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The miracle woman

Based loosely on the life of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.

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  • "Based loosely on the life of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson."
  • "Based loosely on the life of famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson."@en
  • "After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and begins faking miracles for profit. The love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God and her fellow man."@en
  • "Florence Fallon is the daughter of a preacher who is about to give his last sermon, but passes away before he gets a chance. Florence stands up in front of the congregation and attacks them, accusing them of not being appreciative of her father and revealing that she has lost her faith. Bob Hornsby, a con man, talks Florence into working an angle with him, having Florence perform fake miracles for money."@en
  • "Florence Fallon, a dying preacher's daughter with a gift for religious oratory who loses her faith when her father is fired from his church after many years of selfless service in order to make way for a younger man, becomes embittered and loses faith, telling the congregation what she thinks of their ingratitude in an impassioned speech that impresses an unscrupulous con man who convinces her to stage phony 'faith healings' during her services for money. Sister Florence profits from the racket, but when she meets a trusting blind man, his love and trust restore her faith in God and her fellow man."
  • "Florence Fallon is the daughter of a preacher who is about to give his last sermon, but passes away before he gets a chance. Florence stands up in front of the congregation and attacks them, accusing them of not being appreciative of her father and revealing that she has lost her faith. Bob Hornsby, a con man, talks Florence into working an angle with him, having her perform fake miracles for money. She profits from the racket, but when she meets a blind man, the two fall in love."@en
  • ""Stanwyck plays Sister Fallon, a young woman with a gift for religious oratory who gains fame through the efforts of an unsavory promoter who stages phony 'faith healings' during her services. 'Religion is great if you can sell it, no good if you give it away, ' he tells her. Sister Fallon eventually finds redemption through the love of a man (David Manners) who believes she can cure his blindness. Before that happens, however, the two walk through a cage of lions as a test of faith"--Www.tcm.com."@en

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  • "Religious films"
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Feature films"@en

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  • "Miracle woman (Motion picture : 1931)"
  • "The miracle woman"
  • "The miracle woman"@en