The Miracle Woman (1931)

Directors

Frank Capra

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer

The story

Florence Fallon, the daughter of an elderly clergyman, is outraged when the church elders have chosen a younger preacher to replace her father after twenty years of ministry. She angrily states her father has died from a broken heart, and chastises the congregation of what she thinks of their ingratitude and hypocrisy. As the congregation leaves, her bitter, impassioned speech impresses Bob Hornsby, a promoter, who convinces her to use her religious faith so they can squeeze donations out of gullible believers.

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