Glory Enough for All

*Glory Enough for All*
Glory Enough for All
	Movie poster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Grahame Woods
Directed by	Eric Till
Starring	R. H. Thomson; Robert Wisden
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	W. Patterson Ferns, Joseph Green, David Elstein
Producer	Gordon Hinch
Production companies	Gemstone Productions, Primedia Productions
Original release
Network	CBC
Release	28 June 1988

Glory Enough for All is a 1988 Canadian television movie directed by Eric Till and written by Grahame Woods, depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. It was the winner of nine 1989 Gemini Awards. The film stars R. H. Thomson as Banting, and Robert Wisden as Best. It is based on the books The Discovery of Insulin and Banting: A Biography by historian Michael Bliss.^[1]

It was aired in November 1989 in the United States in two parts as part of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre and introduced by Alistair Cooke.^[2]

Plot synopsis

The movie focuses on Banting and Best and their isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto for which Banting received the 1923 Nobel Prize along with John Macleod.^[3] A parallel story is told of Elizabeth Hughes, a young girl with diabetes.

Cast

R. H. Thomson as Frederick Banting
Robert Wisden as Charles Best
Michael Zelniker as James Collip
John Woodvine as John Macleod
Martha Henry as Antoinette Hughes
Kate Trotter as Edith Roach
Leah Pinsent as Margaret Mahon
Rachel Blanchard as Melanie
Seana McKenna as Jessica Collip
Gerard Parkes as Duncan Graham
Heather Hess as Elizabeth Hughes

Reception

The movie was the winner of nine Gemini Awards at the 4th Gemini Awards in 1989, including Best Dramatic Mini-Series, Best Performance by a Lead Actor, Best Performance by a Lead Actress, Best Writing, Best Photography, and Best Musical Score among others.^[4]

References

^ Higby, Gregory (1997). The Inside Story of Medicines: A Symposium. Vol. 16. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. pp. 1–304. ISBN 0-931292-32-8. PMID 11619886. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ PBS Archive entry for Glory Enough For All
^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923".
^ "R. H. Thomson's Banting best Glory Enough For All the big winner at Gemini Awards". TheStar.com. 6 December 1989. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

External links

Glory Enough for All at IMDb

[1] Higby, Gregory (1997). The Inside Story of Medicines: A Symposium. Vol. 16. American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. pp. 1–304. ISBN 0-931292-32-8. PMID 11619886. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

[2] PBS Archive entry for Glory Enough For All

[3] "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923".

[4] "R. H. Thomson's Banting best Glory Enough For All the big winner at Gemini Awards". TheStar.com. 6 December 1989. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

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