Weird, funny, quirky little moments of 'The Women'
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Shearer_Goddard_Russell — 19 years ago(January 27, 2007 08:32 AM)
I just watched this movie yesterday for probably the 921739th time. And due to this rather high number, I'm always picking up new things I never noticed before, as I'm sure some of you have.
So some funny moments/small things I didn't previously notice:- In the scene following Mary's first phone call from Stephen (all the women are over for lunch), Sylvia is (most likely) debating in her mind how to get Mary to get her point about the other woman. Edith briefly takes hold of Sylvia's hand while alluding to her, and then Sylvia looks at her hand then at Mary, and her expression is just like, "IDEA!"
- Catfight between Sylvia and Miriam. I just find it really amusing that Peggy was eating an apple before it got started, and after the close-up of her (going "Oh, Sylvia!") she continues to eat it while watching, horrorstruck. The others are so funny to watch in this scene, because you know they're not really trying to break up the fight and it's like they're trying not to laugh. I also love Mary's expression after Sylvia pulls down Miriam's shorts and is laughing.
- Yeah. I am INCREDIBLY slow, but when Sylvia and the model are arguing at the fashion show, Sylvia says, "I'd like to see Howard Fowler bat an eye at another woman." The model replies, "I've seen him. And she's not bad, either." I'd always naively assumed she was joking just to annoy Sylvia, but I realized she must have been talking about Miriam! (duhh)
- Lastly, as my brother so eloquently pointed out whilst walking by the TV, "Nipples!" I wonder if Paulette Goddard was wearing a bra during the scene wherein the Countess asks her about "the man in your life."
So, anyone else notice anything amusing?
(Note: this is NOT a board for favorite moments or quotes. It's for random little things you have noticed upon multiple viewings).
"I'm fixing the bike so daddy can ride it in heaven."
RIP Steve Irwin
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flossie_puppy — 19 years ago(January 29, 2007 07:31 PM)
- At the beginning when we're introduced to Mary and little Mary, and the girl jumps on her mother's butt. It wasn't my favourite part of the movie, but it seemed very human and familial. Anyone could have picked up on it, but I found it quirky.
- Sylvia's eye shirt.
That's it for now, but I'm sure there's more.
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LincolnMarkV — 19 years ago(January 31, 2007 08:36 AM)
I put this on another post, but everyone ignored it. As it fits in here, I'll include it. I think your idea for this post is brilliant, by the way.
These are real random, and real unimportant. (Which is why we'll both watch this movie 921,740 times!)- Right before the catfight, when Sylvia is opening the letter from Carol Hammond, a little clipping falls out that the Countess DeLave picks up. Well, having watched this movie a bazillion times, I tired of reading the part you're supposed to read, and decided to read the item underneath it. It's a scream. So politically incorrect. So 1939.
- In the luncheon scene at Mary's, when Sylvia picks up the magazine and snottily says "Leave it to Mary to get her best angle," you can see a man on the back cover of the magazine. I think this is the only place there is a man in the whole movie, but I keep watching for another one.
- This is truly ridiculous, but if you're a fan, you'll understand. Mary, Little Mary, and Mary's mother are watching the home movie from Bermuda. The mother is going on about dropping the camera. After she says "I think I saw whales on the way up" she makes this RIDICULOUS little laugh. I keep rewinding it to hear it again. Such a ridiculous sound. I'm practicing it myself so I can use it sometime.
- This is sort of a quote, but it may fit in. After all that fast-talking repartee in the first Sydney's scene (the one where they say "That old gasoline truck, she's sixty if she's a minute). Well, after the discussion about the arm hair, the black girl pops her head in the door and says: "She sure do shed, don't she?"
"Mrs. Bates! If my sister wanted flowers I think we could afford to buy them!"
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Shearer_Goddard_Russell — 19 years ago(January 31, 2007 11:54 AM)
Haha thanks for posting those! It's weird, because the first one you mentioned I just barely registered myself. There's a few racial slurs in the film
that really make me cringe, no matter how great the movie is!
"I'm fixing the bike so daddy can ride it in heaven."
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jg67 — 19 years ago(February 01, 2007 05:50 PM)
While at lunch waiting for Mary, Sylvia is talking to Nancy, Peggy and Edith she says "I think Mary is being very wise snatching Stephen Haines off to Canada." It always struck me as odd she'd use his first
and
last name when talking to close friends.
"You're too short for that gesture."
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flossie_puppy — 19 years ago(February 08, 2007 09:34 PM)
More:
- At the beginning of the scene where Mary's mother comes in to talk her out of confronting Stephen, Mary is sticking something in her eyes. Anyone know what it is?
- When Sylvia is being exercised, the exercise lady pushes down her leg, and Sylvia shouts "my scars!" I was wondering what she meant (I thought maybe Cesarian scars but I thought she didn't have kids).
