
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet (2021)
1h 20m | PG-13
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.
Director: Wayne Groom
Studio: Australian International Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Video: 720p
Cast

Kiri Te Kanawa
as Narrator

Ita Buttrose
as Self

Richard Bonynge
as Self

Brian Castles Onion
as Self

Miki Oikawa
as Self

John Bolton-Wood
as Self