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"Johnny Belinda" - what's the story it's based on?
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leno...@yahoo.com
May 2, 2018, 7:33:50 PM5/2/18
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From answers.com:
"Lydia Dingwell was born at Dingwells Mills ca. 1852. She was from her birth, a deaf-mute. She passed away in poverty here, under tragic circumstances on April 13, 1931. Author, playwright and Bay Fortune summer resident Elmer Harris took her story and made it into a popular play entitled Johnny Belinda. It later was made into a movie in 1948..."
And, according to one review at the IMDb, Dingwell was in fact raped and became pregnant.
Does anyone know what else happened with Dingwell? Very sad.
Lenona.
"Lydia Dingwell was born at Dingwells Mills ca. 1852. She was from her birth, a deaf-mute. She passed away in poverty here, under tragic circumstances on April 13, 1931. Author, playwright and Bay Fortune summer resident Elmer Harris took her story and made it into a popular play entitled Johnny Belinda. It later was made into a movie in 1948..."
And, according to one review at the IMDb, Dingwell was in fact raped and became pregnant.
Does anyone know what else happened with Dingwell? Very sad.
Lenona.
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