And this being a Douglas Sirk movie,
being hit by a car makes her BLIND, of course.
being hit by a car makes her BLIND, of course.
God I love Douglas Sirk. But my main point is, I just don't like Jane Wyman. She was the weak link in Stage Fright too (of course, trying to register opposite the icy-fire of Marlene Dietrich can't be easy). But I liked Magnificent Obsession because it was all about Jane Wyman suffering. Suffer, Jane Wyman, suffer! Ah ha ha!
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Is it just me or is the "Lady go boom" look on the cabbie's face in the next-to-last shot unintentionally hilarious? (Or perhaps intentionally so?)
ReplyDeleteI like to think it was intentionally so, but you can never be sure. Anyway, it IS hilarious, it IS. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWyman's signature curly short bangs are enough reason to be bothered by her.
ReplyDeleteWell... we all know who she was married to for a while... I think that's quite enough suffering right there!
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