Backdrop
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet (2021)

1h 20m | PG-13

⭐ 0 / 10

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

▶ Watch

Cast

Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

as Narrator

Ita Buttrose

Ita Buttrose

as Self

Richard Bonynge

Richard Bonynge

as Self

Brian Castles Onion

Brian Castles Onion

as Self

Miki Oikawa

Miki Oikawa

as Self

John Bolton-Wood

John Bolton-Wood

as Self