Question about the movie
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pyotr-3 — 18 years ago(June 17, 2007 04:06 PM)
I adore this film. I can't imagine better singing, dancing, acting, or sets. I know they had to change some of the facts about Molly Brown's actual life to make the film, and this upset some Coloradans, but they should let it go. I am from Georgia, and God knows we've had a massive quantity of films that show Georgia in a manner completely different from reality. Notably "Gone With the Wind." But if it makes good entertainment, I can excuse it in most cases. It's impossible to capture things exactly as they were, and it may be that if the filmmakers DID make it as it was, it would be boring!
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patricianolan999 — 18 years ago(February 15, 2008 07:35 PM)
I agree. Debbie Reynolds screeches and yells throughout the entire film. She can't even talk normally. Even when she's trying to speak, she sounds like she's singing in a forced obnoxious way. Hillbilly talk, I guess!
Like so many musical biographies from the 1960's (including Funny Girl), the film was far from the truth. In real life, Molly and her husband had two children before she went on the Titanic. And they never got back together again, despite the sentimental ending of the film.
When the real-life Johnny heard the Titanic sunk, he said "Molly isn't dead. She's too mean to die."
I prefer James Cameron's version of Molly Brown in "Titanic." -
pegasusunicorn52 — 19 years ago(January 22, 2007 03:47 PM)
That can't be any worse than the phrase found inside Hayley Mill's locket in Disney's '
Pollyanna
'; the space is even tinier than Molly Brown's ring The words in the locket are(this is only an approximation as I can't remember the exact phrase, but it's close enough): "
When you look for the bad in mankind you'll surely find it. Abraham Lincoln
" Roughly the same amount of words but, as I said previously, the space is much smaller than the area Johnny Brown's message was written on.
Hope this has helped.
John.
One Tiny Spark Becomes A Night Of Blazing Suspense -
metatron-9 — 18 years ago(April 03, 2008 10:16 AM)
The word is chinquapin, from the Virginia Algonquin chechinkamin, meaning chestnut. It refers, in the context of the movie, to a species of the chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (beech family) and a related species, the golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), an evergreen that ranges into the Pacific states. Theres also the so-called Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), but its range does not extend anywhere near Colorado. The Western endearment Chick-a-pen seems to derive from the idea of calling a person a little nut.
As to the bank, it seems fairly clear that he was renewing his promise, his marriage vow, to support her.
But you don't have any questions about what a "Siwash yazzy-hamper" is? -
LadyKenobi — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 04:35 PM)
"Chick-a-Pen" makes a lot more sense if you're familiar with the stage version. There's an entire song sung by Johnny to Molly called "Chick-a-Pen" while they were courting. The song got axed for the movie, but the name stayed.