When Lee knocks on the door of her childhood home and the new husband answers, she asks for her mother as Mrs. Malone. She didn't know her mother had remarried, so it can't be the new man's name. Is Leander a fake name, or is the discrepancy explained elsewhere in the film and I just missed it?
shareIn the courtroom scene shortly after the beginning, the defense attorney refers to her as:
"Anna Rose Malone, sometimes known as Lee Leander"
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The "and sometimes . . . " comment was an aside from MacMurray's character.
BTW, love your screen name, "itmay . . . " -- "My eyes! My eyes! Don't touch my eyes!" :-)
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>>It was a great aside, though, and the look she gave him when he said it was great! <<
Yep -- besides being a drop-dead glare, it is, if I remember correctly, the first time she really notices his existence. Great start for a romance, eh? :-)
>>"I have perfect 20/20/20/20 vision." :-D Glad to know you recognized it! I love that episode<<
Me, too -- but, then there are very few Dick van Dyke Show episodes that I don't love!
I'd say more, but I'm having trouble typing without my thumbs . . .
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Have another walnut, my dear...
shareHey, was that Danny Thomas? :-)
Maybe the three of us should move over to the Dick van Dyke board . . .
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I agree -- this is a case where The Code reflects real life, for once. Just because he loves her and we like her, doesn't change the fact that . . . (say it with me, now . . . )
Crime Does Not Pay.
Which is not to say that the screenwriters wouldn't have done it the same way pre-1934. It does show her character development and willingness to sacrifice, which makes her more likeable.
She *did* break the law after all, and not only that but I'm sure the cost of that bracelet, plus the fact it was her third offense, caused this particular crime to be a felony. That's at least 2 years in the clink. Had she gotten off, it would have sacrificed what she promised to Lucy and would have changed Jack's character.
Then again I have to wonder if it wasn't just the Production Code saying that she had to pay for her crime.
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It makes me wonder how different Anna would have turned out had she been brought up in the same environment as Jack.YES. That's the message I took away from this movie, and you put it so nicely. It seems that Jack had all the love and support to become a self-confident adult, while Anna (or any other child) was too much of a bother to her mother, and knew it. share
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I agree that those scenes really get across the contrast in the two homes, and the leads' upbringing. At first glance, the only scene that didn't ring true was the scene where Jack's mother tries to keep Lee from falling for Jack. But the more that I think about it (I just saw it for the first time last weekend), she didn't threaten, force or manipulate her, she just wanted to let Lee know how hard Jack had worked for everything he had. I guess the scene is to show that Jack's family may be nice and welcoming, but they are not naive fools. Now I want to see it again.
shareitmay, thanks for your long post defending the ending. I hate the ending, but I like your reasons for defending it.
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Yes, I like the ending because it assumes that we--the audience--can figure out the rest of the story on our own.
shareYeah, great screen name. :)
shareBack to the opening question -- "Malone" would have all kinds of vibes back in those days that it doesn't have now -- a common Irish name. For a while there, admittedly decades earlier, the Irish really were the scum of the earth, criminal, shiftless, low associations, poor, common.
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