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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:12:50 GMT
Stanwyck's character is funny - she likes loud things, but also, at times, wants to be accepted by the swells and knows that the loud things are wrong for that world. It's weird.
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:14:21 GMT
Where is Stanwyck getting the money for this new fancy lifestyle? That was the lawyer visit, she upped her support payments from Stephen. About time, too. Thank you. I misunderstood that scene. I thought the payment was left unchanged.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 5, 2023 21:15:32 GMT
This scene reminded me of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 5, 2023 21:16:16 GMT
Stanwyck's character is funny - she likes loud things, but also, at times, wants to be accepted by the swells and knows that the loud things are wrong for that world. It's weird. Yeah, this is why I don't find the character very sympathetic or likable.
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:18:03 GMT
It's getting even odder. Stanwyck understands that her way of loud dressing, etc. wouldn't fit in where they are and it would embarrass her daughter.
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Post by ando on Mar 5, 2023 21:18:41 GMT
Love the look on the daughter’s face when Stella walks into the drug store… The Horror! The Horror!
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:21:52 GMT
If you notice the Pullman blankets in the train scene, then you will then notice them in, literally, hundreds of movies from the '30s and '40s. Pullman used that style for decades.
You can buy reproductions - not that I have bought any. Okay, I bought one. Okay, two.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Mar 5, 2023 21:23:00 GMT
See. She didn't understand it was all wrong until the train scene, she just thought Stephen liked things plain because he was a man, Stella thought she was going to impress everyone at the hotel.
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:23:45 GMT
I love O'Neal's character. Seems like a sincerely good person.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Mar 5, 2023 21:24:03 GMT
This is my favorite scene two contrasting women, but both love Laurel.
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 5, 2023 21:24:40 GMT
See. She didn't understand it was all wrong until the train scene, she just thought Stephen liked things plain because he was a man, Stella thought she was going to impress everyone at the hotel. I think you're right. I'll have to watch it again - I thought she caught on earlier, but apparently she didn't.
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Post by ando on Mar 5, 2023 21:25:19 GMT
Well, you’ve only got one mama. Must say it’s unusual to see children display this kind of compassion for an eccentric parent in this era of Hollywood (we usually see them run in the other direction).
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Post by topbilled on Mar 5, 2023 21:25:48 GMT
See. She didn't understand it was all wrong until the train scene, she just thought Stephen liked things plain because he was a man, Stella thought she was going to impress everyone at the hotel. I don't really buy this. I think it's a writing problem. She had a maid (Gladys) and during the party scene she was instructing Gladys on how to act when answering the phone and how to act when admitting people into the house. Then later, she had sense to kick Ed out on Christmas Day. So I don't buy her not knowing how her own chaotic behavior would affect her daughter.
It would make more sense if she did know but was being belligerent because she disliked those snobs in Stephen's circle.
She is coming across as insensitive, not clueless.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 5, 2023 21:30:19 GMT
This scene with the two grown women is kinda dumb. The damage was already done. The girls Laurel's age already know who her real mom is. Plus it's not like Laurel would stop having a relationship with Stella at the snap of a finger.
This is just a way to manipulate the audience into feeling sorry for Stella.
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Post by ando on Mar 5, 2023 21:33:28 GMT
It is a stretch but the daughter is still in school (albeit, college) and the woman is marrying her father so “the replacent” factor is still there.
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