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The Miracle Woman

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The Miracle Woman	comment	The Miracle Woman (1931) begins with Florence Fallon (Barbara Stanwyck) embittered and angry: after serving the church for many years, her father dies heartbroken, knowing that he's being turned out, poor and all, just because the congregation wants to replace him with a younger preacher. Florence calls them out for the hypocrites that they are, making them leave in disgust.Left with nowhere to go, she meets Con Man Bob Hornsby (Sam Hardy) who is impressed by her command of stage and presence. He tells her she can get her revenge and a few bucks too, thus inspiring the creation of a church, The Temple of Happiness. She becomes the main attraction; she is a healer, a miracle woman. Undoubtedly, this is a sham to greedily gain money, and the men and women that she “cures” are paid, unbeknownst to the audience.Feeding on ignorance and blind faith, her words are strong enough to bring in crowds of believers. Over the radio, John Carson (David Manners) hears Florence’s convincing sermon right before he decides to end it all; he's a failed musician and was recently made blind. He's therefore happy to find a new purpose in searching out to meet Florence. Amidst all the greed and corruption, lies and deceit, she is quite taken aback by someone so full of faith and so blind (no pun intended) to the sham that she really is.Together, they are both catalysts; ridding one of blind faith and restoring faith in another.This is the second collaboration between director Frank Capra and Stanwyck. The film’s credits open with this line: "The Miracle Woman" is offered as a rebuke to anyone who, under the cloak of Religion, seeks to sell for gold, God's choicest gift to Humanity —— FAITH.” Powerful words for 1931.
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The Miracle Woman / int_12a59731	type	Goodbye, Cruel World!
The Miracle Woman / int_12a59731	comment	Goodbye, Cruel World!: John writes a suicide note, and since he's blind, it's written sideways and off the page.
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The Miracle Woman / int_1b70ccc6	type	The Cynic
The Miracle Woman / int_1b70ccc6	comment	The Cynic: Horsby is this to the max. Again, more cynicism:
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The Miracle Woman / int_2439b588	type	As the Good Book Says...
The Miracle Woman / int_2439b588	comment	As the Good Book Says...: Florence quotes the Bible while she chews out the congregation.
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The Miracle Woman / int_2a015a74	type	Beauty Equals Goodness
The Miracle Woman / int_2a015a74	comment	Beauty Equals Goodness: Inverted: Florence is very beautiful which probably helps people believe that she's all goodness, but in reality, she's screwing them over.
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The Miracle Woman / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
The Miracle Woman / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: This is The Pre-Code Era after all, so a worker raises the finger to Hornsby.
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The Miracle Woman / int_3a42d36c	type	Gold and White Are Divine
The Miracle Woman / int_3a42d36c	comment	Gold and White Are Divine: Inverted. Florence dresses in simple, white clothing to evoke the image of goodness, purity, and an angelic quality. All the things she isn’t.
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The Miracle Woman / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
The Miracle Woman / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Hornsby hires different goons who pretend to be healed by Florence. One of his guys pretends to be a cripple, but he comes to the shows so drunk that he misses his cues. Once Hornsby finds out that he was also trying to tell the truth about the church to the newspapers, he has him promptly killed.
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The Miracle Woman / int_5539b84f	type	Corrupt Church
The Miracle Woman / int_5539b84f	comment	Corrupt Church: The Temple of Happiness. Oh, boy. Times one-thousand.
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The Miracle Woman / int_616f634b	type	Ventriloquism
The Miracle Woman / int_616f634b	comment	Ventriloquism: Very much a Capra motif (loser-ish oafs with quirky hobbies), John sometimes uses his dummy to voice his feelings about Florence. It's dorky and sometimes cringe-worthy, but John sells it pretty well.
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The Miracle Woman / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Miracle Woman / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Florence gives a huge one to the churchgoers:
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The Miracle Woman / int_826ffcc8	type	Demonic Dummy
The Miracle Woman / int_826ffcc8	comment	Demonic Dummy: John's dummy is freaky looking.
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The Miracle Woman / int_895ec17	type	Only in It for the Money
The Miracle Woman / int_895ec17	comment	Only in It for the Money: Hornsby is a drifter looking to a few quick bucks.
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The Miracle Woman / int_8fa43c7c	type	Nursery Rhyme
The Miracle Woman / int_8fa43c7c	comment	Nursery Rhyme: As a gift to Florence, John gives her a toy that tinkers out an old nursery rhyme (The Farmer In the Dell). Florence loves it, because it evokes the innocence she's lost and the sweet innocence that fills John.
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The Miracle Woman / int_ad6593eb	type	Cut-and-Paste Note
The Miracle Woman / int_ad6593eb	comment	Cut-and-Paste Note: A twist on the usual purpose of such a note. Florence sends cut-and-paste letters to John so that John, who is blind, can read them with his fingers.
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The Miracle Woman / int_bcf1d2c1	type	Blind Musician
The Miracle Woman / int_bcf1d2c1	comment	Blind Musician: Unfortunately, all of John’s attempts to sell some of his music ends in rejection. One of the leading factors to his suicide attempt.
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The Miracle Woman / int_c0961831	type	Interrupted Suicide
The Miracle Woman / int_c0961831	comment	Interrupted Suicide: John is about to jump out his window when Florence’s sermon over the radio stops him from doing so.
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The Miracle Woman / int_d0a48e7	type	Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking...
The Miracle Woman / int_d0a48e7	comment	Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking...: Florence says this word-for-word, as a joke, during her dinner party with John.
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The Miracle Woman / int_d5ca97d	type	Dream-Crushing Handicap
The Miracle Woman / int_d5ca97d	comment	Dream-Crushing Handicap: John used to be an aviator and he loved to fly, but his accident—that led to his permanent blindness—leaves him unable to fly.
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The Miracle Woman / int_d9587b39	type	Happily Failed Suicide
The Miracle Woman / int_d9587b39	comment	Happily Failed Suicide: After stopping his attempted suicide, John is happy to have a new purpose: find Florence Fallon.
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The Miracle Woman / int_dc955e66	type	Inspired by…
The Miracle Woman / int_dc955e66	comment	Inspired by…: The film, and play that it's based on, were inspired by the life of Aimee Semple McPherson. Check That Other Wiki for info on her.
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The Miracle Woman / int_df2b3ec	type	Kindly Housekeeper
The Miracle Woman / int_df2b3ec	comment	Kindly Housekeeper: Mrs. Higgins picks up John's mail, and helps send his songs to publishing companies.
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The Miracle Woman / int_e0e8cce6	type	Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!
The Miracle Woman / int_e0e8cce6	comment	Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Hornsby gives a short but sweet lecture to Florence about how idealism is dumb. See The Cynic above.
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The Miracle Woman / int_fa6bfde9	type	Have a Gay Old Time
The Miracle Woman / int_fa6bfde9	comment	Have a Gay Old Time: "I suppose there will be a couple of dicks around to see us." (Detectives, that is.)
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The Miracle Woman / int_fe6c146e	type	The Corrupter
The Miracle Woman / int_fe6c146e	comment	The Corrupter: Hornsby manipulates Florence into thinking that yelling at the churchgoers wasn't enough; she needs to get even with them. How will she do this? By making her own church, by becoming rich and famous, proving that she's better than them all. A pastor's daughter now sells religion to the gullible. He only does this because he sees that he can make quite a bit of money, but only with Florence's help.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Miracle Woman	hasFeature	Blind Musician / int_338c85e8
The Miracle Woman	hasFeature	Corrupt Church / int_338c85e8
The Miracle Woman	hasFeature	Demonic Dummy / int_338c85e8
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