Quotes by Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies

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Joanne Woodward’s Mrs. Bridge is one of the best performances ever given on film of a middle-aged woman. — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
Another superb movie about a mature marriage grounded in a fundamental lack of communication is Dodsworth, based on the — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
Excellent films do exist on the subject, however, and one is a pure marriage movie in which Newman and Woodward make it — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
When it came to portraying couples who never directly connected, the Newmans were the Olympic gold champions — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
... this film taps perfectly into the viewers’ sense of the world. It was a big, big hit, and one of Hollywood’s best-re — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
The ghastly mother-in-law is well represented by a little comedy film of 1952: No Room for the Groom, directed by Dougla — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
The true marriage movie involving in-laws and children is a story about how marriage is directly affected by external ch — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
Movies endorsed unwanted ideas by putting them into story form and resolving them up there on the screen. The goal was, — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
In-laws were often used as plot devices to drive a happy couple apart, to destroy marital love and trust. — Jeanine Basinger, I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies