Paula (1952 film)

For the silent film, see Paula (1915 film).

Paula
Film poster
Directed by	Rudolph Maté
Screenplay by	James Poe William Sackhelm
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Starring	Loretta Young Kent Smith Alexander Knox
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	George Duning
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 15, 1952 (1952-05-15)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Paula (reissued as The Silent Voice) is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, and starring Loretta Young, Kent Smith, and Alexander Knox. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Distraught after her second miscarriage, and learning definitively she could never have children, Paula Rogers, while driving at night, accidentally injures a child. Confused, and also expected to attend a function that honors her husband, Paula doesn't follow the child to the hospital, as she should. She attempts to tell her husband about the incident, but has trouble finding the right time.

Later, overcome with remorse, she looks to get close to this child and becomes a helper at the hospital. The child is an orphan with limited health care available. The doctor recognizes Paula's need to be useful and asks if she would become his speech therapist and guardian. She finds meaning and purpose in her life as she engages the little boy in intensive therapy necessary to recover his ability to speak.

Cast

• Loretta Young as Paula Rogers
• Kent Smith as John Rogers
• Alexander Knox as Dr. Clifford Frazer
• Tommy Rettig as David Larson
• Otto Hulett as Dr Lieutenant Dargen
• Will Wright as Raymond Bascom
• Raymond Greenleaf as President Russell
• Ann Doran as Mrs. Smith
• Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Brown
• Dick Gordon as Mr Brown
• Kathryn Card as Nurse Gussie
• Helen Dickson as Mrs. Lazlo
• William Vedder as Dean Tom Cornwall
• Frances Morris as Miss Turner
• Katherine Warren as Mary
• Charles Meredith as Dr. Walter T. Farrell
• Everett Glass as Professor
• Franklyn Farnum as Professor
• Roy Engel as Detective Sergeant
• Ellanora Needles as Nurse
• Jeanne Bates as Attending Nurse
• Ann Tyrrell as Nurse Receptionist

Bibliography

• Dick, Bernard F. Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

External links

• Paula at IMDb 
• Paula at the TCM Movie Database