Mandy (film)

Mandy
Region 2 DVD cover
Directed by	Alexander Mackendrick Fred Sears
Produced by	Michael Balcon Leslie Norman
Written by	Nigel Balchin Jack Whittingham
Starring	Phyllis Calvert Jack Hawkins Mandy Miller Nancy Price
Music by	William Alwyn
Cinematography	Douglas Slocombe
Editing by	Seth Holt
Distributed by	Ealing Studios
Release date(s)	July, 1952
Running time	93 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Mandy was a 1952 Ealing Studios film, based on the book The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis, with screenplay by Nigel Balchin and Jack Whittingham, and direction by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred Sears. Another title for the film was Crash of Silence. The film was released in the US as The Story of Mandy.^[1]

The film starred Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Nancy Price and featured the first film appearance by Jane Asher.

Cast

Actor	Role
Phyllis Calvert	Christine
Jack Hawkins	Searle
Terence Morgan	Harry
Godfrey Tearle	Mr Garland
Mandy Miller	Mandy Garland
Marjorie Fielding	Mrs Garland
Nancy Price	Jane Ellis
Edward Chapman	Ackland
Patricia Plunkett	Miss Crocker
Eleanor Summerfield	Lily Tabor
Colin Gordon	Willard (junior)
Dorothy Alison	Miss Stockton
Julian Amyes	Jimmy Tabor
Jane Asher	Nina
Gabrielle Brune	Secretary
John Cazabon	Davey

Plot

Harry and Christine Garland have a deaf-mute daughter, Mandy. As they realise their daughter's situation, the parents enrol Mandy in special education classes to try to get her to speak. They quarrel in the process and their marriage comes under strain. There are also hints of a possible affair between Christine and Searle, the headmaster of the school for the deaf where Mandy is enrolled. Eventually, the training succeeds to the point where Mandy says her own name for the first time.

References

1. ^ Bosley Crowther (24 February 1953). "The Story of Mandy, a British Drama at Sutton, Tells Tale of Deaf-Mute's Training". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=3&res=9C02E0DD163FE53ABC4C51DFB4668388649EDE. Retrieved 2007-12-08. 

Mandys speech was achieved by using a balloon. She was able to feel the vibrations of sound onto the balloon and knew she had made a sound.

External links

• Mandy at the Internet Movie Database