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Want to watch an interesting movie?  

senecaguy2 63M
537 posts
12/5/2014 12:22 pm

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12/6/2014 11:11 am

Want to watch an interesting movie?


Holiday season and if you like independent films here is a recommendation: "A Girl Cut in Two."

t was based on a true story, what was called “the crime of the century” in 1906 in New York City. The movie was updated to modern times, but the story line was what happened in 1906. Evelyn Nesbit, the real girl, was seductively beautiful with long, wavy red hair and a slender, shapely figure. Stanford White, a wealthy married man who liked pretty young women, was three times her age. The fact that he was married, and made a hobby of "befriending"<b> teenage </font></b>girls, was overlooked by Nesbit's mother, who encouraged White's patronage. White owned an apartment in which he had installed numerous strategically placed mirrors, as well as a soon-to-be infamous red velvet swing; reportedly he derived sexual pleasure by pushing young women in the swing, naked or nearly so, as Nesbit later testified in court.

She claimed at the end of her life that White, who taught her so much about sex, was the only man she really loved. However, she married another rich guy her own age. Harry Thaw was the of a coal and railroad baron and he was extremely possessive of Evelyn and obsessive about the details of her relationship with White. Thaw was also a cocaine addict and allegedly a sadist who subjected women, including Nesbit, and the occasional adolescent boy to severe whippings. A year after the marriage, Thaw so jealous of White shot him to death in front of a crowd. On June 25, 1906, Nesbit and Thaw saw White at the restaurant Café Martin and ran into him again later that night in the audience of the Madison Square Garden's roof theatre at a performance of Mam’zelle Champagne, written by Edgar Allan Woolf. During the song "I Could Love A Million Girls", Thaw fired three shots at close range into White's face, killing him instantly and reportedly exclaiming, "You will never see that woman again!" It was “the crime of the century” so sensational involving scandalous sex. One of Evelyn’s early lovers was John Barrymore, Drew Barrymore’s grandfather. White arranged an abortion for Evelyn.

These events made a strong imprint on the American mind. The word brainstorm originated as a description of Harry Thaw's wild state of mind at the time of the murder. Stanford White, the once respectable victim, became a laughingstock, and his coy invitation to "Come up and see my etchings," became a commonly repeated joke. And Evelyn Nesbit became famous for, among other things, "posing on a bear skin rug."

Was interesting to see “A Girl Cut in Two.” It is French with subtitles, and while based on White and Nesbit, was set in modern day and without all the details above. You can guess with whom I identified. I could see you and me as characters in the movie. But I would like the end to turn out differently.

lkuwet 78M
288 posts
12/5/2014 1:02 pm

typo Jun 25, 2006, must really be 1906! Waiting 100 yrs to vent one's rage is not recommended if seeking justice, revenge or just plain joy!


lkuwet 78M
288 posts
12/5/2014 1:45 pm

Thanks for the movie recommendation, too!Want to watch an interesting movie


senecaguy2 63M
339 posts
12/5/2014 4:47 pm

    Quoting lkuwet:
    typo Jun 25, 2006, must really be 1906! Waiting 100 yrs to vent one's rage is not recommended if seeking justice, revenge or just plain joy!
Yes you are right. I correctly. Thanks for pointing it out.


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