The Miracle

The Miracle set during the Napoleonic era, in Spain, a young postulant falls in love with a handsome British soldier who is recovering with others of his regiment after being wounded. Before leaving, he asks her to leave the convent and marry him. The postulant, devoted to the statue of the Virgin Mary, asks her for a heavenly sign and leaves when nothing happens. Then the statue of the Virgin descends from its pedestal.

STARS: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak

121 min | Drama, Romance | 1959 | Color

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SHOOTING OF THE FILM

Filming took place between July and November 1958 in part on location at the Santa Susana Mountains.

“Our director was a humorless jerk,” recalled Baker later. “Roger [Moore] took so much abuse from Irving Rapper that I was appalled, but he took it like a man and went on to do a very professional job.”

Rapper later said the “main trouble” on the film “was casting. The girl who played the nun [Baker] was thrust on me without a test. I was furious. I was floored. The whole thing was unspeakably bad because of her. I didn’t even talk to her.”

“I was difficult,” admitted Baker. “I always wanted things my way. I wanted things to be artistically wonderful, and when I worked with a bad director when I did with The Miracle, I was jumping all over him and saying, “No, you can’t do that” and “No, you’re not going to have me do this.” I was very difficult. He worked with Bette Davis and she was difficult, so I guess the studio thought he would be able to handle me. Obviously I was more difficult than Bette Davis.”

It was Katrina Paxinou’s first film in Hollywood since appearing in For Whom the Bell Tolls 15 years earlier. “All the people I know are gone,” she said during filming. “Where are they? The whole personality of Hollywood has changed. It’s not colourful anymore; it’s a dull neutral.