Separate beds for Tom and Betsy?


In those scenes where Tom and Betsy Rath (Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones) are talking in their bedroom, do they have one bed or two? I thought I saw two beds, but I could be mistaken.

Two beds would fit in with the Leave-It-To-Beaver, 1950s worldview. However, in a film that deals with such issues as extramarital affairs and illegitimate children, two beds for a married couple would seem absurdly quaint.

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It had nothing to do with the 50s worldview, but the Hays Code.

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It makes sense if they don't want any unexpected children. On another note, according to my grandmother who was married to my grandfather from 1915 until he died in 1968, they never saw each other naked in all that time. I don't think that was uncommon either, times change.

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