MissGoddess
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"Desperate" and "hated" I don't pick up in the slightest. :0 Small town life may not have appealed to her in general based on her dry remarks, but on the whole she acts like a perfectly contented woman who was very happy with her choice. She had the career already---which really was a handy gimmick to justify Doris singing the title song in the movie.
I see only that she plays it as a contented wife and mother and not at all like a frustrated one. I think that's reading modern prejudices into it. It's really not accurate to judge these performances by common ideologies of today.
And no worries, I didn't think you were attacking any of those things. I won't get into those discusions at all in places like this because my own ideas are extremely individualistic and not at all influenced by today's thinking---so don't think I was trying to take the conversation in that direction.
The supreme irony is that Doris herself was forced to work when she wanted to enjoy a quiet life with the right husband and have healthy, happy children. Unfortunately, the men she married pushed her to work to support their lifestyles.
Miss G
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I thank you, Mrs. C, for the article detailing some background information on the filming of Seven Days. I knew it had to be one ot their first "talkies".
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Interesting, now I don't see that Doris was "under her husband's thumb" at all! She's so obviously happy---or do you get that impression because she gave up her career? Which is understandable. However, some of the strongest women on earth are happy to give up working outside the home to take on the vastly more ambitious role of wife and mother and she doesn't seem to regret it.
She acts happy and confident---in fact, if you will recall she is the first one to suspect the "Arab", not her husband. She gives no indications of being put upon, but appears proud of her former career and present family---that I recall, and I've seen it many times. I also don't think Hitch would have created such a female protagonist as you describe. He liked subtlety and to "play" with stereotypes.
Anyway, that's how it struck me upon deeper reflection.
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Me too! Especially the noirs with Alan Ladd.[/nobr]
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Thanks, Mongo! I did a quick peek and it doesn't seem to be scheduled yet, but it does seem to have been released on VHS at one time. Maybe that means it might make it to dvd one day, perhaps as part of a set with other versions.
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> Well, I can think of better uses for comic relief.
> As I said, I've become inured but I certainly wish I
> wasn't - It's a shameful sign of our times.
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> Anne
That reminds me of when I first moved to New York City. I was shocked at hearing that word used constantly everywhere I walked, on the streets, in casual conversation, etc. And talking with another friend who moved to New York around the same time we both admitted, laughing ruefully, how it doesn't even raise our eyebrows now, not to mention the difficulty of trying to keep from saying bad words ourselves! It is as much a part of everyday life now as it was unheard of to speak that way in "mixed company" oh, so long ago.
Miss G
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There is a scene in The Sandpiper which I always find so funny. The principal of a Methodist school for boys, played by Richard Burton, has two young students to punish for writing one of "the English language's most ancient and ardent words" on the blackboard. His decision? He orders them to look up the word in three other languages, conjugate each verb, decline each noun, etc. etc., over and over.
I think they need to make some of today's screenwrites do the same!
Miss G
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[nobr]Along with Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta Jones---one of Wales' most talented children: Ray Milland:[/nobr]
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I forgot about The Major and The Minor---what a great comedy! Billy Wilder's directorial debut and it's a beaut.
Miss G
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I must confess I really like his villain in Dial M for Murder more than the "good guy" played by Robert Cummings! He was so suave and charming. I also thought he was very good in The Big Clock, The Uninvited and of course, in The Lost Weekend.
Miss G
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Yes he's in a teeny-weeny tub and looks so funny all "folded up" trying to fit in it!
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I see it's available in Europe so maybe I will order it alnog with Desire. Now if only the non-Von movie, Angel, would come to dvd I'd be walking on air!!
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Thank you, Mongo, for taking the trouble to look that up for me! It sounds like a movie I'd love to see: a modern take on Crime and Punishment. I certainly hope TCM airs it one day!
I think Arnold would have made an amazing King Henry VIII, not because of his girth only but mainly for his command of the language and his presence.
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Hi fellow GWTW fans,
Thought everyone might enjoy this article that appeared on an Indian news site. While it offers little that's new to fans of the film, it is proof how enduring it's appeal remains.
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> Actually, I think your intention of posting those
> pictures were to show off Cooper to the ladies on
> this thread.
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Hee! I think you are right, Dan, and I for one am happy to see him in his kilt.
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I'll have to rent the dvd just to hear that commentary. It's not one of my favorites, except for Linda's scenes---she was smashing. However, it's well-made and is a much more complex character for Andrews. He was surprisingly adept at either straightforward types or at playing decidedly ambiguous characters, like this one---which is probably one of his least likable.
Miss G
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I remember Bob Hope doing it quite often in the Road pictures and in his solo efforts. I think Groucho did so as well.
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I don't think it was an inspired idea, but I don't think it or anything like that can possibly make me think Brian Keith or Maureen O'Hara were despicable! Lol!
I'll back up and say that almost any movie made today about raising kids makes me feel exactly the way you do. I get so fired up I could really spit sometimes to see how screwed up people's ideas have gotten since those innocent days, and I thank heaven my Mother was tough and not influenced by anyone outside the family. Sigh.
Everyone: Did you see the mention on this website about a new book called "Old Movies for the Family," or something like? It apparently lists classic movie suggestions by age group. I haven't looked into it in any detail yet so I don't yet know what the suggested films are....
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And the language! I can't believe some of the words that show up on primetime television not to mention movies. :0
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Hi Anne,
Yes, that's too true. There are a handful of exceptions, happily---Anthony Mann's DEVIL'S DOORWAY would be a good one to show because it's one of the first to feature a main character as a Native American coping with the infringement of settlers upon his land. It's beautifully photographed, too, in noirish black and white.
Also, I would recommend Fort Apache, because along with clearly showing how the Indians were lied to by the Government and taken advantage of by its representatives, it also shows cavalry life and the positive, communal aspects of life on the frontiers---something that will be so exotic and foreign to kids because there is NO communal life at all anywhere on earth outside of a third world village perhaps---and even those are disappearing.
Miss G
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More beautiful covers, thanks!
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Peck also has the Hemingway connection, having starred in The Snows of Kilimanjaro with one of Papa's favorites, Ava Gardner.
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Indeed! Everytime I'd watch one I'd be so impressed and there in the end credits would be "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock".
Not that the other directors, especially Robert Stevenson, weren't first rate. I've been impressed and surprised by every episode I've seen.
One thing I noticed that separated his espisodes as peculiarly Hitch's "style" was there was invariably a longer sequence filmed entirely without dialogue and almost without any sound. His background in silents never left him and gave him such a command of the "visual".
Miss G
What Hitchcock movies have you seen, and which is the best?
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Thanks, C.