Who Would You Choose?
If you had to choose between Tom & George (and really make a choice!), which man would you have chosen?
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That is really tough, but George, I guess. Idk, though! Hard decision, for sure.
shareTom, since you could have a falling out with him and he, unlike George, would be unlikely to break things. lol
shareLol, I love your logic! I think I'd have to choose George, as I'm a sucker for the tall ones.
I do believe this particular dilemma is one I wouldn't mind having though!
I need my 1987 DG20 Casio electric guitar set to mandolin, yeah...
Tom was the smarter of the 2. btw, did anyone notice that Frederic March looks and talks a lot like a young Gene Kelly? I am so used to seeing him in his mature roles, that watching him young was very Kelly-esque
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That is a great point. Although physically, I thought George would have had me before my mind could choose Tom (my smart choice as the relationship type, more than the impulsive and emotional George), in reality there probably would be plenty of time to get to know Tom first, and his intellect would make him much sexier in my eyes! At least that's what's happened throughout my life. George's French is awfully sexy tho....Gary Cooper was so cute before the cowboy films...wearing a tux....I want to jump right into this movie!
I see the Gene Kelly similarity. Gene Kelly has that velvet voice and smooth glide to his dancing that takes over his persona on screen so completely, no one can resemble him very deeply.
March's hair seems darker in this movie, and combined with the dark suit and black tuxedo, he cuts a more dashing figure than I remember in other films. And acting with Gary Cooper made him seem more quick, a bit stronger, his eyes flash! He's less Leslie Howardish, more Clark Gable-ish. This was my favorite movie in the back of my mind for dacades, tho I could not find it again. And now that I have, I see why I loved it so much in 1974!
I love the menage a trois! Would that a girl could be this lucky!
Gary Cooper would be the only man for me. As far as I'm concerned there was no choice.
shareAgreed. I would go with Tom.
shareAlix1929 says > Who Would You Choose?First of all, the question posed by the OP, 'who would you choose', is ridiculous. That's the whole point of the movie. She could not choose and did not want to one or the other. She loved them both but in different ways. If she chose one over the other she would long for the qualities the other possessed and the one she chose lacked.
She told Plunkett with George she had a feeling that started from her head and moved down to her toes. With Tom it was the opposite, it started from her toes and moved upward but the ringing in the ears was the same for both. She told the guys she was 'more than fond' of both of them.
genplant29 says > Tom, since you could have a falling out with him and he, unlike George, would be unlikely to break things. lolI don't think you get it. Gilda may not have wanted George to smash furniture but she knew he was prone to that when he was upset. That's one of the things she liked about him, his passion and wild untamed ways. Tom was more diplomatic and stable but he lacked the passion George had.
I would guess she was more sexually compatible with George. Not only did she last a whole lot longer with him as her lover, they also could not be alone together without things heating up. Tom had his good qualities too. She could discuss things with him and she was probably curious about sleeping with him too but he lacked the raw passion she shared with George. She and Tom did not even share the same taste in foods.
She only spent one night with Tom and was ready to go away with him but she knew she could not. The next morning when Tom is worried about George hitting him, Gilda had that longing, desirous, look on her face. Her eyes were smiling when she agreed that George was 'barbaric'. Clearly, while she was saying the words she was thinking of him in a really good way. She even made a point to tell him not to change. She encouraged his tendency to lash out as he did with the client he had gone to Nice to paint. She liked him exactly as he was.
George was less secure in himself than was Tom. She needed to build him up while with Tom she criticized him harshly, even when his writing was good, in order to get the best out of him. She liked Tom's maturity but when she chose George he was accepting of it, wished them well and went about his business. He forgave George. He was even willing to bow out of the relationship with her. George, on the other hand, was angry. He was more intuitive of what was going on and did not hold anything back. He was ready to burn all his bridges both with Tom and Gilda. He was not going to forgive, forget, and go on even though, in a way, he had done the same thing to Tom.
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Tom (Fredric March) was nicer, but George (Gary Cooper) was better looking lol
shareIf I was a woman I would choose Frederic March. Alas, I am not a woman.
shareTom - mostly because Gary Cooper is not attractive at all, but also because he was nicer overall.
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I wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so...
I looked for the diacritical marks telling us you're kidding/sarcastic.
Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Elvis Presley, and the hideous Grace Kelly all got famous with their family connections.