Buttrose

Self

Richard Bonynge

Richard Bonynge

Self

Brian Castles Onion

Self

Miki Oikawa

Self

John Bolton-Wood

John Bolton-Wood

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Wayne Groom
Written by
Wayne Groom
Produced by
Carolyn Bilsborow
Wayne Groom

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