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HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, Doctor.. I need to be sedated. Better yet... make me comatose. The Grey one is never going to let me live THIS down.
(hangs head in shame and sobs uncontrollably) (ps.. thanks for calling me a "young woman, by the way!!)
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cough... sputter... gasp.. cough...
Excuse me while I blow a little dust off of this thread....
OH me.... that *Gilda* !! (hooray for Uncle Pio) But even so... WHAT kind of ending was THAT?????
MINI SPOILER ALERT: For whatever reason I did NOT expect her to make it, and I thought for SURE she was going to "buy" it in the end. (maybe jumping in front of that evil cane to save Johnny or something) I was actually disappointed that it DIDN'T happen!
I can't believe I wanted to see her go down at the end... and not even for the reason you might think. I actually was pulling for her to NOT be a low-life and ended up getting my wish... hooray. I did not like her at first... but I finally started to see behind her "mask" so to speak... and then I was much more on her side.
I should be jumping for JOY that she and Johnny walked away togehter, scott free. OH ME. I can't believe I was so happy for them both, and still I felt let down all at the same time. I guess I just thought it would have been a stronger ending if it had been a "tragedy")
Surely this is not ME saying that... I must have a virus or something... UGH.... I may have hung around that GREY person too long...
:p HOW did something like THIS happen??????????? HA. I will never live it down. What next?? I am going to suddenly start craving sawdust and saurkraut??? OH good golly I have the Shifless Flu. Everything is getting shadowy... I am starting to see Grey Spots before my eyes.... MEDIC!!!!!!!! Edited by: rohanaka on Jun 10, 2010 12:30 AM
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I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market. And I'm going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return... from *How Green Was My Valley*
I have to confess I looked that up to get it all right (as I have "no aptitude for knowledge" HA!) but I always thought this was a great example (at least in my mind) of a terrific way to "set the stage" and create the mood for the story that follows.
Fun thread, kiddo.
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Howdy do, Miss G:
I think we're definitely supposed to pull for Jerry (Paul Douglas) because he's so
unselfish and a real "innocent". He basically would do anything Mae (Barbara Stanwyck)
wanted and she returned this generosity with an affair with his best friend (funny how
it often happens that way).
Now THAT is what is standing out the most in my memory of this movie. I really do recall how much more compassion I felt for him than I did for her. I have seen him referred to in some of the comments here as a "big lug" and that is what I am remembering too. Someone who was just too good for his own good, maybe. (but again.. it's been so long since I saw it all, I am not sure if I am totally remembering him correctly)
Whereas I don't like seeing how Mae behaves in the second half of the movie, it's the first half, her arrival and her declared failures and desires, this is what I do understand and identify with.
And this is what I totally do not have any recollection for at all. I just remember her as "the cheating wife" but do not recall the details of what led up to her cheating and what led up to the end of the film as well. I truly do need to go back and watch this film again someday.
Because you have rated her so highly (among your faves) that tells me there may be way more (in terms of layers) to who she really was and I am likely not remembering enough about her and her situation to get a full picture of her character. (Ha... I TRUST your evaluations in situations like this... Now if it were say.. that GREY person telling me stuff... well... there is no accounting for HIS wrong-headedness sometimes.. HA, so you never know!)
I will make an effort to seek this film out again as soon as I can.
Miss Nightingale of the Message Boards
HA!!! Again I say not by a long shot, little darlin'. But it is sweet of you to say. :-)
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Hey there Miss Goddess,
Oh gee... after you asked me if I had I seen this film, I said no. But now having taken a quick peek at this thread I realize that I HAVE seen this movie afterall!! I just did not remember the title of it. Golly it was a long time ago. (at least six years or more and I say that because I remember watching it when the kidling was a baby..ha. and she was fast asleep on my shoulder at the time.. and I was too engrossed in the movie to get up and put her to bed!! I think my arm kept falling asleep... ha)
Anyway... I don't remember enough of the details to do more than just make a brief comment that I remember finding Stanwyck very unlikable (and not sympathetic) for MOST of the movie.. but can't recall if the ending cured me of that feeling or not. (I THINK she came off better by the end of it all, but can't quite say for sure) I do recall that all the conflict made for quite a story. I think I also remember worrying that the husband was going to do something terrible and kept pulling for him not to... but I might be wrong about that.