- When Mary is talking to Little Mary about divorce, Little Mary steals her pin. I just thought it was funny.
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Shearer_Goddard_Russell — 19 years ago(February 09, 2007 04:36 AM)
<<2. When Sylvia is being exercised, the exercise lady pushes down her leg, and Sylvia shouts "my scars!" I was wondering what she meant (I thought maybe Cesarian scars but I thought she didn't have kids)>>
I was confused too, but in the play, Sylvia mentions in the first scene that she had a Ceasarian (so apparently, she does have kids).
"I'm fixing the bike so daddy can ride it in heaven."
RIP Steve Irwin -
ritamilo — 17 years ago(September 29, 2008 05:37 AM)
I think Sylvia had a C-section and I don't know why I remember this but somehow I think she has a daughter. I have the play at home and I'm going to go through it again to see if it's mentioned.
My quirky moment was when Sylvia arrives at the divorcee ranch and her anger comes out - and there's a general melee - her hat is smashed at the brim and hanging around her neck, she's having a major meltdown, but the way she grabbed the pitcher and glasses and smashed everything was more than a bit frightening. She was literally (didn't her glasses fall off?) blind with rage.
"truth against the world" - attributed to Boudicca of the Iceni -
jfd0210 — 18 years ago(September 21, 2007 05:17 AM)
I remember my sister and I both said, "She matches the seat." when we saw this scene. Either Adrian did this as a statement (which goes over my head) or it was a goof, as costumers always work with set designers for contrast. I thought Norma did a great "cry" in this, really getting it from the gut. I always shift in my chair at this scene because it is so real.
This might not belong here, but someone earlier said to post things noticed after multiple viewings, as these are two things I always point out when I watch with someone.
During the lunch scene early in the film. There is a long shot of the "girls" at the table, and Norma takes a roll, and says something to "Sylvia" like, "No glutton." Norma takes a bite of the roll, then the scene starts to change to you see Norma SPIT the roll on her plate! You have to watch very closely, even stop the film and re do, but it is there. I have always laughed to seeing "The Queen of The Lot" spitting out a roll. I realize this scene was done possibly multiple times, so she would not wanted to eat a roll each time, or was dieting (I guess there WAS glutton!). Watch for it.
The "cat fight" scene is really looped (dialogue re done). You can hear Marjorie Main say her line (something like "Let 'em enjoy themselves.") off camera (very low, but audile) then she says it again for the camera.
Just seen the film is actually being re made. I guess the disaster with June Allyson didn't work to show the cast is what makes this film so great, and that sure cannot be duplicated. -
susieq19 — 18 years ago(September 25, 2007 06:15 AM)
I love the scene at the start before the luncheon when Sylvia and Edith are in the bathroom discussing Crystal. When they both claim that neither of them discuss the private lives of their friends, the momentary recognition between the two that that is exactly what they are doing, and no doubt do behind each others' backs - classic!
I also love the scene when Sylvia meets Flora for the first time and has a double take at her bountiful jewellery!
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jg67 — 18 years ago(September 25, 2007 07:32 AM)
"When they both claim that neither of them discuss the private lives of their friends"
Actually they both had just agreed that they both knew things about their friend's husbands that they would never breathe. The looks they exchanged were more "what does this hooker know about
MY
husband. LOL
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LincolnMarkV — 18 years ago(October 25, 2007 01:43 PM)
Lol. I will HAVE to watch for Mary spitting that roll!
Here's the deal on the dinner roll: Sylvia waves off the maid (we are to assume she is on a diet and doesn't wish to add caloric bread). Mary says, "Oh go ahead, dear. It's gluten." (In the 1930s, it was assumed rolls made with gluten weren't as caloric as those with white flour.) After which, Sylvia (always the bitch) says: "Did you ever know such a housewife." -
herveywillets — 13 years ago(February 09, 2013 08:59 PM)
What Mary actually said at lunch when Sylvia refused the roll, was "Go ahead, it's gluten". i.e. it had had the starch removed. "Starches"bread, potatoes, etc. were thought to be the big fattening agents in the 1930's.
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ksdennis — 18 years ago(October 22, 2007 10:18 AM)
In the scene after Mary confronts Crystal in the dressing room, there is one saleswomen who doesnt have a line and just stands in the grouping. She is then escorted out by the elbow by another saleswoman. I always thought this was very odd.
Who is she and why is she there? She has a dazed look on her face, with a "what am I doing here expression"! -
SomeKindOfGoddardLover — 17 years ago(May 06, 2008 12:20 PM)
One that ive just noticed..!
After the main saleswoman has just showed Mary into her dressing room after her little 'thats crystal Allen' walk.
We get a shot of Crystal walking into her dressing room and while shes walking in ,the saleswoman that just showed Mary into hers walks past her and crystal just kinda looks back to look at her legs or something and then smiles ..
Weird?! lol! its pretty cute!
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