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The Dark Wave
The Dark Wave
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Written by	Eugene Vale
Produced by	John Healy
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date	June 1956;
Running time	23 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Dark Wave is a 1956 American short documentary film directed by Jean Negulesco about a young girl with severe epilepsy. The short stars Charles Bickford and features Nancy Davis, the actress who would later become First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan. It was made in cooperation with the Variety Club Foundation to Combat Epilepsy (a predecessor of the Epilepsy Foundation), who received the profits.^[1]^[2]

The Dark Wave was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Documentary Short and the other for Best Two-Reel Short.^[3]^[4]

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References

^ "A Worthwhile Booking". Harrison's Reports. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 25. June 23, 1956. p. 1.
^ United States Public Health Service Audiovisual Facility (1966). Neurological and Sensory Disease: Film Guide, 1966. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Division of Chronic Diseases, Neurological & Sensory Disease Service Program. p. 13.
^ "NY Times: The Dark Wave". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

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[1] "A Worthwhile Booking". Harrison's Reports. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 25. June 23, 1956. p. 1.

[2] United States Public Health Service Audiovisual Facility (1966). Neurological and Sensory Disease: Film Guide, 1966. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Division of Chronic Diseases, Neurological & Sensory Disease Service Program. p. 13.

[NY_Times-3] "NY Times: The Dark Wave". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

[Oscars1957-4] "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

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