I will go through and read some more of the comments here a bit more deeply and perhaps that will jog my memory a bit more) And also will try to find this one at the library or at the least keep an eye out for it. I would like to see it again. Hope you folks carry on w/ the discussion. It's making for a very interesting read! :-)
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Hiya Ms Favell.. I am sorry it has taken me a few days to get back in here, but wanted to respond(finally) to something you mentioned earlier.
So how did Hitch get us to identify with or like Hannay so much that we instinctively want to safeguard him? I mean , that is pretty early in the film, we barely know the guy! He really does a great job building our feelings for Donat, I think it's because he adds those scenes of common decency in without making them too special - this man just does the right thing as a habit. He's a good guy. He saved Miss Smith from the theatre crush, and he tries to tell the cops about the murder.... but we see his struggle, back and forth, should he tell or not? and the way people look at him.... he hasn't got a chance
You have it exactly right. He is so doggone likeable.. just from the start. I mean.. think about how the audience was almost making fun of Mr. Memory by asking him ridiculous questions (some of them bordering on "lewd" almost) and not taking the show seriously at all, but DONAT's question was one that showed he was not so "low" in his character as some of his other fellow audience members. He really was there to be entertained and not just "act up" and be part of the crowd. At first it was almost as if he stood out like a sore thumb.. and I thought HE was the spy imparting some secret message to Mr. Memory.. ha. (I am so suspicious.. ha) But turns out he was just a guy. Just a ""good" guy, as you say. And I agree, he struck me as the sort who did the right thing as a habit. (Oh where have all of THOSE people gone these days.. but don't get me started, ha)
OH, and going back to one other thing you said,
And really, he didn't have to go through with the mission - his innate goodness made him want to help save his country, even if it made him look like a murderer
That impressed me too. He could have just let the "message" die with "the messenger" and move on.. it wasn't HIS job... but he was a better man than that. It was one of those "greatness thrust upon you" kind of moments, and although PART of the reason he kept going and going was because he was accused of murder.. the reason he went in the directions he DID also included some very selfless reasons as well, I believe. I liked that about him a lot.
True love is right at the end of your fingertips, if you you have fingertips.
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now wouldn't it have been something if they had used THAT as some sort of tag line at the bottom of the movie poster???????? ha.
Edited by: rohanaka on Jun 6, 2010 12:05 AM
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> He came to deeply respect them. I think they came to understand why Taylor had to drive them like he did. And they all, seemingly, lived happily ever after.
Mr. Movieman... I am with Jackie.. that is a perfect way to say it. There was a lot of change of heart and mind with most of the characters by the end of it all. (except perhaps Ito... and I am glad for that)
Edited by: rohanaka on Jun 4, 2010 10:22 PM
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Hello everyone.. wish I had more time to reply to you all for your very thoughtful posts on (again) one of my NEW favorite films. (ha.. everything old really IS new again.. if you are watching such a wonderful film as THIS one for the first time) Will try to respond more another time.. but just wanted to thank you all for your very fine comments.
PS: Cinemaven: Que' pasa??? ha.
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Hiya litle Miss Favell,
Well, I am happy to report that thanks to your help I DID manage to get this fim on tape yesterday. (woo hoo!) I watched it last night with the QT and lo and behold HE had no recollection of ever seeing it... which surprised me (because ususually he rolls his eyes and says "What? Another WESTERN?" and then tells me how he has seen it all before, HA! ) I think he almost enjoyed watching this film last night as much as I did.
I love your take on the WWII comparisons. It is sometimes easy to forget when the original viewers of these films were seeing them. The times they were living in really were reinforced by some of the themes of this film. Nice catch, little lady. :-)
A couple of things really stood out for me this time. (I love when I notice new things about a movie I have seen before) One was when Taylor is asking McIntire how many women they'd be bringing... and the number was 100. And Taylor said, better make it 150 because just maybe they could count on 2 out of 3 surviving the trip. (oh wow... that sent a chill up my spine... he KNEW they were going to lose a lot... and he was so "matter of fact" about it.) It immediately had me pulling for those women and they had not even been introduced to the story yet.
The other thing that REALLY got me by surprise was closer to the end when Taylor rides into to town and tells the men to wait, because the women wanted to get ready... he gives almost the exact same speech that McIntire gave at the beginning.. about treating the women well.. "Or God help you" etc... only this time they would answer to TAYLOR. It really reinforced how far the women had grown in his estimation of them. I liked that added touch a lot.
There were a few other things that I noticed more this time too, like that BLEAK and BLEAKER landscape you mentioned... and how endearing the plight of the school teacher was. I loved her humble spirit and repentant heart. I also REALLY was struck by Mrs. Maroni this time around. Even more than in times past. The loss she had to endure... and still her spirit was not crushed... OH me.
Well... this is it for now. Just wanted to stop in and blab a bit.. and say thanks again for the reminder. (PS: hope you enjoyed the CANDY) ha.
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Aww... I've got a great staff, Mr. M&M man. Between you, Miss G, and little Miss Favell, here.. I am WAY so much more organized about the upcoming schedule. I'd be lost w/out you all.
PS: Jackie.. I am setting an alarm for 10 minutes before the movie starts tomorrow. Hopefully that will do the trick!! It is safer than trying to trust myself to program the vcr.. ha. Enjoy the treats kiddo.. you've earned them.
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Look at you, Jackie!! Wow, when you dive right in... you dive right IN!!
I love Hitch's relationship with theatre, and his differentiation between it and real life. He is fascinated with us, the audience, and with crowds; and he is supremely interested in theatricality - what happens to us in public and what happens in private? How do we behave in a situation when we thought we were in private but find out differently? What happens when we become the lead actor in a play we only thought we were watching?
Now that is something... you always have such a great perspective on filmmaking... I have learned a lot from your posts. Nice work tying this film to the other films (and the theater) And PS... I liked Saboteur a lot too... I do remember the scene you mentioned. (Ha.. "Run for your life" indeed) :-)
We NEED to know what that paper says! Hannay tries to read the paper upside down in chatty man's hands but finally must draw attention to himself by asking to borrow the paper. We, the audience, don't know if his picture is on the front page until Hannay flips the paper up in front of our eyes. Whew! It's quite suspenseful
(spoiler)
Oh my golly, I literally let out a sigh of relief when I saw that his photo was NOT in the paper.
but there is chatty man, peering at us over the edge of the paper. We (Hannay) have become the lead actor.
I loved that shot of the "chatty man". It was a part of that "creative" camera use I mentioned that you come to expect from Hitchcock. It was a great shot.
I wonder what would have happened if Donat's character had just sat there and not drawn any attention to himself after that??? I think that was one of the parts that made me a bit frustrated with the storyline. I wonder if he'd have just been able to give a false name to the authorities (as he tried to do often throughout the rest of the film) and if he had just sat still and calmly smiled while looking out the window the rest of the trip.. he MIGHT not have gotten chased so quickly and then maybe at least had bought himself some time. But then.. where would the movie have gone from there?? I don't know.
We (Hannay) have become the lead actor. From here on in, we are watched, spotted and chased all over the train, hounded; until finally a bold move helps him/us to get away - we become the man hiding in full view of the public.
Which brings me back to that "It's a small world afterall" comment I made earlier. ha. He really did take us on quite a run... and it was frustrating how sometimes it was harder than others for him to hide... in remote places and out in the open in plain sight too. I think it goes back to what I mentioned about him not being a "purposeful" hero. What DOES the average person (who is NOT a spy) know about how to covertly move through a crowd or travel from place to place and not be seen?? And yet there he was (and us along with him) trying not to stick out like a sore thumb.. yet getting thrust into the limelight time and again. I guess all the world really is a stage, ha. :-)
That's what I've got so far. Sorry if it seemed a little roundabout, but it helps to explain why I really love this movie, and I think about these things every time I watch it
Not round about at all. I like how you are tying this all together. Just like a pretty package.
