The Dark Wave

This article is about the 1956 film. For the music genre, see Dark Wave.

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
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 (1956-06)
Running time	23 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Cast

• Charles Bickford
• Nancy Davis
• Cornell Borchers

See also

• List of American films of 1956