Comments on: Didja ever notice – “marriages with delayed consummation” in film?

By: MDR

MDR — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:53 +0000

Certainly The Doughgirls (1944) qualifies and should be on this list.

By: addie

addie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:55:36 +0000

This is a late entry, but I am completely lost on the current "picnic basket social" "didja eve notice"."Fallen" Angel"

By: Medusa

Medusa — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:41:32 +0000

Hi Cso!Well, the effect is the same, but I do believe that Parker is definitely supposed to be a widow. Check out the synopsis here– http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=84539–and there's the angle that she had a connection with Leningen through his brother and that's why she specifically went all that way to be with him. Whatever got her there, it's almost funny watching him fume and get all aroused, such as when he has to put the insect potion on her nekkid shoulder. What a movie! I think it's one of Heston's most entertaining! The only thing I don't like is that they never really show the last clinch — the shot is a far, far longshot of the devastated landscape and even the "The End" comes up over Leningen and his madame embracing in the now-antless ruins of the plantation! I think we got cheated! :-)

By: Betsy Brett

Betsy Brett — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:15:11 +0000

How about My Favorite Wife? Cary Grant's character re-marries after having his first wife declared dead, after years of being missing. Then, as they arrive at their honeymoon location, Cary sees first wife, Irene Dunne, in the lobby. Decidedly stalls the honeymoon!

By: MDR

MDR — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:54:57 +0000

Thanks for the additions Athena729. I've yet to see The Trap (1966), and I shouldn't have forgotten to include The Barefoot Contessa (1954) on my original list.

By: cso

cso — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:31:01 +0000

Medusa,Did I get the wrong take on "The Naked Jungle!" I got the vibe that Eleanor Parker was not a widow but a discarded mistress and that was Heston's hangup. (That was just a little sin of ommision on her part, do you think a class act like Ms. Parker would have left the states if she was a respectable widow-woman.) He wanted a virginal hothouse flower to initiate and what he really got was a vixen who was oh say, just a little shopworn for his taste (although she hid it under a nice veneer.) Chuck, get over yourself, who cares that the tamper evident seal got broken. You need a strong woman to deal with the frontier and your macho manliness - Eleanor is just the ticket . . hot, hot, hot . . it's steamy watching his libido fence with his pride! The ant menance forces him to blank or get off the pot, so to speak.

By: Athena729

Athena729 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:22:53 +0000

Excellent list! Don't forget:The Trap (1966)–Oliver Reed plays a crude French-Canadian trapper who takes a young mute girl (Rita Tushingham) as his wife. It's been a long time since I've seen this but I think there's a drunk scene where Reed tries to assert himself and Rita flees into the snow. He follows and guess what (see movie title) is waiting in the woods for him!The Barefoot Contessa (1954)–Ava Gardner is a simple Spanish girl who becomes an actress and the darling of jetset society. She marries Rossano Brazzi, a gorgeous Italian count who can't fulfill the wedding night owing to a war injury. She continues to follow her free spirit lifestyle including indulging with a former lover and the count kills her. The movie takes place during her funeral with a series of flashbacks narrated by Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien and Warren Stevens.

By: Vince M

Vince M — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:10:13 +0000

I promptly thought of 'Lord Love a Duck' where Roddy McDowall's character instructs Barbara Ann (Tuesday Weld) how to get what she wants – when she wants, and marries, the wooden youth minister, McDowall keeps their relation celibate, mostly by inflicting physical harm on the poor sap.

By: jerry

jerry — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:37:11 +0000

do you have any information or photos of two actors who you don"t see or here much about , their names are i think Edsen Stroll and Alan Curtis. I think they are both very attractive, and are underated!! I would very much appreciate any information!!.thanks, jerry

By: pat

pat — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:57:10 +0000

You forgot "the Glenn Miller Story". They end up in their bridal suite and suddenly the band friends pop up in the room. They end up in Harlem listening to Louie Armstrong to the "wee" hours of the morning.