Academy Awards, USA 1949
| Won Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Jane Wyman |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Lew Ayres | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Charles Bickford | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Agnes Moorehead | |
| Best Director Jean Negulesco | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Irma von Cube Allen Vincent | |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Ted D. McCord | |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Robert M. Haas William Wallace | |
| Best Sound, Recording | |
| Best Film Editing David Weisbart | |
| Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Max Steiner |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Jean Negulesco
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Kind-hearted country doctor Lew Ayres takes pity on the deaf and dumb daughter of a local farmer. He teaches her sign language, which opens up a whole new world for her and her family. A local boy gets drunk and rapes her one night and the resulting pregnancy threatens to destroy her. She gets through it with the help of the doctor and has the baby. Small town rumors begin to link them romantically, ruining his business. He decides to move to another town and take the girl and baby with him after he realizes she really is in love with him. First, they have to get through a trial convened by rabid locals trying to taker her baby away. Melodrama raised to high art, but still melodrama.
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