![]() ![]() Some of my favourite Anne Bancroft’s acting moments are those when she observes Helen with such an intensity. In this film, we can also observe how Anne Bancroft acts with her eyes, her look, even if she’s wearing sunglasses. Both Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke transmit us a bunch of emotions in this scene and proves us that hope is never in vain. Helen finally understands how to communicate or, more precisely, what a “word” is. I honestly think it’s one of the most beautiful and touching scenes in cinema’s history. So, if you haven’t seen the whole film, I suggest you not to watch this clip. The Miracle Worker is a film full of hopes and this is mostly due to the final scene. : “Now all I have to teach you is one word – everything.” You have to know how something is spelt before you can look it up to see how it’s spelt. “Disinter… disinterested… disinterested… where’s discipline? What a dictionary this is. This is far from being a comedy, but Anne Bancroft manages to add some humour to it with lines told in a sarcastic voice tone. She’s able to express anger when she is too honest with Captain Keller (Victor Jory), joy when she succeeds to accomplish something with Helen, discouragement when she isn’t able to. She received an Oscar nomination for The Graduate but lost it to Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who Coming to Dinner?Īnne could also act with her voice (!) and this is often proved to us in the film. But, in both cases, she did an amazing job and it’s hard to imagine someone else cast for both roles. Playing Anne Sullivan, a strong young woman with courage and dynamism, certainly was pretty different from interpreting what remains today Anne Bancroft’s most well-known role: Mrs. The Miracle Worker is, first, a great way for us to observe Anne Bancroft’s versatility as an actress. Anne Bancroft as Anne Sullivan Patty Duke as Helen Keller Victor Jory and Inga Swenson Andrew Prine It’s hard to explain in words, but I’ll try my best to let you know why she absolutely deserved this Oscar. I could have written about Patty Duke’s performance because that was a real tour de force, but I decided to go with Anne Bancroft’s one. Andrew Prine was perfect as the brother, Victor Jory and Inga Swenson were well cast as Helen’s parent. I sooner said that all the actors in this film deserved an Oscar. Anne was part of Helen’s life for 49 years, first as a teacher and then as a friend. The film is only about the first moments of Anne Sullivan’s intrusion into Helen’s life when Helen still was a little girl. Ann didn’t only have to teach her how to communicate but also how to behave. This wasn’t an easy job at first, as Helen was too accustomed to her parent’s pity, who allowed her to do everything she wanted. She had created a sort of alphabet for people in Helen’s condition. Her objective was to find a way to allow Helen to communicate. ![]() The young Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft) was sent to help Helen. Her devastated parents finally decided to contact the Perkins School for the Blinds for some help. When she was 19 months old, the young Helen Keller (Patty Duke) caught bad scarlet fever, leaving her deaf and blind, and certainly isolated from the rest of the world. As both Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan are among my idols, I HAD to see this film. The Miracle Worker was based on the play of the same name by William Gibson (also starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke), itself inspired by the book The Story of My Life, an autobiography by Helen Keller published in 1902. Anne Bancroft won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and Patty Duke for her portrayal of Helen Keller in the same film, but I think the entire cast, without exception, deserved an Oscar. It seems that a bunch of actors should have won an Oscar, and not only four of them. Today, I’ll be writing about Anne Bancroft’s unforgettable performance in The Miracle Worker (Arthur Penn, 1962)ġ962 certainly was a BIG year in the acting field. ![]() Last year, I explored the Best Supporting Actress category with my article on Helen Hayes in Airport. Today, we start the month with “The Actors” category. As always, it is hosted by the fantastic Aurora from Once Upon a Screen, Kellee from Outspoken and Freckled and Paula from Paula’s Cinema Club. The 31 Days of Oscar Blogathonis finally back! This is one of my favourite blogging events, so I was very excited to participate again. ![]()
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