I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.

No one had probably ever thought it for that matter and it was there at that moment that a heart chiseled of stone melted. Scenes of Farmer being subjected to this lobotomy procedure were part of the 1982 film Frances which had initially been planned as an adaptation of Shadowland though its producers ultimately reneged on their agreement with Arnold. Life after hospitalization
On March 23 1950 at her parents' request Farmer was paroled back into her mother's care.

Farmer was the subject of two films one television special three books and numerous songs and magazine articles. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital.