yanceycravat Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Does anybody know if that's what she says? Sounds like she's saying, "I'll bring a damn suit that'll take your whole farm." It sounds like it to me but I guess it goes by so fast no one makes mention of it. It's the same year as GWTW and we all know the fuss that word made in that film. Yancey Message was edited by: yanceycravat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyoka1 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Unless the line was supposed to be "...damage suit", but you're right, it sure sounds like "damn". http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Someone should check the subtitles on the DVD. I'm willing to bet it's "damage suit" rather than "damned suit"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandykaypax Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 funny you should ask--I played Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch two years in a row for a local theatre production, and the line is "I'll bring a damage suit that'll take your whole farm." Or something like that--going on memory here and not checking my script. BUT Miss Gulch does say DAMAGE suit, not Damn. The script that was used has most of the lines from the film verbatim. Soooo much fun to say "Poppies! Poppies!" LOL! Sandy K Message was edited by: sandykaypax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 As others pointed out the line was "damage suit". Remember, the word damn was prohibited by the production code at the time. When Rhett Butler says "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" at the end of "Gone With The Wind" MGM was fined $5,000. The word was used, in that case, because the book was so popular and well known Louis B. Mayer felt that it would look idiotic for Rhett say something like "Frankly my dear, I don't care" so he used it and accepted the fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineSage_jr Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 You're ascribing decisions and fines to Louis B. Mayer and MGM, when they should be directed to the film's producer, David O. Selznick. Mayer and MGM had exactly no creative control over GWTW; the film was merely released by MGM's parent company, Loew's, Inc., which also lent Selznick Gable and $1.25 million, but received no say as to how the film was made or its content. And the fine for the use of "damn" was levied against Selznick's company, not MGM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 How cool, sandykaypax. The Wicked Witch was my favorite character, a misunderstood woman if ever there was one. Heck, Dorothy stole her sister's property, which legally belonged to her. If there was a Dewey Cheatam and How in Oz, the WW could have brought a legal suit against Dorothy et al. And her little dog too! Also, on playing the witch, you bring back memories. It was in grammar school, a thousand years ago, that I tried out for the witch in a school play version of Hansel and Gretel. I didn't get it, was really upset, and was relegated to playing a tree. Obviously, the stigma has stuck with me all these years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 A slight departure. Did the fines ease up relatively soon after GWTW? I watched "How Green Was My Valley" and the mother cut loose with a damn and a hell. Neither of which I never noticed before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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