ALTERNATIVE ENDING. Jim and Tom are both gay. Jim pretends to be engage. That is to hide the fact that he does not like women. However, Tom his best friend and lover convinces him to marry lil sis. That way he can hide his orientation and stay in the closet. Later on, Jim is promoted to manager. Tom continued to live with mom.
I saw this movie years ago when I was in college and I had no idea at the time that Katharine Hepburn, who I didn't know much about at the time but had seen in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and thought she was alright there, could play this miserable, cold hearted woman who I was rooting for her son when he told her off and said gangsters were coming in the morning with Tommy guns! lol Great acting on her part to play such a hateable character.
@TheBookWorm1718 I dont think she was hateable at all. She was thinking of her kids. She wanted them to be happy and taken care of. She was just immature and a dreamer like her son.
@HOTRODRICO Can you help me? I am trying to collect some ideas for an alternative ending to this play/movie and I can't think of any. Or what do you think happens to the characters after the play? For example does Tom come back? Jim return? Please help!
@JacksMagicBean thanks for asking... what firstly comes to mind are two types of endings.... good and bad... Good "happy" ending, after a brief time away from home tom begins to feel guilty about leaving his mother and sister behind, that combined with things in the outside world not being as satisfying to his needs as he imagined they would be, during perhaps christmas time he leaves where he is and returns home, first looking through the window and seeing his mother and sister decorating a
@JacksMagicBean christmas tree, overwhelmed with the feelings and desire to return he knocks on the door, so a most suprised mother and sister who embrace him as a blessing for the holidays, they eat, tom appologizes for being gone for a few months, and promises never to leave again, he gives his sister beautiful new glass animal figurines, and eventually there after maybe a few weeks once tom is settled back in the house and with work, they get a knock on the door from a newly separated Jim
@JacksMagicBean and they start a romance, tom also potentially finds a mate. etc.
Then for the tragic Bad ending: Tom returns months later "ala butterfly effect sad alternate" to find his apt with new tenants, who answer the door unsure and suprised as to who Tom is and why hes asking of the woman and her daughter who used to live there..The current residents tell Tom that they heard that the mother who llived there died of a pneumonia, and with no one to help her the daughter couldnt afford
@JacksMagicBean rent and was evicted, she wandered the streets homeless, begging, eventually freezing to death in the cold of winter, the woman at the door tells him as she recalls theyre burried at the cemetery not far from there, tom goes and breaks down with emotion and guilt at their headstones, spiling his soul out in tears telling them how sorry he is for leaving and begging for them to forgive him, scene ending with tom head down on his knees weaping before their headstones as snow falls
Thank you so much for this. Ms. Hepburn is simply divine. I absolutely love The Glass Menagerie... and pretty much everything Tennessee Williams has done.
Katharine Hepburn could have simply yelled that line and it wouldn't have had any effect. But the emotion and passion she gave made my body sudder. She really is the greatest actress ever.
This scene (and show in general) is heart breaking.
Our high school is doing it for our fall drama and I have the great honor of playing Tom. It's honestly not hard to portray the sadness and disenchantment in this show because you get so caught up in it.
None of these yester year actresses seem competent to me. Except my fav Bette Davis and Vivian Leigh. Katherine hepburn really annoys me. The other Hepburn is not too convincing either.
she has real good memory it was hard back then they didn't pause or shoot one scene at a time like they do know i like this it is pretty close to the actual thing
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Katherine Hepburn is the most overrated actress ever. She played herself on screen, over and over again. Her acting is unnatural. She cud never potray any character convincingly.
Well, it's a terrible production and she isn't very good as Amanda. She is, however, wonderful as James Tyrone's mother (name escapes me) in Long Day's Journey; and as a young movie actress in the 'thirties, admittedly playing various versions of herself, she is luminous; and quite delightful, I think, with Spencer Tracy in their 1940's comedies. Yes, and her performance in that greatest of great movies, African Queen, is non-nonpareil! So, don't write her off as as a star in the firmament.
