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Sunrise at Campobello is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 28 september 1960 with Ralph Bellamy
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 september 1960
Length 2h24
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on plays
Rating67%
Sunrise at Campobello is a 1960 Warner Bros. biographical film telling the story of the struggles of future President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his family when Roosevelt was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 in August 1921. Based on Dore Schary's Tony Award-winning Broadway play of the same name, the film was directed by Vincent J. Donehue and starred Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn and Jean Hagen.
The film was produced with the cooperation of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor Roosevelt was present on the set during location shooting at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York.
Synopsis
The film begins at the Roosevelt family's summer home on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada (on the border with Maine), in the summer of 1921. Franklin D. Roosevelt is depicted in early scenes as vigorously athletic, enjoying games with his children and sailing his boat.Actors
Ralph Bellamy
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Greer Garson
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Francis De Sales
(Riley (uncredited))
Hume Cronyn
(Louis Howe)
Jean Hagen
(Missy Le Hand)
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