Thank you. What a fabulously lyrical work of art. And despite Sydney Greenstreet's marvelous portrayal of Caspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon, how can one criticize the choice of Donald Crisp for best supporting actor that year. Though not included in the screenplay, I can hear him delivering these lines from the book:
"You are right in what you want, but you are wrong in your ways of getting it. Force is no good to you until you have tried reason. And reason wants patience. And if patience wants a tight belt, then a tight belt it should have. You cannot ask the help of God with hate in your hearts and without that help you will get nothing"
We absolutely love this wonderful movie. I read the novel when I was a high school freshman and fell in love with the story and the family. It wasn’t until much later that I saw the movie and loved it as well. I vote for Donald Crisp as the best father figure in movies!
Thank you. What a fabulously lyrical work of art. And despite Sydney Greenstreet's marvelous portrayal of Caspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon, how can one criticize the choice of Donald Crisp for best supporting actor that year. Though not included in the screenplay, I can hear him delivering these lines from the book:
"You are right in what you want, but you are wrong in your ways of getting it. Force is no good to you until you have tried reason. And reason wants patience. And if patience wants a tight belt, then a tight belt it should have. You cannot ask the help of God with hate in your hearts and without that help you will get nothing"
We absolutely love this wonderful movie. I read the novel when I was a high school freshman and fell in love with the story and the family. It wasn’t until much later that I saw the movie and loved it as well. I vote for Donald Crisp as the best father figure in movies!