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Rohanaka says: I will try to make a point of catching it again the next time... there are some more "pecan turtles" in it for you, little Miss Secretary, if you help me to remember!!
Ms Favell says: *Westward the Women - Wednesday, June 2nd, 12:00 PM ET*
Woo hoo. The tape is in the VCR, all ready and waiting... .wish me luck!!!
Thanks little Miss Secretary.... here is your paycheck, ma'am!!
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quien es Alfred Hitchcock?
Sr. Hitchcock es un cineasta muy excelente (oh me.. ha. I hope that is correct.. My Spanish is more than a little rusty) ha.
HOWDY there Senorita Maven.. wow... a post from you all the way from Spain.. Ole! ha. Hope you are enjoying yourself out there in lovely Barcelona. Will look forward to hearing all about your trip and also to hear your thoughts on The 39 Steps too.
PS: Miss Bronxie and Ms Favell... hope you will dive on in soon as well.
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Hiya Mr. Movieman.. I hope so TOO!
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Success at last. (ha) Oh me.. .it was everything you said and more, sir. Very moving. I don't even really recall the music that played in last night's showing, but what you posted is really something. (that voice calling out in the darkness.. oh me)
RE: the other videos and my computer too... I have not tried to click on any of the other links there (the only ones I have checked out were the songs you posted earlier and then this clip here) but will try again sometime to view some of the others.
As for "rebooting and defragmenting" ha.. I am afraid you are talking to the worlds most inept "technophobic" doofus. Ha. I think I have info on how to do both these things... I just need to check it out.. my dad usually helps me w/ that sort of stuff and I do believe he is my resident (or actually visiting..ha) de-fragger. (as if I even know what that MEANS, ha) I will check w/ him. Thanks.
And thanks again for that excellent link. It was well worth the effort to get it to play.
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The fog swirling around really emphasized this feeling that they were in "no man's land"---literally.
No man's land is a perfect way to say it. You could barley see the men, and you couldn't even see the landscape, so they could have been anyone, ANYWHERE at that point. It was like they were all lumped together, if only for a moment. There were no "boarders" or "battle lines" drawn around their thoughts at the one point in time as the "poor devil" was calling for his mother.
This sounds crazy, but it reminded me of some of the war themed episodes of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone".
Tell me more, little missy. I am not pulling up any reference points for "The Zone" on this one (I can't even think of any war themed episodes right now... but I am likely forgetting some)
That was Ford's close friend Jack Pennick who made that comment. He was in just about all of Pappy's movies, often in non-speaking roles, or playing a bar man.
I knew I had seen him in other Ford films, but never realized what his name was, though I did recognize that face.. oh me... and what a face that was.. ha. He was not any sort of " beauty contest winner" but it DID add a lot of character to his "character". ha.
And that brings me to my next point... The FACES in this film. I have mentioned it before how I love the way Ford often brings jn people with really definite "types" of faces to add to the feel of the story... and this film is not exception. He did a great job of using a lot of really interesting looking characters in this one and of focusing on them individually from time to time. You got the sense that you knew all about some of them without even knowing who they were.
Didn't it seem like the guy in Joseph's shop at first was all for the German soldiers, before America entered the war, and then when Joseph went off to enlist, he was for the Americans?
I need to see that part again, because I don't remember him being "for them" so much as being interested in all the politics surrounding the war. But I could have misread some of what was happening. I don't recall what he specifically said early on, so you may be right. (That is the down side to some silent film conversations.. ha. They are sometimes open to interpretation)
(Ha.. Oh, gagaman... don't hit me for saying that..
)Besides the "November 9th" scene, the other one that really was hard to watch was when that creep conscripted Andreas and had them shave his head. Did you think that this scene sort of eerily foreshadowed the Nazi camps that were to come in the next war?
That is what I felt too.. but also I got the strong sense of something almost "biblical" with him being led like a lamb to the slaughter.. to pay for his brother's sin of being an American. But I might have been reading too much into that. Anyway.. it was a very gutwrenching thing to watch, to be sure.
I'm so glad you liked it
Oh kid, you know me so well. ha. Was there ever any doubt???
