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Post by Richard on Nov 20, 2007 14:03:29 GMT -5
I remember the photo from the scene you speak of. We've all seen it by now -- where Kate leans over and Spencer kisses her on the cheek. Nice to know there was more to it than just the kiss. It must exist, so why haven't we seen it? We should be on the lookout for television airings of ADAM'S RIB, some movies tend to slightly differ from the theatrical version.
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Post by Judy on Nov 20, 2007 15:08:35 GMT -5
Hey Judy, do you remember when you mentioned that you had seen a "deleted scene" from AR a while back and weren't too sure if you were imagining it or not? Well, you weren't. My friend, who is probably the coolest person ever since KHH, owns the script to AR and lo and behold: Adam- A crime should be punished, not condoned Amanda- If a woman commits it Adam- Anybody---pull over, pull over! Amanda- What? oh. [she turns in] ....and then there's the line about lady drivers you'll put me away yet. Manda- See? Adam- What? Manda- He doesn't believe in women. [pouts] [ADAM leans over and they kiss. Behind them, the waiting traffic sets up a raucus complaint. ADAM and AMANDA wait it out, kissing. Finally they break.] Amanda: (sexy) But you do, don't you? And you're an assistant district attorney, which makes it legal! [They kiss again.] [ADAM goes into the court building. AMANDA drives off , the CAMERA FOLLOWING IN LONG SHOT until she is swallowed up by traffic.] Uhm. That scene would have tied AR with WOTY in the making out department. Which I've always thought was impossible. IMPOSSIBLE! That's just... a crime. Who is the dum-dum that cut that scene? I'd like to give him a whack. Still, AR is my favorite, hands down. Not just movie-wise, but... one of my favorite things period. ::hums The Sound of Music:: THANK YOU! - for confirming that I am not nuts....I have a printed copy of the script but haven't looked at it in a while. Is the script your friend has an actual script? Or is it a book with the script? That's what I have... Years ago there was a series that included AR, Night at the Opera, Ninotchka. Those are the ones I have....And I didn't really recall I had it till now...Gotta go look see if that scene is there... Thing is - and this has to be impossible - I actually remember SEEING the scene when I was really little and saw the movie on TV. That can't be, I'm sure. Maybe after reading the cut dialogue I just visualized it and began to THINK that I'd really seen it.... Okay...guess I AM nuts after all. Thanks, metrostah! JS |
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Nov 20, 2007 15:39:13 GMT -5
No trouble at all. ;D I like to share! And I knew it was eating you, soooo.
Hmmm, Ihunno!
I REALLY hope you saw it, though. Because that means there's still hope that the footage is floating around somewhere!
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Post by dreamer on Nov 21, 2007 13:31:03 GMT -5
So, I was right. It's an actual script. Squee. You are awesome Amber  Now that scene - would die for it. |
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Post by farewellamanda on Feb 16, 2008 9:44:32 GMT -5
Soooo....I'm a very large nerd and made screencaps of some of the best moments......gahhhh I am so addicted to this movie. ::shakes fist at kathnspence::  *squee*  wife kissing....  THIS IS KINDA THE HAWTEST CAP I'VE EVER SEEN. Go ahead, kids. Melt the screen.  Awww, Spencer loves his girl.  *snort*  This is my desktop wallpaper, by the way.  THEY WIN AT THE ADORING LOOK. I swear, if you tried to throw something between them when they're looking at each other like that, it would just bounce off.  Yeah, Spence. YOU GRAB THAT COOLIE. |
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Post by martha on Feb 16, 2008 13:48:29 GMT -5
yikes! you keep snagging those screen caps and i'll keep smiling. these are all fabulous! thank you thank you thank you!
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Feb 16, 2008 21:55:52 GMT -5
BPPPPFFFFFFAHHAAHAHAAAAAAA.
I heart you. And AR.
That is all I have to say.
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Post by grueni on Feb 18, 2008 3:13:38 GMT -5
...more than words can say...
Thank you so much.