I respect ur opinion. I agree that she was a huge star. But, she seems to be from the same school of acting as ppl like tom cruise and julia roberts. The problem with katherine hepburn is that all her performances seem the same to me. She cud never 'act' on screen properly. Her dialogue delivery leaves so much to be desired. She pales in comparison to truly great actresses like streep
Jamiawala, I have to remark on your comment about Katharine Hepburn "paling" in comparison to a truly great actress like Streep. Streep is one of the most self conscious actresses I have ever witnessed. She has taken her media feedback too much to heart. All actors are themselves in the end. Whatever the character, it is always interpreted through the actor/actress. So, really stinky actors ( who can't do accents etc.) aside, it comes down to whether or not you like an actor/actress.
See, I find Kate overrated. Her last 3 oscars were really undeserved. And Kate could never play a character that was removed from her own personality. But I really liked her in Morning Glory and of course, African Queen. But her other performances seem silly to me.
have you ever seen Alice Adams? I think that was her best performance and probably one of the best performances from any actress in the 1930s.Bette Davis won the oscar that yea r but said it should have went to Kate for Alice
Hmm, I will have to see Alice Adams. I like Katharine Hepburn from what I know of her old movies. I'm more unfamiliar with movies she made later in her career.
I find that most actors/actresses don't exactly blow me away with their chameleon like abilities. I feel happy if they get the accent right instead of mixing them up. Even the best, in the end, are their own interpretations of a given character. By the way I really don't like the way overused likes of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson etc. Ugh! They are all more just personalities than anything. I hate Cruise's nasal drone. I like K. Hepburn from everything I know.
When Katherine Hepburn first started acting, actors were taught how to walk, and also how to talk. They were taught how to pronounce words and how to speak loudly and clearly, proper english. The rules are not so stringent now. Most actresses today sound like Minnie Mouse.
@bandibreath Most classicly trained actors are still taught all these things...but they end up in broadway because film has become more popular among young adults who really dont care about the technique. They just care if the lead is sexy or not.
Streep and Nicholson do have some ancient work to their credit. But, "stars", particularly of the 80's and 90's, can no longer draw at the box office due to fresh alternatives offered by on-demand, netflix..freedom of the Internet. Many of the "stars" are now, sadly, willing to stoop to very formulaic..predictable and boring movies. It's great that the "industry" can no longer dictate WHO (often the director's nephew, ala Nicholas Cage) as it once did. I was tired of the same "talented" faces.
you're looking too much at outside sources, I'm talking about pure talent here. box office and shit doesn't matter. kate AND meryl both have immense talent and that is why they are so well regarded. just my opinion.
is it me or did they just produce bad actors in this era?? every movie from this period sounds very contrived.. actors never sound natural and very rushed.. who talks like this today?? no pauses or breaths in between lines.. or in between dialogue.. .if you look away from the screen and just listen to their voices it seems like they are just reading the lines straight from the script! not trying to diss some of the big names.. but does anyone share my opinion??
I'm from the south and I love theater and I love plays and I love actors and actresses. But I rarely enjoy Tennessee Williams movies because of the dreadful southern accents. I can't be the only one! They are so incredibly distracting, strong, and contrived. I can't wait for the day when some brilliant producer remakes them all without the deadening twang of some mid-western thespian laying it on thick as molasses. (except for "The Rose Tatoo" which is perfect.)
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hepburn is more and more annoying everytime i see here--especially that quivering voice(AND NO SHE NEVER HAD PARKISON`S DISEASE) she inherited the shaking head from her grand dad--her quote
brett21b, hopefully you also understand what is not said since it is a great motivator for acting. Mother wants Son to be the bringer of happiness/the father figure? She wants him to exist for them only...but he has secret wishes...he then must "go to the moon" (he is not the man mother expected and wants).
I would be very grateful if you would post the scene when Tom and Amanda are talking about wishing on the moon. I really appreciate it. Thanks!Brett221b
I'm playing Amanda for my drama clubproduction at school. This scene is very good to obtain the emotion that the character is feeling. If you have the entire movie, please try to post it.Thanks;) Sincerely, Brett221b
I don't know if I could post the whole movie because I don't have the right software but if there is any particular scenes you want to see, I'll post them for you
Again, it's a terrible production and it's TV, not a movie. Actually, the 1970's were the true golden age of movies--as much as one cherishes an abiding fondness for the '30's and '40's!
