David
01-17-2009, 12:01 PM
Remember the scene in HIS GIRL FRIDAY when Cary Grant (as Walter Burns) says, "Ah, yes, a home with Mother" -- followed by a smothered chortle & a little roll of his shoulder -- "and in Albany, too!" It's a picture of devastating mockery, but so slight & slippery that Bruce (Ralph Bellamy) doesn't notice. Hildy (Ros Russell) notices, & we do, too.
I never thought about the connection before, but this scene is a replay of the "Oklahoma City" scene in THE AWFUL TRUTH -- same joke, same setup, even two of the same actors in the same relationship within the joke (Grant & Bellamy).
"And if you get bored in Oklahoma City, you can always go over to Tulsa for the weekend."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/redletter/3333900%20-%20HIS%20GIRL%20FRIDAY.jpg http://www.classicfilmpreview.com/images/the_awful_truth1.jpg
I never thought about the connection before, but this scene is a replay of the "Oklahoma City" scene in THE AWFUL TRUTH -- same joke, same setup, even two of the same actors in the same relationship within the joke (Grant & Bellamy).
"And if you get bored in Oklahoma City, you can always go over to Tulsa for the weekend."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/redletter/3333900%20-%20HIS%20GIRL%20FRIDAY.jpg http://www.classicfilmpreview.com/images/the_awful_truth1.jpg