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Post by dreamer on Aug 9, 2008 13:47:22 GMT -5
Found this on the AFI site: The working titles for this film were Love Is Legal and Man and Wife . Adam's Rib was the sixth of nine M-G-M films in which Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were teamed. A Jun 1949 DV news item noted that M-G-M purchased the rights to the title from Paramount, which used it for an unrelated 1923 Cecil B. DeMille film. Screenplay co-writers Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon were married and often wrote in collaboration. Garson Kanin wrote an article about the film in the October/November 1989 issue of Memories and noted that the story of Adam's Rib was based on the lives of Ruth Gordon's friends, Dorothy and William Dwight Whitney, and actor Raymond Massey. The article also notes that the Kanins immediately thought of Hepburn and Tracy for the leads, and that Judy Holliday initially turned down her role in the film because she is called "fatso" in the script. Modern sources indicate that Hepburn deliberately allowed Holliday to steal the scenes in which they appeared together so that Holliday could show off her talent to Columbia executives, who were resisting the idea of casting her in a film version of the role she originated in Born Yesterday . Holliday did, in fact, star in that film, and won an Oscar for her performance (see below). An Apr 1949 HR news item noted that actress Carol Channing wanted to play the "comedy lead" in the film. May 1949 HR news items indicate that actor Scott McKay and producer Brock Pemberton were tested for roles, but they did not appear in the released film. A Jun 1947 HR news item lists Danny Schwartz in the cast, but his appearance in the final film has not been confirmed. Adam's Rib marked the motion picture debut of actress Jean Hagen and the first film in nearly a decade for comic actress Polly Moran, a former silent and sound film star, who had announced her retirement from motion pictures following her role in the 1940 film Tom Brown's School Days (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40 ; F3.4676). According to contemporary sources, some filming took place on location in various parts of New York City, including the Women's House of Detention at Greenwich Avenue and Tenth Street, where, in the film, "Doris Attinger" is taken after shooting her husband, and at Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin's farm at Newton, CT. In a Mar 1951 NYT article, actress Judy Holliday is quoted as saying, "I started off as a moron in [the play] Kiss Them for Me , worked up to an imbecile in Adam's Rib , and have carved my current niche as a noble nitwit." Cole Porter, according to Kanin's article, refused to write a song for a character named "Madelaine," the original name of Hepburn's character, so the name was changed to "Amanda." According to a Jun 1949 HR news item, Porter and M-G-M agreed to donate all profits from sales of the song "Farewell Amanda" to to the Runyon Cancer Fund. Modern sources note that M-G-M paid the Kanins $175,000 for the rights to their original screenplay. An Aug 1949 HR news item noted that Tracy and Hepburn had had "serious talks" with Gordon and Kanin about the possibility of performing Adam's Rib on Broadway. Adam's Rib received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In 1973, the ABC Television Network aired a five-part series based on the film. The series starred Ken Howard and Blythe Danner as the husband and wife lawyers. www.afi.com/members/catalog/10top10View.aspx?bhcp=1&Movie=25613Now that would have been something  |
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Aug 9, 2008 18:08:39 GMT -5
Sigh! Think of the shiny programs that would have been distributed.... that I could have owned. And decorated my walls with. Also, I still pretend that the farm scenes were shot on George's property... and then they had a BBQ complete with rib sauce that Kate would have inevitably gotten on her chin and Spence thusly would have wiped off.
EPIC.
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Post by Hep on Aug 10, 2008 22:44:41 GMT -5
Sigh! Think of the shiny programs that would have been distributed.... that I could have owned. And decorated my walls with. Also, I still pretend that the farm scenes were shot on George's property... and then they had a BBQ complete with rib sauce that Kate would have inevitably gotten on her chin and Spence thusly would have wiped off. EPIC. HAHA. i can picture it. |
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Post by dreamer on Sept 26, 2008 0:32:24 GMT -5
Director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich introduces Adam's Rib (1949) for TCM's The Essentials. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oasYRdShukThis is a great opportunity for us non Americans to see the introduction by a film historian like Bogdanovich - a shame that TCM UK doesn't air them in Europe  |
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Post by gottamatch on Jan 23, 2009 3:45:09 GMT -5
I know! That off-screen squeel always makes me think "I wonder what they were doing" as well haha we'll never know... Okay Adam's Rib - LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT. However, I'm soo sorry to any Judy Holiday fans (honestly I am) but I can't seem to be able to tolerate her in AR. Maybe it's just her tone / pitch of voice? All I know is that whenever I watch AR I seem to find myself fast forwarding every line of hers.. I keep watching, WANTING to love her as a cast member of one of the best films ever made but I can't seem to! Now that's off my chest, here are some screen caps from arguably the greatest Tracy Hepburn film of all time;       Jess |
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Post by dreamer on Apr 12, 2009 16:43:37 GMT -5
Do we have this podcast posted somewhere Tracy & Hepburn Ignite The Screen - Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Adam's RibSpencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn starred in nine films together from the thirties through 1960s. One of the best and most memorable is their 1949 classic Adam’s Rib. Putting the onscreen duo against each other as dueling lawyers, the film is a delight due to the witting writing and dynamic performances of its stars. The film illustrates why these two had such onscreen chemistry. www.aplombpublishing.com/Aplomb/Podcast/Entries/2008/6/28_Adams_Rib.html |
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Post by gottamatch on Apr 24, 2009 7:40:48 GMT -5
That was cool! Thanks for the link dreamer!!
Jess
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