Too bad she didn't inspire any of her female pupils to want anything more than being "genteel". I know it was the 50's and Miss Dove wasn't particularly able to see past the conventions of her time and environment. And on a side note thought jone's performance robotic.
shareThe movie was made in the 1950's but the Jennifer Jones character was reflecting back on her teaching career of probably 20 plus years. So, she probably started teaching in the late 1920's. Unless a female got married she essentially had two career paths. Be a teacher (like Dove) or nursing. That's just the way it was. That wasn't something she had the power to change. That was an evolutionary process that didn't truly begin until the mid to late 1960's. And if by "genteel" you mean manners, then perhaps today's kids could use a good dose of that type of teaching.
share"Unless a female got married she essentially had two career paths. Be a teacher (like Dove) or nursing."
Actually, that's 3 careers. Being a homemaker is a career, too . . . although we think we're so sophisticated for degrading it as unworthy of a modern woman.
As I stated, "unless a woman married, she had two career paths", and during Miss Dove's time being a homemaker would require her to be married. So, no, for single females during Miss Dove's time basically it was two career paths. I never said being a homemaker wasn't a career. You read way too much into my post.
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Wait..........the performance of Jennifer Jones is "robotic" ???
No offense, but you somehow completely missed the entire point of her character, and the fact that she gave the EXACT performance the role required........
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The OP didn`t say Jennifer Jones`s performance was robotic. The post referred to some un-credited person name "jone`s". I can`t find that name in the cast list, can you?
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Her performance was spot on.
shareA good actress could communicate more than a stolid exterior, which is all we get from Jones. They could convey the character's inner life, help us understand why they're so rigid. Jones was never that talented or insightful an actress. It's the OP's criticism that's spot on.
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