The Woman

Madame's Nightshirt

Mrs. Peperium

Bernstein: "Who's a busy man? Me? I'm Chairman of the Board. I got nothing but time. What do you want to know?" Thompson: "Well, Mr. Bernstein. We thought maybe, if we can find out what he meant by his last words as he was dying." Bernstein: "That Rosebud, huh? Maybe, some girl? There were a lot of them back in the early days. Thompson: "It's hardly likely, Mr. Bernstein. Mr. Kane could have met some girl casually and then fifty years later on his deathbed remembered..". Bernstein: "Well, you are pretty young, Mr., Mr. Thompson. A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember. You take me. One day, back in eighteen ninety-six, I was crossing over to Jersey on a ferry and as we pulled out there was another ferry pulling in and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress she had on, she was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. She didn't see me at all but I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since that I haven't thought of that girl..."

-Citizen Kane, 1941 RKO Studios.

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[Crackie]

Reading this, I felt I had stepped into the middle of a conversation. An interrupted conversation. Yes? Please continue.

[MCNS]

[She] reminds me of the scene in Citizen Kane where Everett Sloane, as Kane's aging business manager, recalls a girl in a white dress whom he saw in his youth when he was crossing over to Jersey on a ferry. They never met or spoke. "I only saw her for one second," he says, "and she didn't see me at all - but I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since that I haven't thought of that girl."

~ Kenneth Tynan on Louise Brooks

[Mrs. Peperium]

Ha!

My favorite Tynan quip :

"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."

[MCNS]

My late grandfather loved Garbo.

[MCNS]

My grandfather loved Garbo.

[MCNS]

Hey, what's with the commenting?

Hey, what's with the commenting?

Apologies for the duplicate post.