Annie makes the mistake of trying to take the doll away from her, and Helen uses the doll to lambaste her in the mouth. Pleased, Annie tries another word.but Helen is more interested in the doll than the new finger game. Intrigued, Helen spells it back to her, imitating the letters perfectly. Annie seizes the opportunity to introduce Helen to the finger alphabet for the deaf by spelling the word 'doll' against Helen's palm. She has brought a doll for the little girl and Helen is delighted with it. She quickly recognizes Helen's intelligence and curiosity. At the Keller's home, her first meeting with Helen is promising. But she has a plan, and is greatly determined to make a place for herself in the world, and a better world for her new student. She is still recovering from a series of operations that have only partially restored her own vision, she has a reputation for being stubborn and is haunted by a tragic childhood. Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), a 20-year-old Irish-American girl, newly graduated from the Perkins Institute for the Blind in South Boston, is recommended for the position.

Keller can't bear the thought of having her shut up in an asylum, so Captain Keller reluctantly agrees to find a teacher/companion for her. But after an incident in which she flings her new baby sister violently out of her cradle so she can use it for her doll, it is clear something must be done about her, and soon. She is allowed to wander wherever she wants, and do as she pleases. Keller, Great Aunt Ev (Kathleen Comegys), Helen's older half-brother James (Andrew Prine) and the domestic help-have all given up trying to communicate with her or control her. The adults in the household-Captain and Mrs. By 1887, Helen (Patty Duke) has grown into a healthy, but extremely difficult, child.

As a result of her illness, Baby Helen is now irrevocably blind and deaf. She blurts out her fears to him, he grabs up the lantern, and waves it before the baby's eyes, and screams her name in an attempt to get a reaction.all without effect. She calls out for Captain Keller, who returns at a run. She is at first puzzled, then frightened. Something about the baby's face catches her attention. Keller (Inga Swenson) stays with the baby, smiling, talking, gently tucking the covers around her.

Captain Keller (Victor Jory) goes with the doctor to see him out. At last he smiles, and tells them the crisis has passed, she will recover from the illness. Keller, a doctor examines a baby in a crib while her parents stand anxiously by.

On a night in 1882, at the Alabama home of Captain and Mrs.

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