Irritating Wife


Maybe it's viewing it through a 2000's viewpoint, but I found Maureen O'Sullivan's character to be pretty unsympathetic. All she could do was fuss about how much Ray Milland works. Meanwhile she's a stay at home wife, with a beautiful home, one child, and a housekeeper. Does she understand that it's his salary that allows her to live this luxurious lifestyle?

Milland should have suggested she get a job, then he wouldn't have to work so much.

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I think that it was clear that she would rather have access to her husband and more time spent together as a family than material things. If you ask me, that is a virtuous and high-minded point of view. What kind of marriage is it when the husband does nothing but hand over money?

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I think the problem is O'Sullivan. I find her irritating in every movie, even Tarzan films.

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