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New appreciation for Liz

posted 15 years ago by MarilynGraceBogart
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The more I watch this movie the more I appreciate Liz. I think when you first watch it it's easy to be overwhelmed by the greatness of Cary Grant, katharine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart but Ruth Hussey certainly holds her own against these screen legends. Everytime I watch I pay more and more attention to Liz, and she is very funny. Her line delievery and facial expressions are great =]Between her and Dinah and uncle Willie this movie has the best supporting characters!

Anyways, my favorite Liz moments are as follows:

MC: "You're the darndest girl Liz!"
LE: "...I Think I'm sweet."

LE: "Where's my wondering parakeet?"

TSL: "Oh...are you two...going together?"
LE: "Well...that is an...odd question!"
TSL: "I don't see why."

"You're cute."
"I'm getting cuter every minute."
Humphrey Bogart

[–] SteveReed007 15 years ago

Also, what to me is the funniest line in the movie goes to Liz, after Mike proposes that he get Tracy out of a wedding-day jam by, well, proposing.

Mike: But they're in there! They're waiting!
Liz: Don't get too conventional all at once, will you? There'll be a reaction.
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Yvaine: What do stars do best?
Captain: Well, certainly not the waltz!

[–] lorene-lavora 14 years ago

IMDB is being very annoying with the boards, cleansing them back to just a year or two. There was a very good thread about Liz here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/board/thread/6420438?p=1

Yes, she had some of the best lines in the film.

PS - My mistake. This one's still around.