A Jewish author (Franz Wefel) and a Catholic story came together, and even the Protestant majority enjoyed its wholesomeness.
Stars Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, and Vincent Price.
Director Henry King was impressed by Jennifer Jones' screen test as Bernadette Soubirous for The Song of Bernadette (1943), and she won the coveted role over hundreds of applicants. In 1944, on her 25th birthday, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Bernadette, her third screen role.

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