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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 20:09:21 GMT
I am a bit confused about why she calls her father by his first name. That's reasonably common now, but I agree, it was not in 1946.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 20:09:45 GMT
The scene with Mary pleading with Charles that she knows he's not a Nazi with the bell ringing in perfect timing to the dialogue is brilliant directing. It's so effective. Yes...and it foreshadows the ending.
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 20:10:22 GMT
Irish setters are so very intelligent.
One named Clancy lived behind us when I was little. Beautiful dog. She'd been trained as a bird dog. The day my guinea pig got loose from his play area in the yard, he went under the fence, and I screamed, believing I'd never see him again. Clancy's owner heard, came out, said, "hold" then "drop", and my little pet was safe. Though the breed has a high prey drive, once they learn something it's in them forever. I've liked setters ever since.
I got one for my third birthday and had him for 18 years. He once went to my grade school (a mile away from home) strolled into my class and sat down by my desk. How he found his little girl in the middle of six over-filled classrooms, I'll never know. What a great story, I love it.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:10:41 GMT
The scene with Mary pleading with Charles that she knows he's not a Nazi with the bell ringing in perfect timing to the dialogue is brilliant directing. It's so effective. I concur. I am shocked the imdb trivia says Orson Welles has stated that this is his least favorite of his films.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 20:11:33 GMT
Welles is also good at having the minor players do overlapping dialogue in the group scenes, a carryover from the theater. Adds realism to the story.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:15:35 GMT
And the Oscar for the best use of jewelry in a film goes to.....
I ADORE Sara.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:17:37 GMT
The first name of the druggist, Mr. Potter, is never spoken but in the scene where Rankin is playing checkers with him to establish an alibi, Potter's first name - Solomon - is seen stenciled (in reverse) through the store's front window.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 20:17:53 GMT
Mary and Sara.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:18:35 GMT
Mary and Sara.
Talk about quick thinking on your feet. Unreal.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Mar 17, 2024 20:18:59 GMT
Stunning!
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Post by Andrea Doria on Mar 17, 2024 20:20:07 GMT
The first name of the druggist, Mr. Potter, is never spoken but in the scene where Rankin is playing checkers with him to establish an alibi, Potter's first name - Solomon - is seen stenciled (in reverse) through the store's front window. Good catch!!!
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:20:15 GMT
Martha Wentworth was born on June 2, 1889, in New York City. After graduating from public school, she attended the National School of Expression. She was one of Minnie Maddern Fiske's proteges and appeared in several stage productions, beginning when she was 17 years old.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 20:23:13 GMT
Loretta and the pearls.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 20:24:56 GMT
This sham of a marriage is running out of time.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 20:26:19 GMT
Be careful Charles - your true colours are showing.
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