Magnificent Obsession

…role in Douglas Sirk’s tearjerker Magnificent Obsession (1954) as a repentant scoundrel who selflessly dedicates himself to the woman he accidentally blinded. The film established Hudson as a star, and he went on to play sympathetic protagonists in several more of Sirk’s melodramas and stylized “women’s pictures,” including All That…

…The Blue Veil (1951) and Magnificent Obsession (1954). Other notable films included The Glass Menagerie (1950) and All That Heaven Allows (1955).