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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 9, 2017 8:01:38 GMT
Work with amputeesUsing his own money for travel, Marshall visited many military hospitals during WWII. In particular, he focused on encouraging soldiers with amputations to keep a positive attitude and not to think of themselves as handicapped or limited. Despite his usual reluctance to discuss his own injury, he talked freely about his personal experiences in order to give these amputees tips on how to use and adjust to their new artificial limbs. Although mostly kept private, a 1945 article in Motion Picture Magazine reported, against Marshall's wishes, on his work at military hospitals. The author, Patty De Roulf, insisted that his story needed to be told to help injured veterans and their families and to show that "Marshall is doing one of the finest war jobs any human being can do." She interviewed one young officer, who recalled: Herbert Marshall gave me back my life. When I found out I had a metal claw instead of a hand, I was completely broken...Then one day, while I was in the hospital, we were told Herbert Marshall, the film star, was coming to talk to us. I was disgusted with the idea. A collar ad, I thought, coming to give us a Pollyanna speech!
It turned out to be anything but that. Mr. Marshall talked real sense into us. He followed it up with demonstrations, actually showing us what he could do. Before he left, we were convinced that if he had been able to lead a normal life, we could do the same. The article also quoted a veteran with a double amputation (left leg and right foot), who praised Marshall for showing him how to dance with a prosthetic leg. He considered the actor's advice and example to be his Ten Commandments. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Head of the Allied Forces in Europe, noted in private that, of all the film stars he met in Europe during the war, he was most impressed with Marshall and Madeleine Carroll (who worked as a nurse at field hospitals)
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Post by louise on Mar 12, 2017 10:02:10 GMT
what an interesting and moving story. Thanks for posting it, I knew nothing about it before. I have always liked herbert marshall as an actor, but this is a new side to him.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 13, 2017 9:32:45 GMT
I've always liked Herbert Marshall. He had a benign way about him, a sympathetic presence. Now I know why. Thanks for sharing .
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2017 12:23:36 GMT
I am not surprised that he did that work but his reluctance for it to not be publicised is commendable. I'm assuming one of the reasons he kept quiet about it was to avoid the patients bring thrust into the limelight and used as publicity material.
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Post by outrider127 on Mar 13, 2017 13:02:55 GMT
Work with amputeesUsing his own money for travel, Marshall visited many military hospitals during WWII. In particular, he focused on encouraging soldiers with amputations to keep a positive attitude and not to think of themselves as handicapped or limited. Despite his usual reluctance to discuss his own injury, he talked freely about his personal experiences in order to give these amputees tips on how to use and adjust to their new artificial limbs. Although mostly kept private, a 1945 article in Motion Picture Magazine reported, against Marshall's wishes, on his work at military hospitals. The author, Patty De Roulf, insisted that his story needed to be told to help injured veterans and their families and to show that "Marshall is doing one of the finest war jobs any human being can do." She interviewed one young officer, who recalled: Herbert Marshall gave me back my life. When I found out I had a metal claw instead of a hand, I was completely broken...Then one day, while I was in the hospital, we were told Herbert Marshall, the film star, was coming to talk to us. I was disgusted with the idea. A collar ad, I thought, coming to give us a Pollyanna speech!
It turned out to be anything but that. Mr. Marshall talked real sense into us. He followed it up with demonstrations, actually showing us what he could do. Before he left, we were convinced that if he had been able to lead a normal life, we could do the same. The article also quoted a veteran with a double amputation (left leg and right foot), who praised Marshall for showing him how to dance with a prosthetic leg. He considered the actor's advice and example to be his Ten Commandments. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Head of the Allied Forces in Europe, noted in private that, of all the film stars he met in Europe during the war, he was most impressed with Marshall and Madeleine Carroll (who worked as a nurse at field hospitals) great guy, didn't know any of this
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Post by gunshotwound on Mar 15, 2017 0:54:29 GMT
Herbert Marshall is one of my favorite actors. I did not know he had lost a leg until IMDb came along. I did not know of his work with amputees until this post. Makes me like him even more.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 9, 2020 2:41:52 GMT
THE LETTER Jeanne Eagles (1929) / Bette Davis (1940) Herbert Marshall as The Lover / The Husband
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 10, 2020 4:45:56 GMT
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