Am I mistaken, or is the pregnancy never mentioned after Alice was dead? Nothing about "murdering this innocent girl and her unborn baby?" George's lawyer doesn't mention it, with DNA testing decades away he might have been able to make a case about the baby being fathered by someone else and Alice was trying to force George into accepting responsibility. Just a thought. I imagine the movie was shocking in its day, being about an unwed mother.
shareIt was mentioned...the doctor whom Alice consulted was brought to the stand, it's just that only a brief portion of his testimony is shown.
with DNA testing decades away he might have been able to make a case about the baby being fathered by someone else and Alice was trying to force George into accepting responsibility.
Read it again, mate.
shareI just watched this movie and there was no mention that Alice had been pregnant. Maybe an autopsy wasn't done or she wasn't far enough along to tell although she looked like about 4 months to me. Or perhaps she wasn't really pregnant at all.
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"Let's not ask for the moon, we have the stars".
That is the part i don't get either, no DNA testing, the laws at that time were more in favor of the guys when the two people weren't married. George could have been "that is not my baby Alice, you are on your own, if you bother me again I'll call the cops on you for harassment." The police would side with him too, he is an upper crust, they would take her away and tell her not to mess with him and his family.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
About the only test they could've done back then was a blood test; but of course, you'd have to wait for the baby to be born.
"May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?"
Well he was working towards being an upper crust. He might or might not have had back up.
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Is is possible the state didn't want to mention it because it would have made Alice less sympathetic to the jury?
I was left wondering if there was any proof of the pregnancy at all. When they are in the boat and she's talking about the future. She mentions that they can both get jobs and make it work, with no mention of the baby. I was wondering if she just made it all up?
I guess I'll have to read the play.
No she didn't make it up, it was confirmed by the doctor who examined her. It was hinted that she was hoping he would perform an abortion but in a round about way it was made clear he wouldn't.
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This whole plot line was iffy. The code of "ethics" from the Hayes office could pull the plug on any film that didn't live up to their strange standards. Unwed pregnancy was at the top of that list. My guess is the screenwriters didn't want to push it.
shareNot to mention hinting at a woman wanting an abortion.
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