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y separately published work icon Interrupted Melody : An Autobiography single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 Interrupted Melody : An Autobiography
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'All the world knows Marjorie Lawrence as a famous Australian-born prima donna, as a operatic singer whose triumphs in Wagnerian roles have been acclaimed as among the finest in operatic history.

She came up the hard way and the bitter blow of partial paralysis resulting from poliomyelitis might have quenched a lesser spirit. But Miss Lawrence is courageous as she is brilliant. Undaunted, she has continued her fabulous career, and now enters the literary field with this delightful autobiography, which will have a warm welcome from all Australian readers and music lovers.' (Publisher's blurb)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Interrupted Melody William Ludwig , Sonia Levien , ( dir. Curtis Bernhardy ) United States of America (USA) : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , 1955 6048284 1955 single work film/TV biography

Follows Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her polio diagnosis and treatment, and her career comeback.

Notes

  • Dedication: To my husband, Tom,

    without whose devotion and loving care

    the melody might have remained interrupted

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Interrupted Melody : The Story of My Life
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Appleton ,
      1949 .
      image of person or book cover 400191745085524721.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: ix, 307 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes index.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Invincible Press , 1949 .
      Extent: 261 p., [10] p. of platesp.
      Edition info: 1st Australian edition
      Description: illus., ports
    • Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Halstead Press , 1949 .
      Alternative title: Interrupted Melody : The Story of My Life
      Extent: ix, 261 p., platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes index.
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Falcon Press ,
      1952 .
      Extent: 286 p., [5] p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
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