The Miracle Worker (3/10) Movie CLIP - Helen's First Lesson (1962) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
When Annie (Anne Bancroft) teaches Helen (Patty Duke) her first lesson, she hits Annie in the face with her doll and locks her in the room.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Based on William Gibson's Broadway play and retaining its acclaimed cast, Arthur Penn's The Miracle Worker tells the true story of Helen Keller (Patty Duke), an Alabama girl struck blind and deaf as a baby after an elevated fever. Enter Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a partially-blind woman assigned the task of teaching Helen sign language. After first separating Helen from her over-protective parents (Victor Jory and Inga Swenson), Annie begins the arduous process of teaching the girl.
CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1962)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke
Director: Arthur Penn
Producer: Fred Coe
Screenwriters: Helen Keller, William Gibson
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[@bethmcavoy8062]

Won the Oscar! So did Anne Bancroft! They were both fabulous.

[@sydneybourke9738]

Anne won best actress, and Patty Duke (Helen) won best supporting actress.

[@bender6261]

Phenomenal acting

[@harveysylvester1485]

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[@joshuamichael3884]

They both won Oscars for this film

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

Well, they both won oscars for their performances, so hollywood agrees!

[@afrizak]

When she whacked her in the face with doll...it made me jump big time!

[@onerangas]

Lol

[@onerangas]

I was laughing when she locked Anne in

[@DigitalOdyssey3001]

That moment was so funny, uncomfortable and unexpected!

[@teacup251]

💀💀💀💀

[@kimsullivan5576]

It appeared as a real hit with that doll. Gee!!

[@SunBunz]

Anne Bancroft was such a babe even then. She was gorgeous her entire life. Such an amazing actress. RIP.

[@yunarukami14]

wtf

[@_cece_7149]

@@yunarukami14 it’s a compliment lol

[@SunBunz]

@@_cece_7149 He must not have seen her other films.

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

@@yunarukami14 Watch her in The Graduate and The Turning Point. You'll understand what this person's talking about

[@yunarukami14]

@@ashashraa6579 To tell you the truth, I do not remember any reason whatsoever on why I typed that. I apologize for my curt comment

[@bethmcavoy8062]

Incredible scene! Patty Duke one the Oscar for her performance as Helen Keller. Well deserved! Rest in Peace Patty Duke, thank you for your advocacy for mental health care.

[@buyerofsorts]

"won".

[@Rippenhengst]

Perhaps her condition was the reason she was able acting like this ...

[@fivefiveqt214]

@@Rippenhengst or maybe she’s just talented

[@fivefiveqt214]

R.I.P. to all of them…the actors and the characters they played

[@pietrob7420]

They both “won” the Oscar.

[@preciousfox4740]

Remarkable scene! Can you imagine the strength, the perseverance, the patience that Annie had to have had?? If she had've hit me with that doll, I probably would have given up

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

Annie went through much worse when she was Helen's age. She was used to no help from anyone. She probably went through trauma when she was a kid. Losing your handicapped brother must've been one of the most traumatic things to happen ALL while living in a psych ward because their parents didn't want to deal with them.

[@12classics39]

Sean Astin definitely inherited his mother's acting abilities. What talents they both are ... and they look exactly alike, too!

[@katiejohnston988]

This was probably the most realistic “Miracle Worker” adaptation. The little girl in this movie looks the most like Helen Keller really did in real life and behaved very similarly to her too. I really loved Disney’s “Miracle Worker” adaptation with Hallie Eisenberg as Helen too, she played that role very well. But I think in that movie they made her look a little too much like a little dressed up doll or something. In the Disney version, Helen’s clothes are always pristine clean and she has long, curly dark hair which always done so beautifully. The real Helen Keller had shorter, messier hair and her clothes were always dirty from always eating off people’s plates & stuff. Guess for a Disney, they had to tone things down a little so it wouldn’t be too intense for kids.

[@vanyadolly]

The Disney version is very cleaned up, but it does get credit for actually having a child play Helen, and I think all the performances were very good. She's supposed to be seven but looks like a teenager in the other adaptions.

