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| The Miracle Woman. Barbara Stanwyck as Florence Fallon. |
US © 1931 Columbia Pictures. P: Harry Cohn. D: Frank Capra. SC: Jo Swerling – based on the play Bless You Sister (1927) by John Meehan and Robert Riskin. DP (1,2): Joseph Walker. M: "Over There", "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel". S: Glenn Rominger. ED: Maurice Wright. Starring Barbara Stanwyck (Florence Fallon), David Manners (John Carson), Sam Hardy (Hornsby). 93'.
A fine LoC print viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 23 Aug 2005.
Capra and Stanwyck in good form in a satiric drama about a preacher. Her tabernacle is run by conmen who employ professional cripples and widows besides circus lions and show people. Sharp dialogue by Riskin and Swerling, Capra keeps it all running in a fine tempo. It's about hypocrisy and true love and faith. The relationship between the blind war veteran and Stanwyck is interestingly developed with sewn love letters. His spokesman is his ventriloquist's dummy who speaks out his mind.
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