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is the little girl Rosalie crushing on Martha?

posted 19 years ago by Shearer_Goddard_Russell
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I seem to remember thinking that when I saw this movie. Doesn't Mary make some remark like, "protecting your crush"? And also I could be making this up, but in the end Martha gives Rosalie a kiss on the cheek or vice versa or something and Rosalie runs off looking petrified. Or maybe I'm just saying that because I want to think the original theme was stuck in there SOMEwhere.

...and in conclusion, I would like to say that James Dean and Leo Gorcey are very hot.

[–] deadpan_diva 18 years ago

I thought Rosalie ran off because she couldn't handle Martha being so swet and forgiving after what Rosalie and Mary did to her. Rosalie was basically bullied and made fun of. I always felt sorry for her.

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[–] boxerrebellion 9 years ago

I think many modern viewers see this scene and many similar ones coloured by modern views... and in the last several years there has been an obsession with homosexuality, whether equal rights, who is and who isn't or more salacious topics. The original viewers may not have been aware of the original play, certainly not as much as we are with the introduction on TCM.

Actually, there are many scenes in movies that end up as discussions or arguments on IMDb simply because viewers are seeing through 21st century glasses, not glasses appropriate to the times in which the movies were made and/or that they represent. I believe that many movies (especially Gone With the Wind) reflect as much or more when they were made as the time period of the story.

[–] mdonln 9 years ago

Shearer_Goddard_Russell says > Doesn't Mary make some remark like, "protecting your crush"?

I heard her say crush as well. I thought it was odd but coming from Mary I thought it was her smart-alecky way of taunting the girl. I also thought it might have been something that's said of a teacher to a student; perhaps the opposite equivalent of 'teacher's pet'. I had no idea what the original play was about when I saw this movie so, of course, I didn't make any other connection at the time.

Now that I've seen the Children's Hour and know what the original play was about, I think you may be right. It may have been an attempt to incorporate some of the original theme into the movie. If that were the case, it made no sense to bring it down to the kids' level.

Personally, I don't see why it would have been necessary to associate this movie with the play. The source material of movies often differs from the film. Besides, I'm willing to guess very few of the people who went to see the movie would have ever seen the play; they may never have even heard of it. Then again, if it was done as a nod to the original, it would not have necessarily been done for the Broadway fan's benefit.

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