@Mernerwastaken Wow... The Godfather, The Godfather 2, Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Exorcist, Star Wars, Aguirre, Wrath of God, Monty Python and the holy Grail, Halloween, Alien, Solaris, Eraserhead, The Holy Mountain, Suspiria, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, Shivers, Nosferatu:Phantom of The Night, Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon, Harold And Maude,Day For Night, Autumn Sonata, That Obscure Object of Desire, Dont Look Now, Dawn of The Dead
@bknight23 I hate every single one of those movies. Half of them are sordid and the other half are comedies but are not funny. I'd rather loose my five senses then have to sit through any of them again. ESPECIALLY ANNIE HALL.
@Mernerwastaken wow...bknight23 is a tough crowd, to say the least...either that or not taste whatsoever. Didn't offer any alternative selections, I noticed. Got a feeling they would be a letdown, however.
@Mernerwastaken quite a few superb movies were made in the 1970s when the Hayes Code finally was thrown off like the yolk that it was. It's really a childish statement to say something like this without a followup.
She was so amazing,one of the best actresses of all time.
955pokerface 2 months ago
her voice sounds like an old car engine struggling to start up
but i want to titty fuck her ass until our nuts fall off so it's ok
EmptyHero 5 months ago
Damm she was good!!!!!
gtownlad77 9 months ago 2
why not the whole ilm?
1point7g 11 months ago
ALTERNATIVE ENDING. Jim and Tom are both gay. Jim pretends to be engage. That is to hide the fact that he does not like women. However, Tom his best friend and lover convinces him to marry lil sis. That way he can hide his orientation and stay in the closet. Later on, Jim is promoted to manager. Tom continued to live with mom.
paxout 11 months ago
I saw this movie years ago when I was in college and I had no idea at the time that Katharine Hepburn, who I didn't know much about at the time but had seen in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and thought she was alright there, could play this miserable, cold hearted woman who I was rooting for her son when he told her off and said gangsters were coming in the morning with Tommy guns! lol Great acting on her part to play such a hateable character.
TheBookWorm1718 1 year ago
@TheBookWorm1718 I dont think she was hateable at all. She was thinking of her kids. She wanted them to be happy and taken care of. She was just immature and a dreamer like her son.
Iwtchutube 8 months ago
"The warehouse is where I work. Not where I know things about people."
yeah ... I've had jobs like that, too.
nhollywoodcat 1 year ago
intense scene i had to collect my emotions.. after watching it masterful job by a legend of film...
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
@HOTRODRICO Can you help me? I am trying to collect some ideas for an alternative ending to this play/movie and I can't think of any. Or what do you think happens to the characters after the play? For example does Tom come back? Jim return? Please help!
JacksMagicBean 1 year ago
@JacksMagicBean thanks for asking... what firstly comes to mind are two types of endings.... good and bad... Good "happy" ending, after a brief time away from home tom begins to feel guilty about leaving his mother and sister behind, that combined with things in the outside world not being as satisfying to his needs as he imagined they would be, during perhaps christmas time he leaves where he is and returns home, first looking through the window and seeing his mother and sister decorating a
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
@JacksMagicBean christmas tree, overwhelmed with the feelings and desire to return he knocks on the door, so a most suprised mother and sister who embrace him as a blessing for the holidays, they eat, tom appologizes for being gone for a few months, and promises never to leave again, he gives his sister beautiful new glass animal figurines, and eventually there after maybe a few weeks once tom is settled back in the house and with work, they get a knock on the door from a newly separated Jim
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
@JacksMagicBean and they start a romance, tom also potentially finds a mate. etc.
