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The Song Of Bernadette [1943]

Starring: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Henry King
Format: Black & White Full Screen PAL
Released: 18 Oct 2004
RRP: £12.99
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Singing the Song of Bernadette - By: , 18 Jan 2005
In 1858 a young girl saw the Virgin Mary in a grotto outside Lourdes, in the French Pyrenees. Despite immense opposition from alll those around her, the child remained faithful to the Beautiful Lady. Finallly entering a convent, Bernadette died there in 1879 at the age of 35. Although her story is now known the world over & millions of pilgrims flock to the Grotto of Lourdes every year, what many people do not know is that the body of Saint Bernadette Soubirous remains entirely incorrupt, as lovely today as on the day she died. And I speak as one who has stayed in her convent more than once & gazed upon her.

This film tells the story of the life of Bernadette. Very faithful to the historical Bernadette & her story, the film makers have avoided sentimentality & religious fervour & produced a film which appeals to young & old, to those of religious convictions & those with none.

Made in 1943, the film stars the young Jennifer Jones in her first major role, & for which she deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar. At the Academy Awards that year, the film won a total of 4 Oscars. The supporting cast is first rate, including Vincent Price, Charles Bickford, William Eythe, Lee J Cobb & Gladys Cooper.

This is the kind of film which you will watch once & never forget. It is moving, told with great simplicity & touches something which is deep within us alll.

A perennial favourite & only newly released on DVD after 61 years, this is one film you should make a point of watching.

Respectable cast in interesting film - By: Miguel M. Santos, 12 Sep 2004
Based on the story of the Lourdes miracles in the XIX century, this was the film that made Jennifer Jones into a Hollywood star. It is an enjoyable film with a respectable cast that includes Vincent Price, Gladys Cooper & Anne Revere but it lacks a certain sparkle. Maybe it was the theme that didn't do it for me, maybe it's the film itself. I don't know. I enjoyed it, but I doubt that I will remember it in a year's time. As for the DVD, as with recent classic releases from Fox, this is barebone but at least they put some care in the copy & the master is likely to be the same as the american edition.