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Fiona, Evelyn and Susanna are sisters. Their mother dies on the Lusitania, their father is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves. Fiona marries Charles Barclay in order to get an inheritance and he begins a campaign to obtain the mansion to level it for real estate development. She vows that this will never happen. Written by
Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Charles Barkley:
Fiona, I love you.
Fiona Gaylord:
I hate you.
Charles Barkley:
Wouldn't have me if I was the last man on earth, would you?
Fiona Gaylord:
No.
Charles Barkley:
Good, we can go somewhere from there. I was afraid you might have grown indifferent to me.
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Referenced in
Death in Hollywood (1990)
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Soundtracks
"Frühlingslied (Spring Song), Op. 62, No. 6"
(1842) (uncredited)
Written by
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
In the score during the farm sequence
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It's a little disconcerting to have a character named Gig Young in a movie...played by Gig Young. But this film is where Gig got his name and also a nice career boost after playing small parts under another name.
I'm going to go against the majority of the other comments and state that I really enjoyed this film, mainly because of the vibrant performance of Barbara Stanwyck as Fiona. She was funny, angry, vulnerable, caring, and feisty as the oldest of three daughters whose mother died on the Lusitania, and whose father was later killed during Woar War I.
As the "man" of the house, Fiona has stood steadfast for years against settling her father's will which would therefore allow a Donald Trump type named Charles Barclay to get the family home. But Fiona's keeping a secret as to why she hates Barclay so much. Geraldine Fitzgerald is the middle, flirty sister, who is married to an Englishman but craves her youngest sister's boyfriend (Gig Young).
If you're a Stanwyck fan, this is a no miss.