Johnny Belinda (1947) - Ben Mankiewicz and Annelisa Purdie

Johnny Belinda - (Original Trailer)

Jane Wyman won a Best Actress Award portraying a deaf-mute girl who learns to communicate with the help of a small town doctor (Lew Ayres) in Johnny Belinda (1948), directed by Jean Negulesco.

Johnny Belinda (1948) -- (Movie Clip) She Growed Up That Way

Aggie (Agnes Moorehead) has dragged M.D. Robert (Lew Ayres) to the McDonald farm to help a cow, whereupon he meets father Black (Charles Bickford) and daughter Belinda (Jane Wyman), in Johnny Belinda, 1948, directed by Jean Negulesco.

Johnny Belinda (1948) -- (Movie Clip) She'll Never Tell On You

Raucous crowd led by Locky (Stephen McNally) for an impromptu dance at the McDonald farm where Robert (Lew Ayres) helps Belinda (Jane Wyman) with the music and Stella (Jan Sterling) issues a warning, in Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Johnny Belinda (1948) -- (Movie Clip) It Can't Be Hereditary

Robert (Lew Ayres), with Belinda (Jane Wyman, in her Academy Award-winning role) in town to meet hearing specialist Dr. Gray (Jonathan Hale), is stunned when he makes a passing reference to her being pregnant, in Johnny Belinda, 1948.

Johnny Belinda (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Watch Me Talk

Nicely wrought by director Jean Negulesco, Dr. Richardson (Lew Ayres), new in remote Nova Scotia, taking his fee in fishing rights from the McDonald family, gets his first chance to test what he’s learned about communicating with deaf-mute daughter Belinda (Jane Wyman), in Johnny Belinda, 1948.