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Johnny Belinda is a 1948 film which tells the story of a deaf mute woman who is raped, becomes pregnant, and then is ruled "unfit" to care for the child. When the local townspeople come to take the baby to give it to the rapist to raise, the woman shoots and kills him and goes on trial for murder. It stars Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally and Jan Sterling.

The movie was adapted by Allen Vincent and Irma von Cube from the play by Elmer Harris . It was directed by Jean Negulesco.

It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Jane Wyman), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lew Ayres), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Charles Bickford), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Agnes Moorehead), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy PictureFrom "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the produ, Best PictureThe Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in, Best Sound, RecordingThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr and Best Writing, ScreenplayThe Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel or play). See also the A.

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