[@fivefiveqt214]

To have legends like Anne Bancroft and a then 16 year old Patty Duke play such intense roles will forever be iconic and almost impossible to top in future adaptations. Their Oscars was well deserved. R.I.P. to them both.

[@andieallison6792]

@@vanyadolly ehh, I'd rather have a teenager playing a child character (I honestly thought she was supposed to be 12 not 7 lol) who gives an amazing performance, than a child playing the character but giving an okay performance.

[@JoseCortes-on6uy]

The startling ferocity of that brutal whack at Bancroft's face lifts this movie above the overripe, groan-inducing Hollywood sentimentality. This scene, the stylized main titles, the prolongued dinner table scuffle, those grainy memory flashbacks, and Bancroft and Duke's hard tenacity remain powerful after all these years. The film ends on a sentimental note, yes, but it is earned, not forced on us.

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

Totally agreed! The sentimental ending came naturally. I'd argue that the first scene of the movie also let us know that this wasn't going to be a soft movie. It was real and raw. All the pain it took to teach Helen not only how to communicate, but also teach her manners must've been physically draining. Even Helen herself explained in her book, "The Story of My Life" that she wasn't an easy kid. This showed how far she would come when she was an adult who became one of the most well-known disability activists, suffragettes, and Civil Rights activists of all time!

[@andieallison6792]

"it is earned, not forced on us" Uh what?

[@nodevoutt]

I remember watching this in school as a kid. Everyone laughed when she smacked her face with the doll. all I could think of was my parents grounding me for being such a brat lol

[@krystalrussell8046]

Reminder she's deaf and blind and touch is necessary.

[@skyguy1236]

@@krystalrussell8046 plus, in the play, annie constantly mentions they are treating her special because she's disabled

[@Jessica-mq3mm]

Yup! They gave the kid sweets when she bit people!! Her parents absolutely reinforced her behavior

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

@@Jessica-mq3mm Total enablers!

[@PrincessButterflySadie]

@@Jessica-mq3mm I know, but her parents didn't know how to discipline her. They thought it was impossible to control a blind and deaf child. Helen wasn't even 2 years old when she suffered the scarlet fever. They basically gave up mostly. The only way they could make Helen calm down is if they give a piece of Peppermint, she'll be quiet for a short while. But after they gave her one after Helen stab Annie's hand with a sewing needle, they admit they didn't know they were "rewarding" her, they thought they were just trying to keep her calm and they apologize to Annie.

[@rosierose1917]

What love and patience can do ❤️ what an amazing person Ann Sullivan was

[@ANGELILYworks]

AMAZING ACTING!!!

[@adorexshayy3907]

It wasn’t acting

[@Saints2929]

@@adorexshayy3907 wydm

[@Saints2929]

How it not acting

[@adorexshayy3907]

@@Saints2929 idk if its the real hellen

[@Saints2929]

It not hellen

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

After seeing this movie, I can tell that Sean Astin gets his looks from his mom (Patty Duke). They have the same eyes and face. Also, Anne Bancroft was amazing in this movie too. Not surprised that both of them won Oscars. Especially after seeing them doing that physically intense and taxing scene where Annie tries to get Helen to eat with a spoon... The part where Annie keeps giving her the silver spoons while Helen just smacks them away was enough to let me know why they won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress

[@EM2theBee]

The acting is amazing!

[@SplunkyTK]

You can’t convince me that this chick didn’t know what she was doing

[@thatsockyoulostinthedryer2288]

Like 1:50 she did that on purpose 😂

[@indigo-streak9912]

😂😂 Lets play whack-a-teacher 😂😂 I'll be Helen you be the teacher 🔨

[@ajallen9674]

She totally did. She was incredibly intelligent. In her autobiography she admits to locking her mother in a closet once.

[@redmoonlight1549]

Play it at 0.25x when Helen hits her with the doll😂😂

[@Ilovevedios44]

Omg 😂🤣

[@teacup251]

Oh lord💀💀💀

[@fivefiveqt214]

Bruh 😭😭

[@dirkdiggler8093]

Bancroft is amazing. Wish I could have seen her live.

