A Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche and Mitch

[mark9111111]

they kinda changed some lines.

[MillaHead]

This dialogue speaks from the soul.

[SnottyPotty987]

ugh. WOW. love.

[Daniel10557]

Uwielbiam tą scenę. Jak Blanche wyznaje swój sekret. Tajemnicę swojej miłości i jednocześnie tragedii, która zaważyła na jej dalszym życiu.

[issilovesyou]

greatest actress of all time

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Vivien Leigh is the only person I've seen who can actually portray Blanche DuBois to utmost perfection.

[cda345]

I think Vivien is better in this movie than Brando.

[tammiejo]

So funny the taboos from the time this movie was made, such a deviance from the screen play.

No mention of her catching her husband in bed with another man?

[md2r]

AMAZING but its not whats written lol

[k8nairne]

Superb scene. Superb acting and writing. I adore this film. And listen to that wonderul, atmospheric score by Alex North.

[ClassicMovieClub]

This is a wonderful masterclass of acting. Brava Vivien!

[Operalover12002]

Despite her stunning beauty in this role, I have to mention that Vivien's voice sounds hoarse; her voice had been higher in playing Scarlett O'Hara a decade earlier. Did her smoking habit get her voice to lower and sound hoarse?

[ClassicMovieClub]

remember she did actaully have a deeper vic, loook at her win the oscar for gone with the wind. also she i playing a very different character!

[seleehwekim]

@Operalover12002: Actually I read recently that Laurence Olivier (when he was directing Vivien in the London stage production of "Streetcar") suggested that she use a lower voice as a way of "becoming" Blanche. He says in his autobiography: "I noticed at the first rehearsals, by the reactions among the company, that Vivien's unexpected, much deeper, much rougher voice had impressed them. I watched fascinated, the strange new person that grew from this one dominant change of key."

[bawoman]

"sometimes,theres God,so quickly"

Blanche breaks my heart ; (

[thewham34]

CAN IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?! Vivien was such a genius!

[estrela727]

COULD NOT agree more!!!

[jimmyl324]

best performance by an actress in any movie!!! ever!

[daciuss]

Vivien Leigh=perfection

[jfdhjgdh2010]

that guy is one ugly fucker. look at that beat up nose hahaha man this movie sucked. all brando movies sucked

[MPL029]

Vivien Leigh is the definative Blanche Dubois..shattering performance.

[GEVMM]

Rip Mr Malden.

[mabebac]

this movie sucked. Had to watch in english class omg...................uggggggh­hh

[bawoman]

I think its safe then to say you are a complete and utter moron,then.

[Itsnini]

@mabebac false

[samanthapagett]

The monologue in the play is so much better! - im doing in for my LAMMDA this just kills it

[LexiixoxRoxx]

That's the Hays Code for ya.

[Headbanger142]

You have to feel bad for Mitch. My friend's mother passed away a couple years back. :(

[Girlfren15]

whyy did they leave tthe part out when she sees her husband with another mann? it would prevent further dissonance for those who havent read the play

[kyrstencraig11]

They couldn't get it past the censors. Its would have been a rather touchy subject even with just the implications. Homosexuality wasn't easily portrayed in 1951 without producers refusing to let it through.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

They couldn't because of the Hays Code.

[PurpleJanuary]

It is so strange how the rest of the film coincides almost perfectly with the play, but they deliberately changed this scene so they wouldn't mention Allan (her husband) was gay, even though Tenesse Williams himself was gay!

[Gjkl345]

That was in the book of the script write too? Huh...

[IQT44]

Vivien Leigh looks so different blonde.

[Shiloh585]

ok i have to do this monologue for my Acting class in school. in 36 hours! this is gonna be hard. i have 36 hours to memorise this monologue. wish me luck!!!

[0Miraluna0]

Good luck! lol.

[twentytears]

and how did it go?

i have to do it this weekend !

[fabuloca]

@Shiloh585 wooww im going through the SAME thing right now. haha i have to memorise this monologue in less than 2 days! =/

[LexiixoxRoxx]

HAHA! Your childness is cute. I posted that for my own amusement. You thought I was trying to teach you something? Poor baby, so silly. Of course you must know your a bitch. If you didn't you'd have to be the most ignorant person in the world. Darling, I only said so because I like people to know exactly how I feel about them. So now you know. Your welcome,dear. Have a nice life <3

[92af]

Karl Malden was totaly better than Gregory Peck was

[samanthapagett]

books monologues so much better

"no light strionger then this yellow lamp"

how rubbish is that?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

doing this monolouge for my nxt lammda exam :)

[cotillion]

R.I.P. :S

[alien8me]

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrllll!!!

do you know how much you ruled?

