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Romantic overtones betwen Jean peters' and Joseph Cotten's character


Did anybody else hear think that there was some romantic tension between the characters played by Jean Peters and Joseph Cotten? I kinda wanted them to get together.

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I know its months after you brought this up, but a far more interesting subject (to me, anyway), then the usual should they remake? Marilyn or Jean? claptrap.

I do think there was some feeling between the characters played by Cotton and Peters, though it was not sexual. I think Cotton saw Peters as the wife he wanted Rose to be--smart, funny, caring, kind; while Peters saw much wasted potential in Cotton--that had he not been so stuck on Rose as she puts it, and so damaged by the war, he could have been quite a guy. But their relationship never moved beyond those feelings because of the circumstances they were in. There was no time to explore them further.
What do you think?

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The real question is what a babe like Polly is doing with a doofus like Ray. Seriously, the guy works in cereals. He takes half a library with him on a romantic break. George should have taken his opportunity and given her a serious seeing to.

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Certainly on his side; he made some remark about how fabulous she was when she came to tend his hand. I thought their relationship the most interesting in the film - she was a great character - and it made Cotten's character, Loomis, more sympathetic as a result. The way he saves her at the end; so caring and yet he goes to his death.

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Yes, they have an interesting understanding of each other.

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I wanted them to get together as well, her husband was dull in character and in looks.

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he was best in Sixteen Candles -- "Helen, we have an owl in the house!"

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i definitely noticed this

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Totally agree.

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