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Miracle | Loneliness
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Top Female Dramatic Performance | 1957 | Jane
One of many of Van Johnson's movies where he is in the military. Some have branded him a draft dodger not being in the military during WWII, but after a car crash in 1943 where he sustained such a serious head injury that he had a plate put in his skull he was classified 4-F ("unfit for military service"). He had scars that were covered for movies by heavy makeup but he didn't for The Caine Mutiny (1954). Johnson felt that showing scars gave more credence to his naval character.
After Jane Wyman ("Ruth") and Eileen Heckart ("Grace") pause to talk on a bridge in Central Park, the building on the edge of the park filling half the screen is the Dakota, perhaps New York's most famous apartment building.
Franz Waxman composed the score for this film. The theme he used when Jane Wyman's character first enters her New York office was used by George Lucas for his first feature film, THX 1138 (1971). The music was heard in the futuristic shopping mall sequence as elevator music.
Film debut of Arte Johnson.
The large building with twin towers, in the background when Art and Ruth meet Sgt. Parker (Alan King) in Central Park is the Majestic, a luxury 31-story apartment building in Manhattan located between West 71th Street and West 72th Street. It opened in 1931.
"Ruth Wood: How can there be a God when things like this happen, people getting killed?"
"Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon: [trying to make public chitchat and particularly strike up conversation with Ruth as they await an opportune time to trek out into the rain while huddled together in a group of pedestrians] Wow, look at her go; like a pack-a horses comin' down the home stretch. Ya know, that sorta thing makes the town look almost human. Ah, there's nothin' so good as a real rain, except maybe a blizzard. *Listen* to her. I'd be out walkin' in it right now if I had any place to go. Maybe that's the best time to walk in the rain, when you got nowheres to go. If you want, you can figure you're cast away in a jungle island with nothin' and nobody around you but rain. [the crowd slowly disperses, leaving just Art and Ruth] Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon: Think how surprised you'd be if you were cast away in a jungle island for ten weeks, and suddently saw a girl standing beside you. You know, this isn't gonna let up for hours. Whad'ya say we just walk out and let it soak, I-I can put your bundles under my coat and they won't get wet. [friendly grabs Ruth's groceries] Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon: Here, gimme. Ok? Come on. A l'up! [they jog out into the rain] Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon: I bet there's an uptown bus coming, do you wanna catch it? Ruth Wood: Yes! Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon: Haha. [they run for the bus and their acquaintance has been made]"
