Sunrise at Campobello

This article is about the film. For the play, see Sunrise at Campobello (play).

Sunrise at Campobello
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 found that six of eight Bayesian posterior probabilities favored a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome over poliomyelitis.

Cast

(l-r) Ralph Bellamy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Greer Garson at Hyde Park, NY, filming Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

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

External links

• Sunrise at Campobello at IMDb