[@melizmatea]

You should read Patty Duke's autobiography and what she went through to do this part, first on Broadway, then the film. She was started living with her managers from a young age and they were pretty unscrupulous. It wasn't the greatest childhood! The work she put into the role was insane.

[@fivefiveqt214]

I heard life for her was never the same after this role (in a bad way). I will have to check out her autobiography.

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

Her hard work definitely showed. It's sad that her life was never the same since the stage play and movie, though...

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE ANNE BANCROFT TO DEATH SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT ACTRESS

[@MsBackstager]

What a workout.

[@ebayordie4633]

I heard Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is gonna play Helen Keller in the updated version of this movie

[@lillianpandola9963]

Hahahahahahaha

[@bigchungus5058]

eBay Or Die i was not expecting that 😂

[@oliviapete]

All I can imagine is him concaving her face with that doll

[@blackbroadwayandbeyond]

😂

[@melizmatea]

@@oliviapete I shouldn't laugh but that's a funny comment!

[@hugedisappointment309]

Another point why Helen Keller would be an amazing ufc fighter

[@LordMarvin1993]

Love the facepalm at the end, she's like "she's deaf...duh"

[@takuanp1ckles]

1:47 Me watching the movie: Aww her smile's so cute Helen: WHACK

[@meilingmoore9631]

Am devastated to know she has now gone on to another stage. She was phenomenal and so sweet in person.

[@h193013]

They should have had Anne Bancroft guest star on The Patty Duke Show.

[@JxRocs]

I know that slap at 1:30 stung lol

[@evelynmontez3565]

Patty Duke was so amazing

[@angelrussell750]

Remember people she lost two senses.

[@preciousfox4740]

And at the same time no less! Poor girl didn't even have a chance to understand her world, until Annie Sullivan came in

[@jcampezzi1027]

Helen! Helen let me...(duh, she can't hear).

[@princessangie7809]

the vibrations and the banging of the door

[@randomwrestlingthemes524]

@@princessangie7809 vibrations on the floor dont tell anyone what to say

[@princessangie7809]

@@randomwrestlingthemes524 huh?

[@jesseramirez9262]

LOL she smack the doll in Annie’s face l watch this at my school l laugh so hard!

[@DragonGoddess18]

I do like this movie I feel so bad for Anne Sullivan. Both the movie version and the real life one. Dealing with,well.... Helen's behavior

[@Elwrt455]

Phenomenal performance and film

[@halogaming4600]

This is a amazing movie

[@karleecraziness9216]

Did Patty really hit Anne? There was nothing that looked fake.

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

Did Anne Bancroft win an academy award for this

[@nostalgik._]

Yes, she did. For Best Actress.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

We all loved Anne, didn’t we, Mel?

[@belindacasillas7338]

Great book ...read it..and watch the movie...

[@glennacollison6342]

Poor little Helen Keller, but at least she graduated collage, Anne died at the age of 47. I don't know when Helen died. 😥

[@nerdieone1]

Glenna Collison Anne was 70 when she died.

[@miguelronquillo5238]

that 7 not the real Helen

[@frenchieseverine4514]

Real Anne sullivan died at the age of 70,she was born in 1866 and died in 1936 and Helen died at an advanced age at 88.A full and amazing life!

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

*Anne was 70 when she died.* Patty Duke, who played 'Anne Sullivan' in the 1979 TV remake and won the Emmy for it, was barely the shortest-lived Sullivan. She passed away last year, aged 69. Bancroft was 73.

[@HomerSimpson-ig9uh]

Helen died in 1968 at age 87

[@starity8402]

we just the miracle worker book from high school

[@dyl_ez1714]

1:50 and that’a on periodt 😂

[@dpwater25]

😂 lol the end

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Helen Keller was one of the ten most influential and memorable non-clergy people in world history. Bancroft was the greatest American born actress.

[@ManongChito]

In the movies, sometimes you will think if she is really blind or not because Helen knows where to hit Anne.

[@Alex89th]

DAHM i would love too see this movie someday

[@kerryyyorke4210]

i crying right now ngl i feel bad for Hellen

[@chaseofbase5292]

I was kicked out of English class for laughing so hard.

