L'amica

Titolo originale: Old Acquaintance
Regia: Vincent Sherman |
Anno: 1943
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: marriage proposal | jealousy | love triangle | reunion | best friend | novelist | envy | old friends | best selling author | resentment | estrangement | return home | hysterics |
Cast: Bette Davis | Miriam Hopkins | Gig Young | John Loder | Dolores Moran | Phillip Reed | Roscoe Karns | Anne Revere | Esther Dale | Abigail Adams | Edward Biby | Gordon B. Clarke | Jimmy Conlin | Ann Doran | Bess Flowers | Sam Harris | Marjorie Hoshelle | Charles Jordan | Fred Kelsey | Lucille La Marr | Mike Lally | Frank Mayo | Frank McLure | Jack Mower | Kathleen O'Malley | Harriet Olsen | Paul Panzer | Virginia Patton | Alexander Pollard | Herbert Rawlinson | Ronald R. Rondell | Francine Rufo | Timmy Sabor | Dorothy Schoemer | Charles Sullivan | Philip Van Zandt | Frances Ward | Poppy Wilde | Lottie Williams | Eric Wilton | Jack Wise | Raoul Freeman | Dick Gordon |

Una scrittrice è innamorata del marito della sua più cara amica ed è corrisposta da lui. In nome dell'amicizia rinuncia però al suo sentimento. Poi, dopo anni di solitudine, si innamora del fidanzato della figlia della stessa amica. Anche qui l'uomo la corrisponde, ma lei rinuncia un'altra volta.

Frasi

Kit Marlowe: This is my second blooming. Life has [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Harriet, I did something today that I [...] D
Millie Drake: is it laziness or affectation that y [...] D
Deirdre Drake: Oh, I wish I were 30. Then I wouldn [...] D
Kit Marlowe: There comes a time in every woman's l [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Deedy, you're looking very gay today. [...] D
Kit Marlowe: I know... my fatal beauty drives men [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Kit, you're just what I always though [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Would you mind very much if I came in [...] D
Kit Marlowe: I'm not so sure the play's any good. [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Millie, remember whenever we were in [...] D
Rudd Kendall: You're very charming, Deirdre. Deir [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Deidre, come out from behind that scr [...] D
Millie Drake: You asked me a while ago... how I ha [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Good luck, darling. Now you be happy. [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Millie remembers the same things I do [...] D
Millie Drake: Why does she keep her out so late? I [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Well, Millie, you've always said you [...] D
Kit Marlowe: If you'd just look at Millie's activi [...] D
Kit Marlowe: What could I do? I couldn't get away [...] D
Belle Carter: [to Kit] Tell me, how is your new bo [...] D
Millie Drake: What do you think you're doing? Pre [...] D
Kit Marlowe: I'd better get out of here, Millie, b [...] D
Preston Drake: Millie, you better see that press l [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Deirdre, I have never made a practice [...] D
Preston Drake: Charlie, you're drunk. Charlie Arc [...] D
Millie Drake: Preston, you know I don't like you t [...] D
Preston Drake: They've been a dream come true for [...] D
Kit Marlowe: It's late, and I'm very, very tired o [...] D
Rudd Kendall: She's such a kid. I want to slap her [...] D
Kit Marlowe: There are things you just don't do. T [...] D
Preston Drake: I thought it best to make a clean b [...] D
Kit Marlowe: My dear, I was hiding behind screens [...] D
Rudd Kendall: I'll give you two pennies for your t [...] D
Kit Marlowe: What did she mean I - I looked as if [...] D
Preston Drake: Oh, so you saw her? Millie Drake: [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Well, I'd better call that Broadbank [...] D
Kit Marlowe: Cheer up, there's always what's left [...] D
Millie Drake: She was carrying on with him like so [...] D
Millie Drake: This changes everything. Kit Marlow [...] D
Millie Drake: Where are your pajama pants? Kit Ma [...] D
Preston Drake: Now, Millie, you're tired. Let me f [...] D
Harriet: Your picture's in the paper. Kit Marlowe [...] D
Kit Marlowe: You must remember, Millie... you've n [...] D
Millie Drake: Kit, I want something more out of li [...] D
Preston Drake: Hey, what's going on with you two? [...] D
Millie Drake: When your book came with your name o [...] D
Millie Drake: Oh, people are a nuisance. The only [...] D
Millie Drake: You don't seem to know, or care, wha [...] D
Kit Marlowe: [final lines] What you going to call [...] D
Preston Drake: As a matter of fact, I knew nothing [...] D
Millie Drake: Oh, Kit, hasn't there ever been anyt [...] D
Kit Marlowe: [responding to a question about Milli [...] D
Millie Drake: Apparently Rudd is still infatuated [...] D