Bad Seed on TCM - Page 2

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Can you imagine pregnant women in the 50's going around like you see them today ? Pleez, Louise.

FranandZoe · ‎03-09-2010

@just bee wrote:
@Pink Cleome wrote:
Patty McCormack really was a great little actress! At the end of the movie, they show her true self as she was smiling and being the normal little girl she was.
@Lovs2shop

The studio had to include that ending because it "softened" the impact of the film. The story was considered too shocking for the average audience in 1956.

My, how far we've come!

Indeed! I always hated that softened ending. Thought it ruined the film. Should have ended with her being struck by lightening. Eileen Heckart was brilliant - great cast - they were all wonderful.

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

"social obligations" LOL

Diva on The Q · ‎03-28-2016

@FranandZoe wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@Pink Cleome wrote:
Patty McCormack really was a great little actress! At the end of the movie, they show her true self as she was smiling and being the normal little girl she was.
@Lovs2shop

The studio had to include that ending because it "softened" the impact of the film. The story was considered too shocking for the average audience in 1956.

My, how far we've come!
Indeed! I always hated that softened ending. Thought it ruined the film. Should have ended with her being struck by lightening. Eileen Heckart was brilliant - great cast - they were all wonderful.

There must have been two separate endings to this movie because I saw it on TCM maybe 4 or 5 years ago. The movie ended with the little girl being struck and killed by lightening.

just bee · ‎03-10-2010

@Diva on The Q wrote:
@FranandZoe wrote:
@just bee wrote:
@Pink Cleome wrote:
Patty McCormack really was a great little actress! At the end of the movie, they show her true self as she was smiling and being the normal little girl she was.
@Lovs2shop

The studio had to include that ending because it "softened" the impact of the film. The story was considered too shocking for the average audience in 1956.

My, how far we've come!
Indeed! I always hated that softened ending. Thought it ruined the film. Should have ended with her being struck by lightening. Eileen Heckart was brilliant - great cast - they were all wonderful.

There must have been two separate endings to this movie because I saw it on TCM maybe 4 or 5 years ago. The movie ended with the little girl being struck and killed by lightening.

@Diva on The Q

Rhoda dies at the end of the film, yes, but then there's the theatrical device in which the actors appear as if the audience has just watched a play. (Actually it was a play before it was a film.) This was used to remind the audience that what they had just seen was "make-believe" and to "protect" the sensibilities of a 1956 audience. Different times.

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