Never Fear

Never Fear 1949 is an American drama film, directed and cowritten by Ida Lupino, and produced by Lupino and Collier Young.

Carol Williams played by Sally Forrest is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio. Williams dance partner and fianc, Guy Richards played by Keefe Brasselle, wants to see her through her illness, but Carol struggles with dealing with her recovery and prefers to go it alone. Her father played by Herb Butterfield takes her to the KabatKaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. One of the patients that inspire Carols recovery is Len Randall Hugh OBrian in his first movie role. Only by allowing others to share her grief is Ms Williams able to pull herself together and go on with her life.Ida Lupino had contracted polio herself in 1934. She suffered the same fevers, pains and fears as did her lead character. She, too, was filled with dark thoughts and she, too, worried that she would never walk again. The major symptoms lasted only briefly and Ms. Lupino was left with minor problems in a leg and a hand. She remained a supporter of causes to fight the disease. The film Never Fear was released in 1949 at the height of the polio fear and outbreak. ........

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