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Little Maria

posted 6 years ago by jevicci (157)
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Two things:

1) I thought the scene with Little Maria was the best, most captivating scene in the whole film. Very sweet and unexpected.

2) When she gets picked up and thrown in the lake was FUCКING HILARIOUS!!!!!! Now, don't get me wrong. It's also the single most tragic, heartbreaking moment of the film, but at the same time, there's just something about the way that whole thing played out and was shot and everything that just made me laugh myself hoarse. I'm laughing my ass off right now just thinking about it. That being said, it's equally heartwrenching when her limp, lifeless body is being carried through the town by her father.

Rest in peace, little Maria :'(

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7511) 6 years ago

Just a bit of trivia, the scene of the monster throwing her in the lake was not in the original theater cut. In the cut from 1931, it showed the monster throwing the flowers in the lake with Maria. Then cut to him running through the woods. The scene of the monster throwing her in the lake wasn't put into the film til the 1990s VHS release.

[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 6 years ago

was it edited during re releases because of the code?

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7511) 6 years ago

Yes. Things were different back then. Nobody wanted to offend other people especially religious people. So things considered too inappropropriate weren't done in movies.

[–] liscarkat (17114) 3 years ago

It's heart-wrenching, especially since the monster didn't intend to kill her. He thought they were playing.

[–] PaladinNJ (20674) 9 months ago

Interesting Trivia:
The director told Boris Karloff not to approach Marilyn Harris off set when in makeup for fear it would scare her. When they were getting in the vehicles to go to the lake set, she ran up to him and asked him to ride in the car with her. He said he would be delighted and they walked hand in hand to the vehicle.

[–] Darren (1193) 8 months ago

Like so many actors who made their careers playing evil or monstrous characters, Karloff was in real life a very warm, generous, kind-hearted person who was liked by nearly everyone who met him.