query for Fred (or anyone else) on movie line

[Mullins, Bill]

"The Sphinx, Second on the Aisle" By JEAN KERR
New York Times; Mar 13, 1955; pg. SM17 col 3
"Lately I've become very adept at judging the precise line on which to
start pulling the sleeves of my coat out from under the lady next to me.
This might be when an actress says, "In future years, when you speak of
me, be kind," or when an actor says, "Now that I've got you darling,
I'll never let you go," although I have known shows in which he let her
go for another ten minutes after that."


> On Jul 8, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
> > The line, which I just came across in a novel, exists in at
> least two
> > versions, possibly from two different movies, one of which may
> > originally be Bull Durham, but there may have been some
> mangling along
> > the way.  This is the basic template:
> >
> > "(And) when you speak of me (and you will (speak of me)), (please)
> > speak kindly/speak well/be kind."
>
> try Tea and Sympathy (1956).  originally in Robert Anderson's play.
>
> at: http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=48750
> -----
> Feeling pity for John and at the same time resenting her own
> husband's boorishness, Deborah offers her own body to the
> mixed-up boy. "When you speak of this in future years...and
> you will...be kind." With this classic closing line, the
> original stage production of Tea and Sympathy came to an end.
> Fearing censorship interference, MGM insisted upon a stupid
> epilogue, indicating that Deborah Kerr deeply regretted her
> "wrong" behavior. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
> -----
>
> arnold
>