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  • Nice reference to Lubitsch there. Smart man that Preston Sturges. Nifty dialogue too. Now what's left me shocked: they said Veronica Lake couldn't act. Not at all what I am getting from this clip.

    And I like her a lot: she looks like a doll but talks like a proper woman. Very nice.

  • she is evil in her own special way

  • The most adorable scene in Hollywood history! Lake is astonishing! Disarmingly beautiful, and the dialogue! Impeccable, whip-smart one-liners from both Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake - and to think Lake was pregnant here! She's gorgeous!!!

  • @MrJazzHOP The camera loved her. This is my favorite Veronica Lake scene, even over her singing in This Gun For Hire.

  • I'll research it out and post what I find. 

  • Do you know if this movie is public domain? We want to use a section of it in a documentary series we are creating.

  • Yes, quite a sad commentary on where we are today 70 years later. Excellent point!

  • ...when Joel McCrea says...."things are tough everywhere...strikes over here..there's no work there's no food..." is he talking about 1941 or 2011...

  • @TheBloomdido My sentiments exactly!

  • Terrific comment. You really hit on the head about Lake. She had "it" as they say in the business. I believe this scene shows that off more than any other.

  • Dialogue is pitch-perfect, Lake is jaw-droppingly majestic....this was the scene where, at age 16, growing up in the late 80's, I dropped whatever it was I was holding, and said aloud: "Who is that ?!" I was referring, of course, to Lake, not Joel McCrea (though his applaudable performance is duly noted). Thereafter, I lived on a diet of This Gun For Hire, The Blue Dahlia, you name it. My friends were perplexed: "isn't she dead?" They didn't get it. Most celebs today act dead.

    Lake is legend

  • Agreed.  We just have to be thankful for the vast library of older movies with snappy dialogue now available on DVD!

  • What delightfully snappy dialogue! Wish we had more movies like this.

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