How Was Mark Twain Connected To The Movie The Miracle Worker?
Mark Twain’s connection to the movie ‘the miracle worker’ is a significant one. He was great admirer of the blind and deaf girl, Helen Keller. He first met them, Keller and Anne Sullivan at a party at the home of Laurence Hutton, Twain’s old age friend, in the winter in New York City. His wife paid for Helen’s college fees. Twain was the one that had labelled Anne Sullivan as a miracle worker. His choice of words had later become a popular title for Anne Sullivan and was used in William Gibson’s play and feature film, ‘the miracle worker’ The movie ‘the miracle worker was tag lined as an emotional earthquake because of its excellent direction and acting. The movie was released on the 28th of July 1962. It won two Oscars at the academy awards.
