Sunrise at Campobello
Sunrise at Campobello | |
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File:Sunrise at Campobello film.jpg Sunrise at Campobello VHS cover | |
Directed by | Vincent J. Donehue |
Written by | Dore Schary |
Produced by | Dore Schary |
Starring | Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | 28 September 1960 (USA) |
Running time | 144 min |
Language | English |
Sunrise at Campobello is a 1960 biographical film made by Dore Schary Productions and Warner Bros.. It tells the story of the struggle by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt against polio.
Set at the Roosevelt family summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Sunrise at Campobello stars Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn and Jean Hagen.
The film was based on Dore Schary's Tony Award-winning Broadway play of the same name. The play and the film were both written and produced by Schary and directed by Vincent J. Donehue.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Costume Design, Color and Best Sound. Greer Garson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
Interestingly, Roosevelt probably didn't have polio. A 2003 peer-reviewed study[1] found that six of eight Bayesian posterior probabilities favored a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome over poliomyelitis.
Cast
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Ralph Bellamy | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | |
Greer Garson | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
Hume Cronyn | Louis Howe | |
Jean Hagen | Marguerite "Missy" LeHand | |
Ann Shoemaker | Sara Delano Roosevelt | |
Alan Bunce | Governor Alfred E. Smith | |
Zina Bethune | Anna Roosevelt | |
Tim Considine | James Roosevelt | |
Pat Close | Elliott Roosevelt | |
Tom Carty | Johnny Roosevelt | |
Frank Ferguson | Dr. Bennett | |
Lyle Talbot | Mr. Brimmer | |
David White | Mr. Lassiter | |
Walter Sande | Captain Skinner |
References
- ^ Goldman, AS et al, What was the cause of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's paralytic illness?. J Med Biogr. 11: 232-240 (2003)