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The Story of Esther Costello inspires itself with Helen Keller's biography while twisting it into something nasty (which isn't necessarily bad) and proves that humans' skepticism about the goodness in people and the goodness of a deed can't be dismissed entirely. sometimes, it's stained by intentions other than just being good. it also surrounds its plot with people's disposition for self-gain ...
Sears--or Esther Costello, for she is indeed the title character--finds happiness with an honest young reporter (Lee Patterson). Set in America and released by an American company (Columbia), The Story of Esther Costello was nonetheless filmed in its entirety in England. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide . American Film Institute page
A terrible accident leaves Esther Costello (Heather Sears) blind, deaf, mute and without a mother. Living in squalor with her aunt in Ireland, Esther is rescued by a kind American, Margaret Landi ...
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Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband. Radiant performance by Heather Sears ...
The Story of Esther Costello ist ein Film von David Miller mit Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi. Synopsis: Die 18-jährige Esther (Heather Sears) ist seit einem Unfall, bei dem ihre Mutter ums Leben ...
Sears--or Esther Costello, for she is indeed the title character--finds happiness with an honest young reporter (Lee Patterson). Set in America and released by an American company (Columbia), The Story of Esther Costello was nonetheless filmed in its entirety in England. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide . American Film Institute page
Joan Crawford gets top billing in David Miller’s 1957 melodrama The Story of Esther Costello, the maudlin tale – at least nominally – of a deaf, mute, and blind orphan girl (Best British Actress BAFTA winner Heather Sears) from an Irish village. Dressed like she’s ready to open a Pepsi bottling plant in County Down, Crawford’s wealthy ...