PS: gagman.. I tried what you suggested w/ your link. I also did what Mr Dobbs did, and clicked it several times and I did (finally) get an image to come up on the screen.. but it was more or less just frozen. So I even tried to move the little cursor thingie back and forth a bit to get it started.. but it still won't play. Again, I am wondering if part of the problem is not my doofy computer. I'll keep trying.
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I almost put a few of those aside for use another time. I felt it might be "too much" to put all three of those up at once. I pity poor 'rohanaka'. I fear her waterworks might start up all over again.
Oh my dear sir, I am so glad you did not put them aside. And Patful is right, the "Sacrifice" one IS brilliant.. and utterly beautiful. I think it is my most favorite of all from this year's batch.
And yes.. ha.. the waterworks are in full gear these last few days. (I am going to have to buy more stock in Kleenex at the rate I am going, ha)
But I guess I just get so worked up over the themes associated with this particular holiday. So many people see it only as a chance to get out and have fun.. and never (I mean never) truly stop to appreciate the meaning behind the word "Memorial".
Sacrifice... that is the perfect word for what these honored dead have given us. Their sacrifice is our gain, and I am truly, truly privilged to remember them today. (And hope to be more faithful in remembering them... and their families all throughout the year).
Thank you again, sir, for sharing these very special images.. and the messages attatched with so many of them as well.
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(Oh bah, gagman.. I can't get your clip to play.. I think it is my doofy computer. I will keep trying though. It sounds very poignant, to be sure)
Hiya Miss G:
What an amazing scene, filled with SO many emotions...there's even a moment while he's holding his dead brother and his American comrades are approaching where you can see a momentary hatred in his eyes, as though he might suddenly turn on those boys, one of whom made the shot that killed his brother. But, what if the one who shot him...was himself?
OH, that's it exactly. The whole aspect of the dual emotions he must have felt just took that scene to a completely different level. I found the segment of the story you mentioned above really heartwrenching in the way the individual people became seperate from the two indivdual "armies". More than any other film on "war" that I can recall, I thought Ford did a particulary good job of stripping away the various "sides" of the two armies... and just focused on what we all have in common as PEOPLE instead.
This film did such a good job of seperating the "cause" for fighting from the people who were caught up in the fight. I liked how the faceless voice of the unknown "poor devil" calling out "Mutterchen" made Joseph's friend (or was it Joseph?) stop and think how even the enemy has "a mother" who loves them. It truly did bring out the human aspect of how we are really all the same, despite the things that make us different) And then... sob.. (spoiler territory here) to have Joseph discover that poor devil was his brother... oh me.
It was really hard for me to reconcile all the emotions I had watching it all play out. There I was feeling so sad w/ all the German soldiers lying around, finding out one of them was Andreas.. and yet to be so proud of our "boys over there" as they went forward into that fog. It made you really empathize with Joseph all the more.
This really wasn't a "war movie" as gagman has pointed out.. but the wartime scenes do sort of drive all the other parts of the story at least for a time. And all throughout the portions where they focus on the war as a part of the story, I felt the mother's pride in her sons as they were marching away.. and the pride the two older boys had in their "fatherland" too. And I also felt the "national" pride from all the people in the town as well. And it suprises me to admit, if only for a moment.. I was on their side. (and that makes NO sense to me at all.. because in EVERY other WW1 film I can ever remember.. I am rooting ONLY for our boys) But then I TOTALLY related to the guy in Joseph's shop as he was telling him what was what w/ regard to those "Heinies" and I was cheering along w/ him as he gives Joseph the send off in the street as he is leaving to enlist. It really had me struggling inside as I started sorting out the implications of it all from both points of view. Very unusual feelings for me with this story
But I will say that one thing that DID help me to come back to my usual line of thinking, at least with regard to that war in general (and what to think of which side, etc) was that the commander was SO evil... you KNEW what you wanted to happen to HIM. OH my golly the way he went after the mother.. and treated her (and her family's sacrifice in the war effort) so disrespectfully and then ROBBED her of her last remaing son (the last remaining one at home, anyway) OH, what a fitting end to HIS story.. he got off FAR better than he deserved. So along with all the conflicting emotions I had, there was some honest reflection on what side was the "good" and which was the "bad" in terms of how the story was told as well. I liked that the story adds that aspect to it all too.
