Johnny Belinda

By Elmer Harris

The year is 1900. The setting, a lonely island northwest of Nova Scotia,

Canada, where a hard-bitten race of farmers divide their time between

fi shing and tilling the stubborn soil. In the middle of this isolated

environment lives the even more isolated Belinda, a young deaf girl

whom the backward villagers shun. Having never been taught to

communicate, Belinda nonetheless demonstrates sensitivity and

intelligence, both of which come to the attention of the village's new

doctor who then decides to teach the girl sign language. While Belinda

blossoms under his care, and a love relationship begins between them,

she still falls prey to a local boy. The result is a child, Johnny Belinda,

and it is in defense of her son that Belinda kills the boy's father. The

resulting trial pits the entire village against the girl who only has the

truth, and the doctor's love, on her side.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822205963
• ISBN13: 9780822205968
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Video, Exseptional for 1948

This is a wonderful Movie. It gives a good understanding of the deaf world back in 1948 when everyone was thought to be Deaf & dumb or as the movie says "The Dummy". It shows a good understanding of sign Language and the courege we go through on a daily bases. I can not say enough about this movie without giving it all away. It is truely something to watch and own. For the Hearing, Hard of hearing & Deaf alike.