Madness of the Heart (1949)
Approved | 1h 31min | Drama, Romance | 20 September 1950 (USA)
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbor who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?
Director: Charles Bennett
Writers: Flora Sandstrom (novel), Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron
Approved | 1h 31min | Drama, Romance | 20 September 1950 (USA)
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbor who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?
Director: Charles Bennett
Writers: Flora Sandstrom (novel), Charles Bennett (screenplay)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron
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00:00Excuse me, are you all right?
00:19I thought you were going to faint.
00:21I'm perfectly all right, thank you.
00:23Sure?
00:24Would you care for some coffee?
00:25No, no.
00:26Really.
00:28This is Rosa.
00:31She's looked after me since I was a baby.
00:33She knows I really can't afford her, but she just won't go.
00:36This is Monsieur de Vandier from France.
00:38France?
00:39A beautiful country, madame.
00:41You must come and see for yourself.
00:43Perhaps when Miss Garth comes to stay with us.
00:45Oh, so you're going to France, are you?
00:47Well, this is the first I've heard of it.
00:48Well, I suppose it'll be all right.
00:50Have a nice evening, dear.
00:53It is what is known as Pepelodema.
00:57The eye nerves get waterlogged due to the rise of pressure in the skull.
01:02One surgeon in a million might give you back your sight, but it is one chance in a hundred
01:06that you would live, and then you might live without a mind.
01:10Sir Robert, you're one of the best ophthalmic surgeons in the world.
01:17What if I take the chance?
01:20I'm sorry.
01:21I won't take it.
01:27But even without eyes, you must fight your own battles.
01:34You'll never win by running away.
01:38What am I to do?
01:39Feel your way.
01:40Seek until you find.
01:41Walk until you can run.
01:42We'll be praying for you.
01:43Who's there?
01:44Paul.
01:45Lydia.
01:46As long as I live, I will never quite forgive you for trying to lose me.
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