Then for the tragic Bad ending: Tom returns months later "ala butterfly effect sad alternate" to find his apt with new tenants, who answer the door unsure and suprised as to who Tom is and why hes asking of the woman and her daughter who used to live there..The current residents tell Tom that they heard that the mother who llived there died of a pneumonia, and with no one to help her the daughter couldnt afford
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
@JacksMagicBean rent and was evicted, she wandered the streets homeless, begging, eventually freezing to death in the cold of winter, the woman at the door tells him as she recalls theyre burried at the cemetery not far from there, tom goes and breaks down with emotion and guilt at their headstones, spiling his soul out in tears telling them how sorry he is for leaving and begging for them to forgive him, scene ending with tom head down on his knees weaping before their headstones as snow falls
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
@JacksMagicBean just freestyle ideas, lemme know what u think.. peace
HOTRODRICO 1 year ago
"go to the movies! go! dont think about us!!"
i love it lol
KURISUCHRIS99 1 year ago
i love her in this
KURISUCHRIS99 1 year ago
My highschool put on this play
it was amazing, and the actors in my highschool did this far better on stage than wnyone cold do on stage or film
moonshade20 1 year ago
MOVE MESSUP SPOTTED!!!!!!
Why are the lights on the whole time they are arguing? The lights were out because Tom didn't pay the electric bill....
HAH YES I AM A GENIUS
EVERYONE TELL ME HOW MUCH OF A GENIUS I AM!
ashkeezee 1 year ago
Boy, Katherine Hepburn is really bad in this. She just screeches and screams and acts overwrought.
cynthiacher 1 year ago
Thank you so much for this. Ms. Hepburn is simply divine. I absolutely love The Glass Menagerie... and pretty much everything Tennessee Williams has done.
EtrangerStranger 1 year ago
Katharine Hepburn could have simply yelled that line and it wouldn't have had any effect. But the emotion and passion she gave made my body sudder. She really is the greatest actress ever.
loves2die4 1 year ago
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DisasterFlicks 2 years ago
When I was a young girl, Sam Waterson was one of the first men I ever "fell in love with."
whiskbizqit 2 years ago 2
I've seen 3 movies of G. M. They were all
wonderful. The other two Amandas were
Gertrude Lawrence and Joanne Woodward.
Used to have a recording of G. M. back in
the 60s. I think Jessica Tandy was Amanda.
Thanks for the post.
rockgor 2 years ago
This scene (and show in general) is heart breaking.
Our high school is doing it for our fall drama and I have the great honor of playing Tom. It's honestly not hard to portray the sadness and disenchantment in this show because you get so caught up in it.
I love this show.
TDziubinski 2 years ago
This is a high school production too. I have a feeling yours will be better.
mrbronte100 2 years ago
Katharine Hepburn is just great in this scene.Tennessee Williams could not have thought of a better actress than her.
I love the old American cinema,great stars and all that southern flame...
Todays cinema is pretty much just a junk compared to the good old times...
jozefcupa 2 years ago 21
@jozefcupa There are many good films out these days, its just the ones you dont hear about,
swiftDKB 8 months ago
I love love love katherine hepburn in this clip. her build into complete dismissal at the end is brilliant.
blahq123 2 years ago 3
Ms. Hepburn is remindin me a little bit of Joan Crawfor in that scene. Had to tell.
ridiculous1100 2 years ago
I love Sam Waterson.
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NarwalOrchestra 2 years ago
best line everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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None of these yester year actresses seem competent to me. Except my fav Bette Davis and Vivian Leigh. Katherine hepburn really annoys me. The other Hepburn is not too convincing either.
JAMIAWALA 3 years ago
this may not be one of her greatest performances, but she certainly was a great actress ... you just have to watch some of her other movies :)
iloveangelalansbury 3 years ago
Noone like good old Katie!
ClassicMovieClub 3 years ago 3
she has real good memory it was hard back then they didn't pause or shoot one scene at a time like they do know i like this it is pretty close to the actual thing
BABYDOLLMG 3 years ago 3
amanda is soo funny
hellohi222 3 years ago 2
haha fuckin bitch
BrownBear019 3 years ago
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Katherine Hepburn is the most overrated actress ever. She played herself on screen, over and over again. Her acting is unnatural. She cud never potray any character convincingly.
