Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet

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Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet (2021)

Directed by Wayne Groom

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

Documentary · 1h 20m

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.

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Cast

Kiri Te Kanawa Narrator Ita Buttrose Self Richard Bonynge Self
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Brian Castles Onion Self
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Miki Oikawa Self John Bolton-Wood Self

Crew

Director
Wayne Groom
Writer
Wayne Groom
Director of Photography
Carolyn Bilsborow
Editor
Carolyn Bilsborow
Producer
Wayne Groom, Carolyn Bilsborow

Details

Release date
2021-12-16
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Australia
Production
Australian International Pictures