Song of Bernadette

Posted on February 27, 2008 at 1:06 pm

The anniversary of the shrine at Lourdes is a good reminder of the lovely performance of Jennifer Jones in “Song of Bernadette,” the story of the young girl who saw “a beautiful lady” and became Saint Bernadette Soubirous.

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One Reply to “Song of Bernadette”

  1. “Our Lady of Fatima” also grabbed me as a child. Weren’t these movies made in response to early criticism that Hollywood didn’t “get” religion?

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