You Are "Effin' Amazing!"
OH MY GOD! "By jove, I think she's got it!" (Can you say "My Fair Lady"?)
Absolutely, positively, completely and totally RIGHT! I told you #7 was a trick question but you weren't tricked -- it's not movie dialogue, it's a line from the song "Ode to Billie Joe". And yes, what exactly did they throw off of the Talahatchee Bridge?.
So #4, where's it from? It's dialogue between Constance Bennett and Lana Turner in the movie "Madame X".
The plot: Holly Parker (Turner), a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, meets and marries the future Senator Clayton Anderson (John Forsythe) from Connecticut (he is on the fast track to the White House). The Senator is always on the road, fulfilling his political ambitions, and the lonely Holly becomes involved with the Lothario Phil Benton (Ricardo Montalban). When Holly breaks-up with Phil, he accidentally falls down the stairs and dies. Estelle Anderson (Bennett), the Senator's mother, learns of Holly's scandalous behavior and she arranges for Holly to fake her own death by drowning at sea, ultimately disappearing forever, and thereby avoiding a scandal that could forever tarnish the Senator's reputation and embarrass their 4 year old son.
In the scene, Holly passionately questions Estelle's plan and her underlying motive, to which Estelle SCOWLS,
"TO BE RID OF YOU"!
This is the scene in the movie during which the line is said.
It's so campy ... and even though the line is meant to show Estelle's innate hatred of Holly, the delivery of the line always makes me laugh!
I'd bet $$$ to doughnuts that you know the plot of "Madame X", but just in case, here's a link. It's a definite tear jerker (I'm not giving away any more of the plot except to say that Holly falls to the bottom of the barrel, murders a man to save her son from learning about her shady past, and then goes on trial for the man's murder). You've got to see it, if you already haven't!
Love you Syl ---
Always Have and Always Will!
posted by Ivan Fortin at 4:01 PM
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