A very unexpected and extremely moving story.. all told from a very human point of view. Again, I can't thank you enough, little lady for giving me the heads up on this one.
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I was really pleased TCM spent a night focusing on the returning wounded on Saturday. I applaud whoever it was that made that theme a priority this year. (I tried to watch Birdy but it was too much to take in after The Best Years Of Our Lives and Pride Of The Marines.
You did better than I did.. ha. I was such an emotional wreck after TBYOOL (this was my second time watching within the last few months) that I didn't even TRY to handle anything else, ha. But you are right, it really is a great theme for TCM to focus on at this time of year. I think they did a great job with all their selections this time.
This is all because of you, ya know
Oh great.. first Miss Goddess and gagman have me boo-hooing over Four Sons, and now THIS. ha. But thank you for thinking of me.. and ps: I am glad to be the squeaky wheel if it got you to revive this thread. But I know it is a LOT of work for you to put it all together. THANKS again for all your extra efforts. :-)
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Hey there little missy,
actually have it kind of lower down on my list.
Now that does not surprise me. I think this particular "Hitch" is not so "deep" and thought provoking and some of the story is a bit "gappy" in places.. so I can see that you would not rate it as high as others. I also thought the ending was a bit "short". I wanted more "intrigue" about how "Mr. Memory" really fit into the story. But maybe I am being too critical.
I think it's very entertaining and I like all the performers (though I'm not quite as big a Robert Donat fan as others). I think I have a little trouble following the plot...all those music and lecture halls, ha! But it's a very well crafted film.
It is very entertaining. And I think I may have liked it a bit more than you (maybe because of how well I did like Donat in it.. but also because I guess I was just in the mood for something easy and enjoyable) I don't think this is one of those "Hitch's" that has to be thought about a lot. But it is more a "just for fun" adventure.
And PS: ha.. I enjoyed the lecture hall scene a lot. I thought it was one of the funnier (and more ironic) bits in the whole story.
But I did also like the scene you mentioned (the Scottish farm house) Although to me that part seemed the least believeable too.. ha. WHAT were the chances that one guy could have such a hard time "disappearing" into the landscape.. ha. It was such a remote spot.. and yet here come the authorities tearing up the countryside looking for him.. RIGHT THERE. (ha.. I started singing "It's a small world, afterall" just to be a smart alec, because I found it so hard to belive..ha)
OH.. and what about that innkeeper's wife.. ha. (mini-spoiler...I loved that bit with her coming in just as her husband is about to spill the beans I loved how her "mushy" romantic heart saves the day, ha) .
I think one of the other things I liked about this entire story was that Donat was not a "purposeful" hero. I guess I am meaning that he sort of fell into his situation and had a lot of "dumb luck" (like the bullet in the hymn book) and also a lot of BAD luck (what are the chances he'd fall into the hands of THE one bad guy he was trying to avoid in the whole country of Scotland???) ha... all of it working for and against him as he went. I guess those are the "interesting plot twists" I was mentioning though.
I also liked the conflict you mentioned between him and the woman (who also sort of accidently fell into his misfortune with him) I thought her part of the story fit in very nicely with his and her reactions to him were one of the more believable parts of the story.
All in all, I found it to be a very enjoyable film and am glad I got to watch it. (FINALLY)
Edited by: rohanaka on May 31, 2010 4:10 PM
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THANK YOU, Mr. In Hollywood!!! What a find you have here.
Some really nice additions so far. I like the "Women in the Ranks" section.. but OH, the "Returning Wounded"... wow.
This thread is a great way to revisit history and look back on some very amazing art work too. (And as much as I enjoy your new ones, I am going to go back through and revisit last years too because I recall they were really something special)
Thanks again for all your extra effots.
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So FOUR SONS did a number on your waterworks, too?
Oh April.. it is such a beautiful film... the story.. images... characters... everything. I love the way Ford mingled humor with the sorrow... and great beauty with the tragedy of war all at the same time.
