
He scolds her for not coming to him immediately when he still could have done something to help her. It’s only a few days later when her vision goes completely out that they call for a doctor, who confirms that her retinas have detached and her condition is permanent. Belated Injury Realization: Sonora insists she doesn’t need a doctor after the accident and that she just needs to let her eyes rest for a bit.Rather than become a ward of the state, Sonora runs away to answer the ad and seek the life of adventure she’s always dreamed of. On the same day her aunt informs her she will be sending her to an orphanage to ease the family’s burdens (and the constant stress of Sonora’s antics) she sees an ad for “diving girls” in the paper. Times are tough and she escapes her harsh reality by dreaming of being a star in Atlantic City. Sonora Webster is growing up in rural Georgia during the height of The Great Depression.

The film was based on her memoir, A Girl And Five Brave Horses. Released on video in 1992.Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken is a 1991 American film by Walt Disney Pictures starring Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling, Cliff Robertson, Kathleen York, and Dylan Kussman, about the Horse Diver, Sonora W. The Atlantic City set was built in Myrtle Beach. Filmed at location sites in South Carolina. Based on the life story of Sonora Webster Carver, whose autobiography, A Girl and Five Brave Horses, was published in 1961.

Carver), Michael Schoeffling (Al Carver). Stars Gabrielle Anwar (Sonora Webster), Cliff Robertson (Dr. Despite setbacks, including sudden blindness, Sonora’s spirit and determination make her a legendary attraction at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier. Carver, Sonora sets out to prove she has star quality. Despite early rejection by the owner of the traveling stunt show, W.F.

With the stubborn confidence of a young woman determined to prove she can do anything she sets her mind to, Sonora answers a newspaper ad for a diving girl, one who leaps, astride a horse, from a 40-foot tower platform into a tank of water. Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (film) During the Depression, Sonora Webster, growing up in rural Georgia, longs for more excitement.