... and will continue to rule for all time.

You were in three of my most favorite movies.

ENOUGH SAID!

[schumarbk2]

R.I.P Karl Malden (condolences from Serbia)

[manemav]

Karl Malden died today July 1, 2009. He was 97. R.I.P.

[supremosemidios]

RIP Karl Malden ( 1912-2009) Best supporting role actors EVER!!!

[darlingzooloo]

I could just listen to Vivien talk for the whole day, she had such a wonderful voice.

[mkeptrangli]

anyone think that Mitch looks like Mike O' Malley?

[foolintherain03]

I think it might mean how things exist for that didn't exist and then how they're quickly taken away. like her discovery of love it was quick and powerful. And god gives her allen and then the next moment takes him away.

[oer6000]

I'm reading this book in school, and we had a discussion about her last line,"sometimes...there's god...so quickly...."

We couldn't make any sense of it. Anyone know why she said it? Answers would make me look like a genius in class.

[BarnabasFrid]

Are you kidding? Blanche has been looking for someone to love her unconditionally all her life. Her husband was gay; therfore could not love her completely. She sees Mitch as the man to fulfill her life. "Sometimes there's God, so quickly." Sometimes the realization that God is good and whatever we ask in His name we shall receive. Williams intertwined many religious themes in his work. Just look at Night of the Iguana!

[flowertower87]

Her husband was gay? What the buck? Then why'd she marry him?

[BarnabasFrid]

I almost do not want to dignify this question with an answer. In fact, I won't. Read the play. It is not hermeneutics, it is a fact.

[flowertower87]

Fine then, be a bitch if you want to. I've never seen the movie and I was interested and happened across you but if you wanna be like that then go ahead.

[BarnabasFrid]

I don't mean to be harsh; I am not here to offer a Cliff Notes version of this amazing story. I think the scene explains itself. If you are having a hard time interpreting the canon, I suggest reading the play or watching the full movie... it seems to be provided here on YouTube.

[samanthapagett]

she diddnt know untill she caught him in the act

[flowertower87]

Okay like totally gross.

[xWARBRINGER]

im actually kind of hoping for a re-make of this. now that being gay is not unusual, and the play can be the way it was supposed to be. this ending kind of ruined some of the themes in the play, but yeah, i hope some one remakes a good version

anybody else notice how much less blanche talks about her rich friend, i forgot his name, but throughout the book he gets brought up, not so much in the movie....i just wonder why that of all things...

[flowertower87]

Being gay is to unusual. Everyone hates gay people, including me. Can I get a straight power? No one likes gay people so if you're gay then I'm sure someone's not afraid to hang you :3

No offense or anything.

[CinnabonChan]

Speak for yourself, bigot!

[flowertower87]

Lulz.

[CinnabonChan]

Just out of curiosity, are you an eleven year old with too much unrestricted internet access or just a good troll?

[xWARBRINGER]

you are so dumb and immature, i can not help but laugh at your ignorant comment.

but how could i blame you? it was your incompetent parents who didnt teach you any better.

you are just so wrong in your false statement,

1: people hardly ever hang other people any more, now they just shoot them.

2:being gay is only unusual to people who were raised to think gays were bad people.

keep your stupidity to yourself.

[flowertower87]

Lulz, it's sad that your bacon eating hillbilly parents didn't teach you that being a fag is wrong.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Being gay is wrong? Either you're an immature child or just a complete bitch. I don't know any people who are gay, and I don't have any gay friends, but there is nothing wrong with gay people. They're not evil, you know. They're the same as everybody else. I don't know what kind of morals your parents are teaching you. Certainley, it's not exactly "right" to be gay, but that doesn't mean gay people are bad or that they're any lower class than anyone who is staright.

[flowertower87]

You just admitted that you don't think it's right. You said it's not exactly right.

Get your arguments straight.

[LexiixoxRoxx]

I said that gay marriage was generally "right" not that gay people weren't "right". They should be treated just the same as everyone else. I've made up my mind. You are a bitch. Have a nice day :)

[flowertower87]

The weird thing is that no one but you cares if you've made up your mind or not.

Come on, you think I didn't know I'm a bitch? I was the first one to know that. I knew it before you and a million other people called me it. I knew it before people told me to stop bitching. I knew it before a lot of stuff. You told me that and I laughed because I knew I was a bitch long ago yet you thought you were teaching me something lulz.

