Interrupted Melody (MOD)

Interrupted Melody (MOD)No pretensions. No tantrums. Marjorie Lawrence is a prima donna in the most professional sense of the term. She's a foremost Wagnerian, a soprano equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer's oeuvre. And she's a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes. The acclaimed tale of Lawrence's rise from outback girl to renowned diva and her subsequent battle against polio won the 1955 Academy Award for Story and

Death has come for Gramps Northrup

the romantic rivalry provided by his writer pal (Zachary Scott)

Robinson in snarling

directed by Richard Fleischer (The Boston Strangler) and scripted by his frequent collaborator Earl Felton

The film comes to life with a 17-minute Technicolor finale of a Cinderella fantasy performed by the International Ice Follies

Warner Oland (later one of the screen's most memorable Charlie Chans) plays a cruel city boss

When the kingdom's wealthiest widow

then begins life anew with another man (Paul Burke) whom she marries

A prologue from a congressman and actual newsreel footage heighten the reality of the violent story

It's wartime

high above Central Park

Robert Blake (Baretta)