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Donna Reed

posted 12 years ago by onegreendress
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She is wonderfully witchy in that first scene! Love the sparkle in her eyes as she challenges her stepmother.

[–] cappolis 11 years ago

She threw a mean right in the end too.

That punch took me by surprise. Looks authentic too.

I agree. She was so cutting I had to come here to verify it was Donna Reed. I thought it was, but her facial expressions were so nasty I almost didn't recognize her.

[–] matthewwave-1 11 years ago

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It was a treat to see her deck Katherine Emory -- a favorite of mine -- in the end... and completely unexpected!

Matthew

[–] MrMime2015 9 years ago

Reed's character was so nasty that Ann Harding should have decked her at the end. I can't see how the two ever could have reconciled.

[–] greenbudgie (2355) 3 years ago

But Donna Reed's character did visibly melt towards her stepmother towards the end. Any perceived nastiness in Donna Reed's character was wiped away completely as she realized she had totally misread the situation.

[–] raventhom 9 years ago

Didn't you love that playing a 17 year old, she waltzes off in the end with 52 year old "uncle Mac"?

[–] greenbudgie (2355) 3 years ago

I enjoyed it when she said that she had found a man who "tells a woman what to do and how to like it." That was lovely in the context in which it was said.