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The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Directed by David Miller
Overview
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther’s village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther’s innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband. Radiant performance by Heather Sears. Based on a book that nearly had Helen Keller’s co-workers suing for libel due to perceived parallels between Carlo Landi and the husband of Annie Sullivan
Rated NR | Length 103 minutes
Actors
Joan Crawford | Rossano Brazzi | Heather Sears | Lee Patterson | Ron Randell | Fay Compton | Maureen Delaney | John Loder | Bessie Love | Denis O'Dea | Sid James | Estelle Brody | Megs Jenkins | Diana Day