JAMIAWALA 3 years ago
Well, it's a terrible production and she isn't very good as Amanda. She is, however, wonderful as James Tyrone's mother (name escapes me) in Long Day's Journey; and as a young movie actress in the 'thirties, admittedly playing various versions of herself, she is luminous; and quite delightful, I think, with Spencer Tracy in their 1940's comedies. Yes, and her performance in that greatest of great movies, African Queen, is non-nonpareil! So, don't write her off as as a star in the firmament.
chocolatebobka 3 years ago
I respect ur opinion. I agree that she was a huge star. But, she seems to be from the same school of acting as ppl like tom cruise and julia roberts. The problem with katherine hepburn is that all her performances seem the same to me. She cud never 'act' on screen properly. Her dialogue delivery leaves so much to be desired. She pales in comparison to truly great actresses like streep
JAMIAWALA 3 years ago
how many katharine's movies have you watch?
henrysinaga 3 years ago
Jamiawala, I have to remark on your comment about Katharine Hepburn "paling" in comparison to a truly great actress like Streep. Streep is one of the most self conscious actresses I have ever witnessed. She has taken her media feedback too much to heart. All actors are themselves in the end. Whatever the character, it is always interpreted through the actor/actress. So, really stinky actors ( who can't do accents etc.) aside, it comes down to whether or not you like an actor/actress.
ennui1812 3 years ago
See, I find Kate overrated. Her last 3 oscars were really undeserved. And Kate could never play a character that was removed from her own personality. But I really liked her in Morning Glory and of course, African Queen. But her other performances seem silly to me.
JAMIAWALA 3 years ago
have you ever seen Alice Adams? I think that was her best performance and probably one of the best performances from any actress in the 1930s.Bette Davis won the oscar that yea r but said it should have went to Kate for Alice
Mernerwastaken 3 years ago
Hmm, I will have to see Alice Adams. I like Katharine Hepburn from what I know of her old movies. I'm more unfamiliar with movies she made later in her career.
ennui1812 3 years ago
@Mernerwastaken
And Hattie McDaniels should have gotten a nomination for supporting actress in Alice Adams.
gjford1951 1 year ago
I find that most actors/actresses don't exactly blow me away with their chameleon like abilities. I feel happy if they get the accent right instead of mixing them up. Even the best, in the end, are their own interpretations of a given character. By the way I really don't like the way overused likes of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson etc. Ugh! They are all more just personalities than anything. I hate Cruise's nasal drone. I like K. Hepburn from everything I know.
ennui1812 3 years ago
When Katherine Hepburn first started acting, actors were taught how to walk, and also how to talk. They were taught how to pronounce words and how to speak loudly and clearly, proper english. The rules are not so stringent now. Most actresses today sound like Minnie Mouse.
bandibreath 2 years ago 19
@bandibreath Most classicly trained actors are still taught all these things...but they end up in broadway because film has become more popular among young adults who really dont care about the technique. They just care if the lead is sexy or not.
mrmax3100 1 year ago
ok...PLEASE do not put tom and julia in the same league as meryl and jack...that is just plain ignorant.
poeticjournalism 2 years ago
Streep and Nicholson do have some ancient work to their credit. But, "stars", particularly of the 80's and 90's, can no longer draw at the box office due to fresh alternatives offered by on-demand, netflix..freedom of the Internet. Many of the "stars" are now, sadly, willing to stoop to very formulaic..predictable and boring movies. It's great that the "industry" can no longer dictate WHO (often the director's nephew, ala Nicholas Cage) as it once did. I was tired of the same "talented" faces.
ennui1812 2 years ago
you're looking too much at outside sources, I'm talking about pure talent here. box office and shit doesn't matter. kate AND meryl both have immense talent and that is why they are so well regarded. just my opinion.
poeticjournalism 2 years ago 3
is it me or did they just produce bad actors in this era?? every movie from this period sounds very contrived.. actors never sound natural and very rushed.. who talks like this today?? no pauses or breaths in between lines.. or in between dialogue.. .if you look away from the screen and just listen to their voices it seems like they are just reading the lines straight from the script! not trying to diss some of the big names.. but does anyone share my opinion??
loganwiseguy 3 years ago 3
Fabulous!!!
