I didnt think the ending was too 'Hollywood'
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ministerwithoutportfolio — 20 years ago(August 15, 2005 10:49 AM)
I didnt think the ending was too "Hollywood". There is no kissing or hugging, just Jerry telling Stanwyk, "Go get your baby!" What would have been a "less" Hollywood ending? She runs off with Earl? That's the point: Earl was a dead end. Better to stay with Jerry and eke out love slowly.
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DocRedfield — 20 years ago(August 24, 2005 11:23 PM)
I found the ending a tad anti-climactic and sudden, and I can see how 50's Hollywood it was versus the original play where someone got killed, but as I don't know the full details of the play's ending, I can't comment much further other tan to say I liked the movie overall and did not feel robbed by the ending it has. Good stuff anyone know more about the rest of the Play's ending?
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DocRedfield — 19 years ago(July 11, 2006 12:00 AM)
Yeah, I'd say that's pretty much it. It seemed a case where he's a really nice guy, was becoming something he hated (because of her, but that's beside the point) and could either go on being that person and raise his baby himself, or he could accept that she came back to him and simply get on with their lives, making the best of what they've got. She presented him with realizing what she was leaving behind if she ran off, and Jerry could either reject that, or take her back. He tells her to get her baby - his baby. I'd say he took her back.
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msilva7-1 — 18 years ago(July 21, 2007 04:54 AM)
I WOULD GUESS YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW ANY BETTER BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD TASTE FOR FILMS. I'M ONLY 38 IN AGE BUT CAN UNDERSTAND WOMEN WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN THIS COUNTRY BACK IN 1952, AND NOT REMOTELY "WEIRD". BACK THEN FAMILY LIFE, LIKE A LITTLE KNOWN THING AS HAVING AND RAISING A CHILD WAS TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY THEN ONE'S SEX DRIVE. JUST BECAUSE OUR MORALS TODAY ARE ACCEPTABLE IN SOCIETY STILL DON'T MAKE THEM RIGHT, OUR MORALS THAT IS. THE END RESULT TODAY IS WE SEE A LOT OF LITTLE CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND BEARING MORE CHILDREN. IT'S A DAMAGING CYCLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO GROW UP WITH NO MOTHER OR FATHER.
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Agnelin — 19 years ago(February 06, 2007 10:01 AM)
I think it would have been kind of difficult for a movie to present a married woman running off with her lover, leaving her child behind and not feeling any remorse about it, and for the public to be okay with the film and the main character. So, probably, that was the only possible ending.
I think the lack of kissing, hugging etc. works for the movie, because Jerry knows Mae is staying for the sake of the child, not for him. -
AlanSquier — 19 years ago(February 28, 2007 07:37 PM)
This was the early 50's and the public attitude was to still stick out a marriage for the sake of the kids. They didn't of course follow that doctrine in Hollywood, but this was still what was being presented as the "right thing to do."
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hodie — 16 years ago(June 08, 2009 02:24 PM)
She looked genuinely happy at the end, in that final shot. I think she'd realized then that there was a lot more to Jerry than had met her eye (and a lot less to the other guy). I think she'd had a revelation of sorts. Of course he took her back after he got over his hurt. He was crazy about her! Noir or not, I loved this film!
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freakyfelix — 16 years ago(July 12, 2009 09:00 PM)
I liked the movie, it had some excellent parts, but the ending where he takes her back is terrible. I wanted Jerry (Paul Douglas) to kick her butt out on the street.
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HarlowMGM — 14 years ago(April 07, 2011 06:53 PM)
The ending was perfect. Mae had had many "Earls" in her life, they were handsome, they were exciting but they got her no where and that's why she was alone, defeated, and back in her home town in middleage. Jerry was a kind, unhandsome, uncomplicated lug of a man she would have never looked twice at in her youth who offered her a last chance at a happy home life and she took it. Earl comes along and revives her old fires and she gets carried away with her old temptations but ultimately realizes he is no better than the earlier men she hand (note his lack of interest in the welfare of her kid) and she's abandoning a chance for home and security and (gasp) love for another tawdry affair that probably will burn out in time just like the earlier flings. The ending was excellent because it's rare for a woman in this type of film to make a "wise" decision in the end, she usually continues on the primrose path and it destroys her.
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mspatera — 14 years ago(September 21, 2011 01:25 AM)
I completely agree. Well said. I kept wondering who was going to get killed and was very pleasantly surprised by the end. I think it gave the movie a great character arc for Mae. Much better than the "everybody dies" ending this kind of movie really had. Jerry was established as such a good man and Earl was a creep with nothing to offer her except his need for her. I loved how she made the right decision.
And frankly, I think it was much more realistic, even if it were made today.
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Bree_33 — 12 years ago(September 06, 2013 11:26 AM)
I thought the ending was perfect. I thought Jerry would kill Earlthat would have been a sucky ending. Only because, I would have hated to see Jerry ruin his life.
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first-things-first — 12 years ago(January 22, 2014 02:54 PM)
I thought the ending was great too. Jerry told her not to promise him anything, because he was afraid to trust her. And this time, he wasn't begging, and that took strength.
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PenTheater — 12 years ago(January 24, 2014 09:41 AM)
just because a movie ends, doesn't mean its the end of the story.
Sure entertainment usually has a conclusion, but in real life drama, and where art imitates life, it's just as entertaining to leave the movie going,
WOW, I'd like to see this couple in 10 years to see how this turns out.
I can imagine all kinds of scenarios.