Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
Directed by Wayne GroomDecember 16, 2021 80mDocumentary
8.2
Marjorie Lawrence was born in 1907 and grew up in Winchelsea, country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star. She went to Paris to study singing in 1928 and became the greatest Wagnerian Soprano in France, before being lured to the USA to perform at the Metropolitan, where she famously rode her horse Grane into Siegfried's pyre in a performance of Wagner's Gotterdammerung. She also performed Salome at the Met, delivering an enticing "Dance of the Seven veils" that shocked and delighted New York audiences, winning critical acclaim. At the height of her career, Marjorie was tragically cut down by polio at the age of 33. Remarkably she partially recovered from the illness and continued singing in a wheelchair. In 1955 M-G-M made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody" starring Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker, which won an Academy Award.
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Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet was released on December 16, 2021.
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet was directed by Wayne Groom.
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet has a runtime of 80m.
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet was produced by Carolyn Bilsborow, Wayne Groom.
Marjorie Lawrence was born in 1907 and grew up in Winchelsea, country Victoria, Australia, dreaming of becoming an opera star. She went to Paris to study singing in 1928 and became the greatest Wagnerian Soprano in France, before being lured to the USA to perform at the Metropolitan, where she famously rode her horse Grane into Siegfried's pyre in a performance of Wagner's Gotterdammerung. She also performed Salome at the Met, delivering an enticing "Dance of the Seven veils" that shocked and delighted New York audiences, winning critical acclaim. At the height of her career, Marjorie was tragically cut down by polio at the age of 33. Remarkably she partially recovered from the illness and continued singing in a wheelchair. In 1955 M-G-M made a movie of her life, "Interrupted Melody" starring Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker, which won an Academy Award.
The key characters in Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet are Narrator (Kiri Te Kanawa), Self (Ita Buttrose), Self (Richard Bonynge).
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet is a Documentary film.
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.