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Dorothy and the Captain

posted 18 years ago by taylorje
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I was curious to know how much of the movie's romantic feelings between Captain Jones and Dorothy Bradford were true, so I searched online for more information. According to one source, a descendant of the Bradfords wrote an article for a magazine in the late 1800's claiming that Dorothy and the Captain had a romance during the voyage and that her guilt over it caused her to commit suicide. However, the author was desperate for money and admitted later to having made up the story to sell the article. Dorothy did fall overboard and drown as depicted in the movie, but no one ever knew if it was deliberate or accidental. Mr. Bradford later remarried and had a second family.

[–] pylgrym 17 years ago

Thanks for this info. be sure to read Wm. Bradford's first-hand account published by Knopf:
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[–] Cindi14 14 years ago

Spenser Tracy is a great actor, but he was not suited to be cast romantically against the beautiful Gene Tierney.
Someone like Gregory Peck, yes.

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[–] catlady1412 14 years ago

Ooh! Great idea! But then Gregory Peck could play all the male roles in this movie very well. I think Gene Tierney looks like the first Barbie doll was carved in her image.

[–] vinidici 13 years ago

Spenser Tracy is a great actor, but he was not suited to be cast romantically against the beautiful Gene Tierney.
Someone like Gregory Peck, yes.

Disagree. Merchant sea captains aren't generally pretty boys. And women tend to fall for real men, as Tracy's Captain Jones was portrayed in this picture, warts and all.

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[–] RubyHypatia 13 years ago

Well heck, she doesn't get to wash up regularly, nor wash her clothing much, yet she always looked like she was showered, dressed in clean, freshly pressed clothes, and her make-up was perfect. Did she really bring along that much make-up? So why not have Gregory Peck play the captain?

[–] vinidici 13 years ago

Dorothy and her fellow Pilgrims kept as clean as they could with their limited supply of water, whilst the other passengers and crew never much took to bathing in good times OR under austere circumstances.

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[–] cwente2 13 years ago

Quite true. I must admit it would be difficult for me to keep my eyes (and hands) off Miss Tierney, scrubbed or unscrubbed, if you know what I mean.

[–] pt100 11 years ago

Many aspects of the film were made up, including the romantic triangle and his wife's suicide. According to Bradford's account, she accidentally fell off the ship and drowned. Despite MGM's trying to spice things up with such details, this was still a box office flop, and a flop w/the critics as well.