[IBDoyle]

@xWARBRINGER

Shep Huntley :)

[JohnRogersly]

How old was Karl Malden's character supposed to be?

[Touche2323]

early to mid 30's

[JohnRogersly]

Yes I thought he was playing younger because of his remarks about Blanche being older than him.

[92af]

At that time in 1951, Karl Malden was 39 years old

[JohnRogersly]

The film was made in 1950.

[Shadow0in0the0corner]

does anybody know what is the melody used in this scene? The polka tune, varsouvianna that is. Been try to find it for ages, but dun seem to be able to. I need it for a presentation I'm doing for english about music in this play.

Thank you in advance

[u098848]

This tune is in my accordion lesson book, called "County Fair" or "Varsouviana". It's barely audible in this movie clip (given the dramatic dialog going on over the music). I too am looking for examples of this tune played well.

[rorox77]

uhhh wish they hadnt changed it though

[renniemac]

Vivien Leigh was amazing. Truly.

It was a shame that the story was changed slightly and the speech altered, because the original text is very good. However, that's censorship for you, alas.

[greenleafgirl]

Oh, the original speech is so much better. The acting here is superb, though.

[KHS749]

This isnt right! lol I did this peace in a

10th grade drama class for a monologue and I did so good on it im using it for a college admission lol. I love this monologue why would they change it. Its not even like they changed a few words they changed the whole point of it and make her look bad. She killed hm cause he was cheating on her with another man. This takes it all away. Thats why I never watch movies and shape my acting from them lol I rather make the character my own lol.

[mishybear]

you mean her ex-husband? didnt he kill himself? -.-;;

... i guess not, i dont know. lol

[binary010love]

Her husband was gay in an era where he could (and probably would) have been killed for it. She was head over heels for him, but walked in on him (presumably) having sex with another man. Later that night, she told him 'I know! I saw! You despise me!' and he ran out of the party and killed himself. She blamed herself for this, and it is partly her fault: he was scared stiff of what would happen if it got out he was gay, and he had needed his wife to love him despite that fact. She failed him.

[LoveAlternativeMusic]

i know im doing this scene for a drama pice and i was reading the script along with it and got confused i hate it when they change thoriginal text

[missthang1986]

this isnt what happens in the play, in the play she caught him cheating on her with a man, so hence he was guy, they went to the party as if nothing had happened, and then she told him 'I know I know, you discust me" so thats how he killed himself, this scene isnt fully correct, just thought I would say that

[Outrajess]

The 50's censorship code made them change it, it's not really incorrect, film adaptations are changed all the time.

[othmarschoeck]

That detail is sort of integral to the plot of the play though...it totally drives Blanche and somewhat justifies her actions. What else did they change in the movie?

[CinnabonChan]

I think we had the censored version in college. Even though we were taught about Allen Gray and his affair with an older man, any traces of homosexuality were not included in the book.

[bdwriley]

I love this film! I love it because the acting is MARVELOUS! All of them were flawless. But in my opinion, I may be wrong, Karl Malden does not get much credit for his performance as Mitch. He is fantastic as a man who searches for the same thing as Blanche does, a safe harbor, someone to love, and not to be alone. Although he won the Oscar, he really does not get much credit due to the magnificence of Leigh and Brando.

[missbabyice]

does anyone have the fugitive kind?

[Gabby2Fresh]

Blanche is always avoiding Mitch's question, the written play was good too

[colorpencil888]

Vivian Leigh would still fit in the beautiful category of the present.

[meladorimagpie]

ohh, agreed, she was so lovely

[CinnabonChan]

Most of our so called "most beautiful" or "most talented" Hollywood leading ladies don't have an ounce of Leigh's beauty or talent.

[flowertower87]

I don't think Vivien Leigh was that pretty. She was an okay actress at the best though.

[tracee78lynn]

These are excellent actors! I love their scenes!

[Lorripops123]

This is a true Hollywood film, before violence (to a awful extent) and special effects got a-hold of it! They don't make movies/actors like this anymore. Shame really.

[horneh93]

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[horneh93]

@Lorripops123 play really

[choco1914]

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[colorpencil888]

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[jtjj1234]

ahh excellent!

[tanguy200]

Such a wonderful moment of poetry. What a great writer. Tennessee Williams. What a great picture. What actors ! I never tire of watching it !!! Thanks.

[MadMathmatics]

is there any good movies that can compare with this one? please tell me.I'm an chinaboy who is eagerly searching for good movies