ClassicMovieClub 3 years ago
A great movie scene/line! Perfect for our club!
classicmovies11 3 years ago
And so goodbye...
APerfectSonnetxx 3 years ago
I'm from the south and I love theater and I love plays and I love actors and actresses. But I rarely enjoy Tennessee Williams movies because of the dreadful southern accents. I can't be the only one! They are so incredibly distracting, strong, and contrived. I can't wait for the day when some brilliant producer remakes them all without the deadening twang of some mid-western thespian laying it on thick as molasses. (except for "The Rose Tatoo" which is perfect.)
sisalrug 3 years ago
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hepburn is more and more annoying everytime i see here--especially that quivering voice(AND NO SHE NEVER HAD PARKISON`S DISEASE) she inherited the shaking head from her grand dad--her quote
jackeats7 3 years ago
Okay back to Katharine Hepburn- that's what the clip was showcasing- not plays you guys are going to be in.
fusock 3 years ago
I don't think Tom really goes to the movies.
needles1987 3 years ago
is he nick in the great gatsby?
missbabyice 3 years ago
yes
FreakofNouture 3 years ago
brett21b, hopefully you also understand what is not said since it is a great motivator for acting. Mother wants Son to be the bringer of happiness/the father figure? She wants him to exist for them only...but he has secret wishes...he then must "go to the moon" (he is not the man mother expected and wants).
butifarra61 3 years ago
I would be very grateful if you would post the scene when Tom and Amanda are talking about wishing on the moon. I really appreciate it. Thanks!Brett221b
brett221b 4 years ago
I'm playing Amanda for my drama clubproduction at school. This scene is very good to obtain the emotion that the character is feeling. If you have the entire movie, please try to post it.Thanks;) Sincerely, Brett221b
brett221b 4 years ago
I don't know if I could post the whole movie because I don't have the right software but if there is any particular scenes you want to see, I'll post them for you
Mernerwastaken 4 years ago
Do you have some scenes with Joanne Woodard and Tom Malcovich in the 1987 remake or better yet some footage from the original move in the 1950's?
jbmadvids4401 3 years ago
Again, it's a terrible production and it's TV, not a movie. Actually, the 1970's were the true golden age of movies--as much as one cherishes an abiding fondness for the '30's and '40's!
chocolatebobka 3 years ago
let me throw up, the 1970s were a disgrace to the motion picture industry
Mernerwastaken 3 years ago
@Mernerwastaken
bknight23 1 year ago
@Mernerwastaken Wow... The Godfather, The Godfather 2, Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Exorcist, Star Wars, Aguirre, Wrath of God, Monty Python and the holy Grail, Halloween, Alien, Solaris, Eraserhead, The Holy Mountain, Suspiria, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, Shivers, Nosferatu:Phantom of The Night, Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon, Harold And Maude,Day For Night, Autumn Sonata, That Obscure Object of Desire, Dont Look Now, Dawn of The Dead
bknight23 1 year ago
@bknight23 I hate every single one of those movies. Half of them are sordid and the other half are comedies but are not funny. I'd rather loose my five senses then have to sit through any of them again. ESPECIALLY ANNIE HALL.
Mernerwastaken 1 year ago
@Mernerwastaken wow...bknight23 is a tough crowd, to say the least...either that or not taste whatsoever. Didn't offer any alternative selections, I noticed. Got a feeling they would be a letdown, however.
unclebobunclebob 1 year ago
@Mernerwastaken quite a few superb movies were made in the 1970s when the Hayes Code finally was thrown off like the yolk that it was. It's really a childish statement to say something like this without a followup.
unclebobunclebob 1 year ago
im doing this scene for drama. and i repeatdly watch this over and over because i need tips haha ;)good old katharine hepburn
ARainbowChildx 4 years ago