What the heck! The famous star gets killed in the end and the Michael says, "She didn't have a any kind of soul to carry on". I mean, she didn't seem like a particularly bad person. Actually, she seemed fairly nice. It doesn't seem fair she didn't get a chance to go to heaven.
shareFrom her conversation with her ex we're supposed to see she's a scarlet woman, divorced and always with multiple lovers. She's trying to seduce the sweet innocent to keep him around and further her career at the expense of the perfect girl he's ignoring. In today's world, meh. Back then, poison.
shareThe film's demonisation of Adele (whose main crime seems to be enjoying herself too much) is ridiculous by today's standards. If she's judged to have no soul, they would probably think Kim Kardashian was the devil on earth!
shareDodrade, the previous poster said it quite adequately, Adele was a loose woman with obvious narcissistic tendencies, including using people,primarily men, to further her career. Today we would call someone like that an empty suit or, in her case, empty skirt, i.e., no character; hence the quip, no soul. Nothing hard to discern about this at all. Finally, if we find this type of dame very much in he workaday mold, we have truly fallen a long way since the days character mattered. Then again, since we slavishly idolize such present day tramps as Kim Kardashian, Madonna and Lady Gaga, your comment about Adele just enjoying herself seems very much is very much appropriate. Santiago
shareKim kartrashian is the devil.
shareBy today's standards, fortunately or not, she was 'okay'. She left her drunken and, subsequently murderous husband. A wise and emancipated choice. However, by 1940's standards, she was cold and unforgiving. To make matters worse, she "vamped" the star, taking him away from his girl. Result: Eternal Damnation! The fact that the male star willingly went along with her has no bearing as far as Heaven was concerned pre WWII.
That having been said, gee I loved this movie! It hit me just right and really had me crying at the end. Would that life - and the movies - could still be so sweet and simple.
I'm with you there, Jimbo.
I thought the movie was fairly charming, but dismissing the vixen in such cavalier style was way too harsh: "Pffft! Not even God has time for a woman with loose morals. Carry on, gentlemen."
I know it would have been awkward for her transparent spirit to be standing there with temporarily dead Jimmy, but, really, no soul at all????
That's a significant thunk in a movie so vigorously ringing the redemption bell.
P.S. It was funny that Harry Carey's mother had nagged the angels into going back again to collect him, but now I have to add "nag" to the list of stereotypes with "virgin," "whore" and "desexualized faithful retainer."