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{{Short description|1950 film by Ida Lupino}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Never Fear
| image = File:Never Fear.jpg

| caption =
| director = [[Ida Lupino]]
| producer = [[Collier Young]]
| writer = {{ubl|Ida Lupino|[[Collier Young]]}}
| starring = [[Sally Forrest]]<br>[[Keefe Brasselle]]<br>[[Hugh O'Brian]]
| music = [[Leith Stevens]]
| cinematography = [[Archie Stout]]
| editing = {{ubl|Harvey Manger|[[William H. Ziegler]]}}
| studio = [[Ida Lupino|The Filmakers]]
| distributor = [[Eagle-Lion Films]]
| released = {{film date|1950|1||}}
| runtime = 81-82 minutes<ref name=afi />
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $151,000<ref name=afi />
| gross =
}}
'''''Never Fear''''', also known as '''''The Young Lovers''''', is a 1950 American [[drama (film and television)|drama]] film directed and co-written by [[Ida Lupino]], and produced by Lupino and [[Collier Young]]. It stars [[Sally Forrest]], [[Keefe Brasselle]], and [[Hugh O'Brian]].

== Plot ==
Carol Williams is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career who is crippled by polio. Her dance partner and fiancé Guy Richards wants to see her through her illness, but Carol prefers to endure her recovery alone. Carol's father takes her to the [[Kaiser Permanente|Kabat-Kaiser Institute]] for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. By allowing others to share her grief, Carol is able to pull herself together and go on with her life.

== Cast ==
* [[Sally Forrest]] as Carol Williams
* [[Keefe Brasselle]] as Guy Richards
* [[Hugh O'Brian]] as Len Randall
* [[Eve Miller]] as Phyllis Townsend
* [[Lawrence Dobkin]] as Dr. Middleton
* Rita Lupino as Josie
* [[Herb Butterfield]] as Walter Williams
* [[Kevin O'Morrison]] as Red Dawson
* Stanley Waxman as Dr. Taylor
* [[Jerry Hausner]] as Mr. Brownlee
* John Franco as Carlos

'''Cast notes:'''
*Rita Lupino was director/co-writer Ida Lupino's sister.

== Production ==
''Never Fear'' was the first directorial credit for actress Ida Lupino, although an item in ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Frank Cavett was originally intended to direct. The film was also Hugh O'Brian's first credited film role. During the making of the film, the name of the production company of Lupino and Collier Young, her husband at the time, was changed from Emerald Productions to The Filmmakers. Lupino and Young used their own money and that of friends to raise the $151,000 they used to make the film; they did not approach the major studios for financing. As a result of their work, RKO gave Lupino and Young a nine-month contract as an independent production unit.<ref name=afi />

Lupino had contracted polio in 1934 and suffered the same fevers and pains as does the Carol Williams character, and she also faced the same dark thoughts and fear that she would not walk again. Lupino's major symptoms persisted for only a brief period of time, leaving her with minor problems in her leg and hand. She remained a supporter of causes to fight the disease, and ''Never Fear'' was released in 1949, the year with America's highest-ever recorded total of polio cases.<ref>Staff (December 13, 1950) [https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/13/archives/2d-worst-polio-year-record-598-cases-in-48th-week-help-bring-total.html?searchResultPosition=2 "2D Worst Polio Year"] ''[[The New York Times]]'' Quote:"Last year was the most severe."</ref> During production, Lupino fell and broke her ankle, and made some use of a wheelchair while directing.<ref>Staff (February 27, 1949) "Mobile Direction" ''[[Los Angeles Mirror]]'' p.29</ref>

The rehabilitation scenes were shot at the Kabat-Kaiser Institute in [[Santa Monica, California]]. Many of the actors used were actual rehab patients at the institute, and a scene depicting a wheelchair square dance featured a group of real wheelchair dancers from Kabat-Kaiser.<ref>Williams, Dick (October 10, 1949) "Shades of Davy Crocket: A Square Dance in Wheelchairs" ''[[Los Angeles Mirror]]'' p.36</ref>

The film was initially released as ''The Young Lovers'' and has also been titled ''They're Called Young Lovers'', which may have been for a television release.<ref name=afi>{{AFI film|26424}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The film was not popular because of its subject matter and did not turn a profit for The Filmakers, Lupino's and Young's production company.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

A ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' review stated: "As written by Ida Lupino and Collier Young, the screenplay was psychologically sound in dealing with the emotional ups and downs of polio victims, and it is equally convincing as a documentary of treatment with effective shots of physical therapy."<ref>Donati, William (1996) ''Ida Lupino: a Biography'' Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p.168 {{ISBN|0-8131-1895-6}}</ref>

== Songs ==
* "Why Pretend" - music by John Franco
* "Guaymas" - music and lyrics by John Franco and [[William Earley]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{AFI film|26424}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0042783|title=Never Fear}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=84699}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=TheYoungLovers|name=The Young Lovers}}
* [https://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/kaiser-permanente’s-historical-role-in-rehabilitation-medicine/ History of KaiserPermanente in Rehabilitation Medicine]

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[[Category:1950 drama films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ida Lupino]]
[[Category:Films scored by Leith Stevens]]
[[Category:Eagle-Lion Films films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s American films]]

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