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| Title | Mandy (1953) | | Alternative/Original Title | 1. Crash of Silence 2. The Story of Mandy | | Disability | Deaf Speaking Impaired | | Country | UK | | Length | 93 | | Genre | Drama | | Rating | 3 | | Director | Alexander Mackendrick
| | Cast | Phyllis Calvert Jack Hawkins Terence Morgan Mandy Miller
| | Notes | B/W. A mother debates whether to send her deaf and speaking impaired daughter to a special school or keep her at home. In the end they send her to the school where she eventually learns to speak though she remains hearing impaired. Mandy Miller (7 years old ) who plays Mandy wasn't deaf. But the school scenes were filmed at The Royal Residential School for the Deaf in Manchester, England. Interesting that the subject was being tackled in film in 1953. From the novel This Day is Ours by Hilda Lewis. Catya writes: All children (part from the kids in the street) in the film are deaf. Incidentally, these children were starred in Lindsay Anderson's documentary "Thursday's Children" - which encourages oralism (as enforced by the school's trustees - the Ewings, or better known as the Evils). Ironically, almost all children featured - as adults - chose sign language as their main communication method. Only one steadfastingly remains as an oralist. Quite recently all were reunioned for C4's recent factual series - Deaf Century. In Mandy, there is a scene of a little dark-haired boy, Michael, the one who mispronounced his name, was interviewed in Deaf Century (Part Two). Many Miller (as Mandy) is hearing in real life.
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