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Glory Enough for All
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Wikipedia article
'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 Herbert 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.
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.[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/archive/109/109.html PBS Archive entry for 'Glory Enough For All']
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. A parallel story is told of Elizabeth Hughes, a young girl with diabetes.
Cast
*R. H. Thomson as Frederick Banting
*Robert Wisden as Charles Herbert Best
*Michael Zelniker as James Collip
*John Woodvine as J.J.R. 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 1989 Gemini Awards 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.
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