The Song of Bernadette

film by King [1943]

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"The Song of Bernadette" is a 1943 film based on the novel by Franz Werfel. The story centers on Bernadette Soubirous, a peasant girl from Lourdes, France, who, in 1858, experienced visions of the Virgin Mary. Despite initial disbelief and harassment from townspeople, clergy, and officials, Bernadette's unwavering faith and the miraculous blooming of roses and the appearance of a healing spring eventually led to the acceptance of her visions. This event led to the establishment of the Marian shrine of Lourdes, a significant Roman Catholic pilgrimage site. Bernadette herself was canonized as a saint in 1933.12

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Henry King
Films of the 1940s
…ventured into religious dramas with The Song of Bernadette (1943), an adaptation of Franzel Werfel’s best-selling book about a girl in Lourdes, France, who has visions of the Virgin Mary. The movie was a huge critical and commercial success. Jennifer Jones won the Academy
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…ventured into religious dramas with The Song of Bernadette (1943), an adaptation of Franzel Werfel’s best-selling book about a girl in Lourdes, France, who has visions of the Virgin Mary. The movie was a huge critical and commercial success. Jennifer Jones won the Academy
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Jennifer Jones
…her first leading role in The Song of Bernadette (1943). Her intense and sincere portrayal of a French peasant girl (St. Bernadette of Lourdes) earned Jones an Academy Award. She later received Oscar nominations for her work in Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun…
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…her first leading role in The Song of Bernadette (1943). Her intense and sincere portrayal of a French peasant girl (St. Bernadette of Lourdes) earned Jones an Academy Award. She later received Oscar nominations for her work in Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun…
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George Seaton
Early life and work
… (1941), which starred Jack Benny; The Song of Bernadette (1943), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination; and Coney Island (1943), a musical comedy with Betty Grable and George Montgomery.
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… (1941), which starred Jack Benny; The Song of Bernadette (1943), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination; and Coney Island (1943), a musical comedy with Betty Grable and George Montgomery.
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