![]() Unfortunately, her aunt is unable to keep up with expenses and tells Sonora that she will have to go to an orphanage now. Even if it means dealing with bad hair days! She has dreams of becoming famous one day and will do anything she can to achieve that. She is in her late teens and lives with her strict aunt in the countryside. The film takes place during the Great Depression where we are introduced to our main character, Sonora Webster, played by Gabrielle Anwar. Did it break my heart? Read on to find out! ![]() ![]() I personally hadn’t heard of this film at all until I decided to watch it for this blog. Carver was still alive at the time to see the film (she lived a very long life dying in 2003 at the age of 99). 30 years later, Disney released a film based on the memoir entitled Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken. In 1961, the horse diver, Sonora Webster Carver, wrote a memoir about her life entitled A Girl and Five Brave Horses. Released on video in 1992.(If this is your first time on this blog, I ask you to read my About page first! You can find a link to it at the top left-hand corner of this blog. The Atlantic City set was built in Myrtle Beach. Filmed at location sites in South Carolina. Based on the life story of Sonora Webster Carver, whose autobiography, A Girl and Five Brave Horses, was published in 1961. Carver), Michael Schoeffling (Al Carver). Stars Gabrielle Anwar (Sonora Webster), Cliff Robertson (Dr. Despite setbacks, including sudden blindness, Sonora’s spirit and determination make her a legendary attraction at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier. ![]() Carver, Sonora sets out to prove she has star quality. Despite early rejection by the owner of the traveling stunt show, W.F. With the stubborn confidence of a young woman determined to prove she can do anything she sets her mind to, Sonora answers a newspaper ad for a diving girl, one who leaps, astride a horse, from a 40-foot tower platform into a tank of water. ![]() Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (film) During the Depression, Sonora Webster, growing up in rural Georgia, longs for more excitement. ![]()
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