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Touched by Love: Directed by Gus Trikonis. With Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos. A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.
Jan 7, 2021 · Based on the book "To Elvis with Love". TCB Long live the Spirit of Elvis ⚡ ⚡. On May 1st, 1949 Karen Brown entered the world in a way you pray all children never will...handicapped.Rejected ...
Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin. First released to theaters in April 1980, the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression.
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Brief Synopsis. Lena Canada is a therapist who is working with Karen, a cerebral palsy patient who is a wheelchair-bound, and is possibly also autistic. As a way to bring Karen back into the world, Lena has her start writing pen pal letters to her favorite celebrity, Elvis Presley.
Based on nursing trainee Lena Canada's memoir, Touched By Love is the story of a cerebral palsy victim's pen-pal relationship with Elvis Presley. Fine performances by Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin.
This is a touching true story and fine adaption of Lena Canada's book about a lonely handicapped girl (Diane Lane) and her devotion to a very special person. With the help from a social worker (Deborah Raffin), the girl begins writing letters to her hero and the return correspondence transforms her dying days.
