Who On Earth Would Prefer Dennis Morgan to George Brent?
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shareWas just watching the movie and thought the same thing. Answer: a crazy woman!
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shareA bigger question would be "Who on Earth would prefer Bette Davis to Olivia De Havilland?
shareBingo! Oh, you could have a wild and crazy fling with Bette, but Olivia is the one you'd marry.
shareIts a Southern thing. Just remember that the very first line of Gone With The Wind starts, "Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm...." She was a hellcat and a vixen and all that fun stuff.
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OMG..Exactly what I've thought ever since I was old enough to understand this film!
"OOhhhooo....I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"
OMG - Brent was so stiff and plain looking compared to cute Dennis!
Enrique Sanchez
I love Dennis Morgan.
shareIt's not about "preferring", it's about fresh kill. Stanley doesn't seek out hotties. She wants anything other people have, and she pounces on weakness. Peter is a man of weak character.
Both men as portrayed are barely above pablum in terms of real inner fire. That's pretty standard for George Brent. His stock character, which brought him role after role opposite Warner's biggest women stars, is affable, kind of charming, with a hint of steel, but always safely short of outshining the lead.
Stanley's tiring of Craig's staid reliability is completely believable. She's an acquisitive spitfire - with her it's not about having, it's about constantly seeking out conquests. She'd won him. Now she's bored. His essential goodness, his loyalty, his devotion to the cause of class injustice - all things Roy values - Stanley can't understand, let alone admire.
Morgan early on in his performance - while packing to leave, when he embraced Roy and vowed that he loved her - hinted at what a deeper performance would have given this role. He did love Roy, deeply, with his heart and mind, and Stanley with his baser self. He was essentially bewitched. When he tells Stanley "we've got to be happy" because of all they've done, you can see that he already knows the effort is doomed - thus his eventual suicide.
Someone along the lines of Dane Clark could have made Peter more clearly a man torn by demons. Morgan did manage that in a by-the-numbers sort of way. But if we'd really felt that steaming out from him, why Stanley moved on him would be even clearer. But it's pretty well drawn as is.
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Dennis Morgan by a mile. George Brent wasn't half as charismatic here as he was in Jezebel. Dennis Morgan and Bette Davis had chemistry. Their looks and kisses made my toes curl.
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