History of Feminism
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LIFEBOAT has to be one of the most feminist films every made. The army nurse, fresh from an affair with a married man, who wastes no time making a new conquest, supervises an amputation and leads a murderous mob against a Nazi, is the *nice* girl! She may have been second fiddle to Captain Tallulah Bankhead but she was as brave and worthy a seafarer as any man. Mary Anderson, who played Nurse Alice MacKenzie, was the last surviving member of the crew. She died today at 96.
Storyline
In the Atlantic during WWII, a ship and a German U-boat are involved in a battle and both are sunk. The survivors from the ship gather in one of the boats. They are from a variety of backgrounds: an international journalist, a rich businessman, the radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor and an engineer with communist tendencies. Trouble starts when they pull a man out of the water who turns out to be from the U-boat.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Sorry she's gone.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Not that she doesn't wrestle w. demons. She DOES. And HOW.
But she seems to get the upper hand on them.
The best interaction: she say's she doesn't understand war. Not any of it. The John Hodiak character says, accusingly "Well... what are you doing in a US Navy uniform, then? ( ie. As a medic.)
She shoots back indignantly: "I'm doing the only thing I CAN do about it! Trying to patch them up after they've blown each other apart!"
Possibly the best snippet in a film *full* of great dialogue.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)And sorry to here of Mary's passing. 96! That was a good, long life.
ismnotwasm
(42,481 posts)Although it's been a while since I've seen it.
Great find!
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)Great movie. Look for Hitch floating in the water at start of movie.