[@ipegeorge740]

Really?😰

[@cowj_uice]

Wowzer Bowser LMAOOOO

[@Star-xy2zp]

😂

[@fivefiveqt214]

😂😂😂

[@claritaposelli744]

Spettacolare!

[@davidespinoza310]

I think she’s one of the smartest person of all time

[@arontamas5639]

I know Anne Bancroft's Oscar win was mostly thanks to Joan Crawford "calls" not to vote for Bette Davis but it's so unfair, she was so memorable in this role, her and Patty Duke as well who is my number one winner in Best supporting actress category by the way.

[@luiszarate9018]

I’m so. Sorry ms. Annie

[@jiyeongayuwoki811]

Yo hace rato me hubiera desgraciado, para ser educador uffff admirables

[@nyrrareyes7221]

I know this movie because. I have this original book 📚

[@teacup251]

*the

[@johnLennon255]

Oh misses Robinson, you look beautiful

[@jeenashirkey1987]

I busted out laughing when she hit her in the face with the doll

[@alcd6333]

Some biographies claim Helen Keller slugged Annie Sullivan with her fist, nearly knocking her out. Anne Bancroft got off easy.

[@111SweetP]

"LLLL" Lol

[@lampham5525]

Didnt know Hellen Keller was Samwise Gamgee's mother

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

Ok, what was Hellen Keller’s favorite color? Answer: Corduroy !

[@jarrodyuki7081]

1. were not lizards we cant regenerate organs 2. living like this is worse than death.

[@purplelove2863]

Is this original on KZbin anywhere? I’d like to watch the original one! Thank you

[@voicegirl555]

Happy Birthday Anna Marie (Patty) Duke! This is my favorite of all the films you did. You were wonderful! I really loved your performance and thought you should have gone further in films than you did.

[@lizzy4345]

It's make me laugh 😆 lol

[@sakakiyuya805]

footage of an adult teaching deaf and blind kid for like minutes straight 1962

[@5Mariner]

Mel Brooks was a lucky man

[@bettyhannon5753]

This must have been exhausting.

[@ismara17]

Look an Anne she's sweating

[@Cierra892]

Her name is anne broncroft she was 22 when she was in this movie and I believe she died 2003 or somwhere in the 2000 she died of a cancer but anyway I love it

[@fred5399]

Breana Farrington But she was a hottie.

[@josephhernandez1885]

2005 it was

[@lizxlana]

She was 31 when they made this movie. 1962-1931= 31 but still gorgeous either way. She was born in 1931. It was made 31 years later. She died in 2005 at the age of 73

[@lizxlana]

@Karena Fox okay! :)

[@lizxlana]

@Karena Fox your welcome!

[@chillenhaal6944]

I fell off my bed..

[@loveyou-lm3ch]

LMFAOOO IM DOONEE BRUUUH

[@shaanpaul8331]

Scary 😰

[@scr1231]

I wouldn't have messed with Anne Sullivan.

[@liz5473]

Im confused by the way anne was portrayed in the movie. Facial expressions and visual reactions? Wasnt she blind herself?

[@scr1231]

lo z she was nearly blind but had 9 eye surgeries, but went blind at age 35.

[@rameshjagtap5130]

Respected teacher? God himself.

[@khushalsinghrajput4776]

I'm here from Sandeep maheswari 😍

[@AnoraJohnson]

Okay...so why isn't this closed captioned?

[@kellycoleman1122]

Or have any type of audio description for someone who’s blind.

[@AnoraJohnson]

@@kellycoleman1122 Wow, those are some major shortcomings...especially for this movie.

[@TicTac27]

It’s… ironic

[@nephewbob7264]

Whats Helen Kellers favorite movie? Around the Block in 80 days

[@teacup251]

Helen hit her with the doll I 💀💀💀💀

[@collinwhelen7973]

I feel bad and at the smae time I don’t feel bad for laughing while watching this in my english class especially the scene were she walks around like a zombie I had to cover my face because my teacher was glaring at me and my friend for laughing. I feel bad but at the same time it was funny to me anyways

[@kidflash5949]

...What?

