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Love Is Never Silent

  • TV Movie
  • 1985
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
372
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Mare Winningham, Phyllis Frelich, and Ed Waterstreet in Love Is Never Silent (1985)
Drama

Margaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike ... Read allMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married,... Read allMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a wa... Read all

  • Director
    • Joseph Sargent
  • Writers
    • Darlene Craviotto
    • Joanne Greenberg
  • Stars
    • Mare Winningham
    • Cloris Leachman
    • Sid Caesar
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    372
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Sargent
    • Writers
      • Darlene Craviotto
      • Joanne Greenberg
    • Stars
      • Mare Winningham
      • Cloris Leachman
      • Sid Caesar
    • 15User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Mare Winningham
    Mare Winningham
    • Margaret Ryder
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Mrs. Anglin
    Sid Caesar
    Sid Caesar
    • Mr. Petrakis
    Phyllis Frelich
    Phyllis Frelich
    • Janice Ryder
    Ed Waterstreet
    • Abel Ryder
    Fredric Lehne
    Fredric Lehne
    • William Anglin
    Mark Hildreth
    Mark Hildreth
    • Bradley Ryder
    Lou Fant
    • Reverend Maartens
    Julianna Fjeld
    • Barbara
    Jeremy Christall
    • Marshall Anglin
    Stephen E. Miller
    Stephen E. Miller
    • Driver
    Alex Diakun
    Alex Diakun
    • Funeral Director
    Greg Hayes
    • Neil Switzer
    Frank C. Turner
    Frank C. Turner
    • Mr. Frank
    Ted Stidder
    • Doctor
    Joseph Golland
    • Plant Manager
    Jackson Davies
    • Mr. Woods
    Jennifer Michas
    • Ester Cohen
    • Director
      • Joseph Sargent
    • Writers
      • Darlene Craviotto
      • Joanne Greenberg
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews15

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    8Sylviastel

    Excellent Television Movie!

    Mare Winningham is really one of the great unsung American actresses of our generation. She is exceptionally talented whether she is playing the daughter of a deaf couple who must sign language to communicate with her parents. She is the their ears to the world and often must translate between her parents and the hearing world. One memorable scene is her at the funeral home translating for her parents and the undertaker as a child for her brother's unfortunate death. Winningham's performance is award-winning as is the mother played by deaf actress, Phyllis Frelich. Her character seeks to be independent and hopes that her parents can adjust to the hearing world.
    9blanche-2

    magnificent

    I saw this movie when it first debuted and I have never forgotten the vivid performances and how I cried. I was watching at someone else's house and couldn't hold back the tears. We kept saying "Emmys all around" at each commercial break!

    Mare Winningham is a phenomenal actress. The writing was superb. The scene with her mother, beautifully played by Phyllis Frelich, when her mother calls her selfish is one of the best scenes, bar NONE, that I have ever seen in my life. I cry just thinking about it.

    If you have an opportunity to see this film, don't miss it. You won't be sorry.
    10Cher-5

    well portrayed

    The story of how Deaf people survived and how a hearing child coped with Deaf parents has never been portrayed as well as this tv movie did. As a deaf person, I was able to understand the frustration the parents went through and as the hearing child went through as if I was in her shoes. The era where Deafness was not well known and is not considered normal was portrayed well. I recommend everybody watch the show. You will come to understand that Deaf people are just like hearing people.
    10Starbuckslovr

    this is not simply a movie

    I loved Love is never silent. I watched this movie in my ASL 1 class and it really made me think, when i went home and told my mom about the movie she told me she had seen it when she was little and it had hit home. She was the dividing line between her parents and the other non-Armenian communities, she had said she never thought anyone felt this way. After seeing the movie my mother said she had worried she would never find a husband like Margaret had, and eventually she did, through work, like Margaret. My father never went off to war, but it still makes me think. This is an amazing movie that is worth seeing, renting, anything! I learned a lot, and more than i thought would have come from simply a movie, but then again this is not simply a movie.
    10Bronze

    It was great. That's all you can say about it.

    This truly is one of the most beautifully made films of the 80's. The directing was picture perfect and the performances by the actors was magnificent. Their work was extraordinary it is puzzling to me why none of them ever got any awards for their performances. Everyone was perfect right down to the extras. This movie is truly worth paying five dollars.

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    • Trivia
      Ed Waterstreet, Phyllis Frelich and Lou Fant are veteran actors from, and founding members of, the National Theater of the Deaf.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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    • Release date
      • December 9, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • American Sign Language
    • Also known as
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame: Love Is Never Silent (#35.1)
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(location)
    • Production companies
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
      • Marian Rees Associates
      • Telepictures Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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