This 1962 motion picture adaptation of the Broadway play by WILLIAM GIBSON is one of the best pictures ever made. The story of Helen Keller's life is definitely one of the most inspirational of our lifetime. Fever robbed her of her sight and hearing while still an infant. Not being able to communicate by the usual means she grows into a "wild thing", which her family as inadvertently allowed. Annie Sullivan(ANNE BANCROFT) is hired, sight unseen, through the Perkins Institute to be Helen's tutor. Never really having had any structure whatsoever, Helen (PATTY DUKE) rebels against this new hire by pure physical tantrum. Through unbelievable determination, Sullivan presses forth to teach Helen the language of braille, and therefore improve her life through the ability to communicate. Both BANCROFT & DUKE repeated their Broadway roles for this film. ANNE BANCROFT, who has never given a less than stellar performance in her life, won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Annie Sullivan. PATTY DUKE won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and was, until the 1973 Academy Awards, the youngest winner in a selected category. The only drawback to this movie is that it has the poorest quality sound recording imaginable, which detracts in a big way. Otherwise this motion picture would be an absolute 10 !!!
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