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Aug 3, 2013 - 6:19 PM
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manderley
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I always assumed Judith Traherne went into a diabetic coma and died on her bed---a coma brought on by Max's super-sweet strings...... NO..... Although we can continue to joke about this, I actually think the ending of DARK VICTORY works extremely well, with Bette AND Max wrapping up an engrossing story in fine fashion, and by their individual contributions jointly giving that ending an iconic status. Historically, there are not many movies in which we give the end moments so high a status in our memories. After 3 hours, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!," from GONE WITH THE WIND, Joe E. Brown's "Well, nobody's perfect!" from SOME LIKE IT HOT, among some others, perhaps. But usually it's scenes somewhere in the body of the film that stand out in the long term. Everyone who's seen it remembers the ending of DARK VICTORY.
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