"Have a look at 'The Times', there's a thrilling article on what's the matter with English cricket."
Mrs. Van Hopper says "good-bye my dear and good luck". Sound sounds like a drill instructor sending the troops off to battle.
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Great dialogue throughout this film. I have enjoyed all the previous entries. Don't think anyone mentioned yet, though, when Mrs. van Hopper says "You certainly work quickly. I can see what you were doing when you said you were taking tennis lessons! Have you been doing anything you shouldn't? Oh well, it doesn't matter."
shareShe said: " I'd rather destroy Manderley than ....."
Near the end of the film, Mrs. Danvers said the above but I don't know the ending of her statement. I keep replaying that part but I can't hear it distinctly.
Mrs. de Winter says, "it's Mrs. Danvers. She's gone mad. She said she'd rather destroy Manderley than see us happy here."
As for me, my favorite line is "Maxim, I was just thinking...". "Oh, what do you want to do that for?" That, or absolutely anything George Sanders said. That ultra-smooth voice of his, dripping with mischief. Whoever thought of casting him as Favell was a genius!
Thanks margaret. I had finally figured it out but neglected to say so.
George Sanders is the best of all time depicting the kind of character Jack Lavell is.
Hmmm, in the opening minutes of "Double Jeopardy," Bruce Greenwood makes everyone hate him while doing nothing overtly vicious. It just happened to dawn on me that George Sanders would have been a "perfect" Nick Parsons. Are you familiar with the film?
"You despise me, don't you? As I despise myself. You can't understand what my feelings were...can you? - Max
"Of course I can, darling. Of course I can." - Mrs.DeWinter the 2nd
Olivier delivers that line with so much vulnerability, the way his voice cracks when he says "despise" and the pleading in his voice when he says "can you?" just break my heart. His exterior is so formal and rigid throughout the movie, its a bit of role-reversal really. The entire movie Mrs.De Winter is timid and shy, trying desperately just to evoke some tenderness from him and be accepted in Rebecca's place. Now it is he who is seeking her approval and feeling unworthy because of the darkness in his past and guilt really over what he's done. Amazing acting by both of them in that moment. That whole scene is my favorite in the movie though and there are numerous quotes I love in it. It's incredible to see the way Joan Fontaine switches her character and from then on the relationship between her and Maxim is beautiful because they finally understand each other, she knows the truth, and he is relieved of the burden of carrying it alone.
Have to mention also...
"I hated her!"
"I've loved you my darling, I'll always love you."
"No, no, she hasn't won, whatever happens, she hasn't won."
"You'll stay with me?"
"Until the very end."
-HP7
ONe of my favorite lines, meaning especially the way it is delivered, is by Joan Fontaine after Mrs. van Hopper has just told her in a very obnoxious way why Maxim wanted to marry her, and she says, with a brief pause in the middle, and facing her straight on, head tilting slightly back with her chin out
"I think you'd better leave now (pause) before you miss your train."
This beautiful bit of acting also sets the stage for the echoing scene later in the film where the second Mrs. de Winter tells Mrs. Danvers to remove Rebecca's stationery and related things from the library.
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What did you do today?
I was thinking....
Now, why would you go ahead and do a thing like that?
Imagine me making violent love to you behind a palm tree
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