What a model that Mother Bernle was. OH how she loved her sons.. each and every one and she KNEW them too, their character and their personality... and she let them each be their own man.
And OH how they loved and cherished her in return..
OH golly.. give me the tissue again... for pete's sake.
PS: gagman... I agree... Mother's Day, Memorial Day... good gravy even Grounhog Day.. this film is worth seeing no matter what.
Edited by: rohanaka on May 31, 2010 2:46 PM
Edited by: rohanaka on May 31, 2010 3:30 PM
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Oh great, gagman... just as I was almost getting my emotions back in check from watching this last night, you have to come along w/ MORE stuff to make me cry.. (sigh) :-)
You know, I think this film would be as good for Mother's Day as it is for Memorial Day... it is such a beautiful story of a mother's love.. and her sons' love for her in return as well.
Thanks for the links... very endearing music.
Edited by: rohanaka on May 31, 2010 12:40 PM
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> > PS: Miss Goddess: To bring this back around to The 39 Steps, did I mention: "Oh that Robert Donat... woowee?"
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OH me, oh my. What a guy. ha. I loved him in this film. He was funny, endearing, a bit boyish and "bumbling" almost... and yet he was also rather rugged and quite manly all at the same time. In fact this whole film was a nice mix of comedy, suspense and adventure all rolled into one.
But I have to confess that with Donat, I have a pretty limited frame of reference for him. I think he must have had a knack for those sorts of roles. But I am not as familiar as some, with all of his films, so I can't say for sure. I will say that up until now, I THOUGHT A Knight Without Armor was IT for him with me.. from what I have seen of him... that was my absolute MOST favorite.. now I am torn, ha. The two roles (and the two films for that matter) were very different.. and yet not so different in some ways.
Oh gee.. ha. it has been an upsetting weekend for my "favorites" list..ha. First this film and now more recently.. Four Sons too.. (OH I don't think I like having to reexamine my already TOO hard to choose from lists.. ha... Oh the drama, oh the agony.. oh brother.) HA!!!
As for your earlier question about where I would rank this among the other Hitchcock films. Well first of all... I am NOT the Hitchcock expert that you and some of the other folks on here are.. so I would not be a good person to answer that in any sort of "official" way. I will say that I thought it was a very good representation of what makes so many of his films so enjoyable ( interesting characters, fun plot twists, suspense, very creative use of the camera, etc)
And secondly (with regard to where I would rate it): HA!!! Did I not just mention I am anguishing over having to re-examine some of my favorites?????????????????? aaagghh... WHAT are you trying to do to me????????????? ha.
I will have to think about it some more and get back to you.
PS: you may have already mentioned this earlier here, but I would be interested in knowing where YOU would rank this film on your list for Hitchcock, little lady. (inquiring minds wanna know)
(hangs head in shame and sobs uncontrollably) 
:p HOW did something like THIS happen??????????? HA. I will never live it down. What next?? I am going to suddenly start craving sawdust and saurkraut??? OH good golly I have the Shifless Flu. Everything is getting shadowy... I am starting to see Grey Spots before my eyes.... MEDIC!!!!!!!!
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Whew... I am glad to see you gals saying this about Bette. I came in about half way through this movie this afternoon and was REALLY ashamed of myself for feeling so bad about Ms Davis. ( I as sure I was going to get hit on the top of the head or something by Miss Maven, ha)
But you both have said it right... starchy.. very "un" real. Especially for her. She was almost like she was playing a "parody" of herself or something... I don't know.
But oh that sweet Bobby. TOO fun. And you know I always struggle to see a resemblance between him and Elizabeth.. but I caught it today in the most pleasant way. You know how she could get that "sparkle-ish" expression in her eyes (a sort of lit up twinkle, almost) when she was having fun playing a mischievous prank on someone (like Mrs Kravitz for instance) Well she got THAT look from her daddy. I saw him "sparkling" a couple of different times (especially near the end of the film) it was the same look I remembered in her. FINALLY ha.
Can't wait to hear mom's review. She is a pistol!
Hope the check up goes well and she is fit as a fiddle!
Edited by: rohanaka on Jun 10, 2010 12:56 AM