Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Lamar Trotti
Starring Susan Hayward
Rory Calhoun
Editing by J. Watson Webb Jr.
Release date(s) April 4, 1952
Language English
With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash landing in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal, but entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. It stars Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott and Una Merkel. Froman herself supplied Hayward's singing voice.
The movie was written by Lamar Trotti and directed by Walter Lang. The title song, "With a Song in My Heart", became famous in the UK as the theme to the long-running BBC radio show, Family Favourites.
It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Susan Hayward), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Costume Design, Color and Best Sound, Recording.
External links
An American in Paris (1951) · With a Song in My Heart (1952) · Carmen Jones (1954) · Guys and Dolls (1955) · The King and I (1956) · Les Girls (1957) · Gigi/Auntie Mame (1958) · Porgy and Bess/Some Like It Hot (1959) · Song Without End/The Apartment (1960)
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