[@collinwhelen7973]

Sorry I had a stroke while writing this I guess in short I feel bad for laughing but still found it funny when helen was walking around like a zombie

[@keffjeff5108]

in the face

[@tiwariri]

I saw this movie and it’s Indian version Black. No match to original movie, beautiful movie and excellent scene.

[@yuthikasahu1329]

She is like someone has possessed her! She is scary

[@teacup251]

Who Helen or Anne?

[@nickheinrich5145]

Look at time 1:42 it so looks like Patty Duke (Face)

[@sianharry8053]

It is patty

[@isaiasrosas4787]

Damn

[@menacanelas1612]

THATS A WEIRD MS ANNE!!!!! 😕😕

[@josephhernandez1885]

Mena Canelas back then they were known by Mr or miss first name

[@misanoshitiri9089]

🤣🤣😂😂🤭🤭

[@Cierra892]

Oh and she was 73 when she died

[@jackyisnotnormal5044]

She was 88 not 73

[@talabeni6526]

She was 87

[@lizxlana]

Tala Beni I know this is very late to respond but Anne Bancroft died at 73. So she is right. She is talking about Anne Bancroft, not the real Annie Sullivan. She is right.

[@Saints2929]

@@lizxlana ok

[@PYRAMIDHEAD1051]

Mrs. Robinson or Aunt Annie Sullivan?

[@wellhi5815]

wow that is one big 6 year old

[@TheAnandchannel]

0:46 at this time Hellen keller who looking like Justin Bieber 😂

[@TheAnandchannel]

Yes

[@TheAnandchannel]

Yes

[@TheAnandchannel]

Yes

[@TheAnandchannel]

Yes

[@TheAnandchannel]

You are right

[@ndev8593]

I don’t understand how she can learn if she is deaf or blind from 19 months old.

[@NathanGallegos-pj6sw]

Spoiler :19-:22 you can hear Helen say K, she can hear?!?😱😱

[@mblake9127]

That's Anne Sullivan spelling "cake" to Helen. Watch her mouth and her hands spelling it to and for Helen.

[@pufflehuff608]

1:49 i feel bad

[@teacup251]

Same 😭😂

[@screenapple1660]

I was like this trying to get revenge with autistic nephew. He locked me up. if anyone you have dumbest kid. Always mock their worthless God. Always play education game when child don't like. Once you done that. Child will get smarter. Don't let your child win for being stupidity.

[@MrScottishManiacCat]

PAUSE 1:50 Helen knocked annie tooth out

[@laurahovland612]

Doesn't Helen in this movie also play as the teacher in the 2000 version? Sorry if it's a stupid question but the actresses look similar.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

Patty Duke, who played 'Helen Keller' here, played 'Anne Sullivan' in the 1979 TV remake (with Melissa Gilbert as 'Helen').

[@successforway2482]

Reyally helan ki life se hame kuch sikhna chahiye

[@Saints2929]

Last

[@omarcaro6858]

I still don’t understand why she’s sounding out the letters if Helen was deaf. How could helen interpret the sounds and make the connection to the hand movement . Say for example a balled fist makes the letter “A” and phonetic sound aaaa correct. She can feel the balled fist in her had correct ,but how can she hear Ann pronounce the letter “A” and interpret that it makes the sound “aaahh” or “aayyee” if she’s can’t hear she can only feel. How can she understand what the sound of “W” is if she’s never heard nor can pronounce it, she can only feel this three pointed letter. How can you feel someone a sound if they haven’t heard it before?

[@colinyoung5608]

Real answer is: for the movie audience. Possible explanation for the character to do it? Maybe out of habit, from teaching students that are merely blind?

[@flowerfaerie8931]

Likely out of habit. Annie could hear just fine, and for a hearing person your first instinct when trying to communicate with someone is to speak with words. Plus, it’s also likely that spelling the words out loud helped her keep track of which hand signs to do in which order.

[@guillermoatondo9844]

My deaf

[@user-tq9vs6fc9u]

who is anne in this movie?

[@ANGELILYworks]

志瑜杨 Anne Bancroft