Wednesday, August 10, 2011

From YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

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Cullen Gallagher said...

Jean Arthur is wonderful. Loved her in History is Made at Night, and she was even great in the western movie Arizona.

5:29 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...

She is simply breathtaking. She could make me laugh by opening her mouth. Love, love, love TALK OF THE TOWN.

5:31 PM
Todd Mason said...

Such great voices...this works as audio (and would on radio, though any distortion tends to make Arthur's voice difficult to parse), as I continue to do my daily bread operations...interesting how often, in his classic contemporary films (or perhaps only in the fantasticated comedies) Stewart was cast as an unwilling banker...

6:36 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...

Yes and it makes you wonder how important distinctive voices are.
And yes, considering how conservative his political opinions were.

6:55 PM
Todd Mason said...

Oh, I'm always sensitive to good voices, particularly in women (surprise), but good male voices are striking as well.

And I wonder if he (stereotypically) moved rightward as he got older...when living with Dietrich as a young man, he was certainly willing to flout convention...

9:21 PM
Ron Scheer said...

What amazes me about this clip is that the camera rolls for almost 5 minutes and the two of them do that scene without a single cut. (It's hard to tell if the camera even moves.) Says something about their gift for pacing and making small gestures say so much...And that an audience back then was trusted to just listen to two people talking who are falling in love. No music video-style razzle-dazzle. Thanks, Patti, for finding this one.

9:46 AM

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