I'm watching the original film of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Google says "maid" is a demeaning term.

[quote]But the terms maid and helper are demeaning and harmful — not because they're “politically incorrect,” but because, in a very real way, they have a direct impact on how domestic workers are perceived and exploited. ... It's because you know servant is not the right word to describe a domestic worker.

OMG.

Tierney is such teensy-weensy little thing even when she wears high heels.

She has a tiny voice that Angela with her big voice, big personality and big bust, would completely overwhelm her.

The sexy ghost would go for the busty maid instead of the etiolated Tierney.

One of the classiest weepers ever, and Rex was divine, a perfect foil for Tierney's exquisite beauty. And, that haunting score by Bernard Hermann.

Fuck the PC shit.

R3 The secy ghost can't go for anyone, his cock is ectoplasm, remember?

That was the whole fucking point, you moron: the exquisitely dainty, hemmed in by hrr culture, throws off the traces, asserts her independence, stands up to the earthy but dead ghost, and ends up writing his bawdy memoir.

You don't know much about narrative tension, do you?

It's contrast and contradiction that get you a good story.

Next, you'll be telling us that if only Rhett had stuck to Belle Watling, everything would have been fine.

Scarlett was a dainty beauty, too.

^*sexy (not secy)

Nothing Tierney ever did will surpass the brilliance of Leave Her to Heaven. I can't post about that without giving away spoilers. But such a nasty, wonderful film.

What a mean asshole R5 is.

Tierney just said to the maid "How dare you!" and called herself "a respectable widow woman." Then she told the maid to go downstairs and make them both a cup of tea.

[quote] It's contrast and contradiction that get you a good story.

Yes, R5 The Exquisitely Dainty versus The Ectoplastic Cock.

So Tierney and Martha, the maid, grow old together and have an argument about whether Tierney should have a glass of warm milk. Then Harrison's ghost shows up again and kind of escorts Tierney off to Heaven.

All's well that ends well, I guess.

Oh Lord, I so need to go to bed but they're following The Ghost and Mr. Muir with William Castle's 13 Ghosts! I haven't seen that in at least 30 years and can't wait! Guess I'll just have to be tired tomorrow.

"You haven't done anything you can be arrested for, have you Daddy?"

"No. Not lately"

Martin Milner in his youthful prime! I'd forgotten!

And Margaret Hamilton as the medium who leads the seances! How good can this get!!!!

Dr. Zorba!, the musical. Andrea Martin in the Margaret Hamilton role.

I haven't seen this black and white thing for decades.

Is it another of those Joseph L Manckiewicz ones where the characters do nothing but talk on and on and on?

Better than Mankiewicz. William Castle.

Margaret Hamilton: Tonight death walks again in this evil house.

Martin Milner turns out to be the villain and meets an unfortunate end. But he and the little boy share a secret from the rest of the characters and if you really want to, you can read a gay subtext into their dialog.

Meanwhile, at the end, the little boy says to Margaret Hamilton, "You really are an evil witch, aren't you?"

Hamilton: "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies."

Pretty good cheap fun overall.

Milner keeps reminding the little boy that the treasure he found is their special secret. They have this special secret they can't tell anybody else about.

Those scenes aren't played or shot as homoerotic but, yeah, the dialog could be suggestive if you wanted to think of it that way.

What a pathetic snowflake R8 is.

Stupid comments merit sharp reproofs.