The Corn Is Green
film by Rapper [1945]
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discussed in biography
- In Irving Rapper: Heyday at Warner Brothers
Rapper next made The Corn Is Green (1945), an adaptation of a hit Broadway play by Emlyn Williams. Davis gave a convincing performance as Miss Lilly Moffat, an English teacher who dedicates her life to the impoverished students of a Welsh mining town in the late 19th century.…
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role of Davis
- In Bette Davis
…on the Rhine (1943), and The Corn Is Green (1945), and she received Academy Award nominations for her performances in the first three films. However, her career began to falter near the end of the decade. She severed her 18-year relationship with Warner Brothers in 1949 and staged the first…
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