‘Interrupted Melody’: Soprano Marjorie Lawrence’s Epic Encore

Life holds many challenges for the Australian prima donna that she works to overcome to achieve her goals.

Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker), in "Interrupted Melody." MGM

NR | 1h 46m | Drama, Biopic | 1955

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s film fictionalizes the real-life heroism of Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence, an intrepid interpreter of Richard Wagner’s operas.