California Suite (1978) | You Got Your Prowling In Early | Maggie Smith

[@cicerodiello1]

Maggie Smith and Michael Caine absolutely smashed every second of screen time in California Suite.

[@alexandregingras1622]

I love how she won an Oscar playing an actress who was nominated but lost an Oscar. RIP Dame Maggie Smith, heaven had become more lively with your presence

[@riverebec1]

RIP Dame Maggie Smith. You have earned it for all of the love you gave to your family and all of the entertainment you gave to the rest of us. ♥ ♥

[@glennbraiden3310]

That scene shows the difference between a film star and an actor! She was amazing!

[@dudleyhardial2273]

Some of the lines in this clip are absolutely priceless. Extremely cutting, and sharp. Brilliant writing and acting.

[@2legit64]

These two were the best thing about this movie. They were stellar.

[@deb7518]

They are the only part I remember well.

[@dawnguseman1095]

RIP Dame Maggie Smith.😞 She so deserved the Academy Award for this role and it was nice to see an actor acknowledged for a comedic role with a slight tinge of melancholy.

[@letstalkcriterion]

Two brilliant British performers at their best.

[@robfuzz]

Saw this in theaters when I was 14, and discovered the wonder of Maggie Smith. Fell in love with her again in Downton Abbey. Sad we lost her but grateful we had her.

[@Assisi4]

This was the first movie I saw Maggie Smith in. Her comic timing never grows old. Rest In Peace ❤

[@gruntherblendin388]

Catch her in A Private Function.

[@mariobrosxsuper]

The Prime of Ms. Dame Maggie Smith...🏆...R.I.P🙏👏...Kudos Mr. Caine 🏆

[@danielbarnett1614]

Two best actors ever. Great scene!

[@Smartychase]

This was The Prime of Dame Maggie Smith ❤

[@dfa3366]

She won the Oscar playing a British actress in Hollywood to attend the Academy Awards with her gay husband and the aftermath of losing. The whole movie could have been about them. RIP Maggie Smith.

[@normadesmond6017]

now there are two powerhouses acting!

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

Shes put a lot of Kenneth Williams in this performance. They were great friends.

[@troygaspard6732]

In the 70s Niel Simon ruled the stage and screen. Ironically, Smith went on to win an Oscar for this part.

[@ericholck3914]

These two would have been amazing in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

[@philipc67]

I can’t see Maggie as the braying slovenly American Martha.

[@giarcnella66]

Yes!

[@susannezami1446]

Or even "Sleuth"! 😂😂😂

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

They have a lighter touch. More Beatrice and Benedick

[@elizabethr4107]

Came here to say exactly this

[@jenfriesen6440]

Can you just see them as a brilliant, British version of George & Martha in WHO’s AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Alas. Rest in peace, Dame Maggie Smith. 💔

[@hrhlizzie6174]

Rest in peace, Dame Maggie Smith.

[@terencejones9044]

R.I.P. Dame Maggie Smith

[@unclealand]

Why, Why, WHY didn't anyone realize Maggie Smith and Michael Caine could have made a great movie of "Private Lives"?! It would have washed away the dreary miscast version with Norma Shearererer.

[@davidthaler7018]

The role that prepared her to play The Dowager Countess of Grantham…

[@benfisher1376]

I would argue that this character is better written.

[@SwimmerPrince]

that would be her oscar nominated role as The Countess of Trentham in Gosford Park which actually what DA was based on.

[@benfisher1376]

No this role was not like the Countess at all. Diana is more modern and less stuffy. Maggie is a versatile actress, who unfortunately, has been typecast fir many years now.

[@Pulsonar]

Where did you get the idea the character Maggie played here was preparatory material for the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey? They are totally different in personality, character, and in attitude in and out of their social circles.

[@oathy03]

I swear the scenes of these two were the best part of the film The rest of the film was "meh" at the bar eating the the Green stuff. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanielmarks4872]

RIP Maggie Smith

[@eddieloeber3259]

I can’t look away

[@Assisi4]

I feel you. Thanks to my British father I've known this actress all my life. I will dearly miss her.

[@HC-cb4yp]

The Brits walk in and steal the movie... again... They elevate the material.

[@rnw2739]

English you mean. Maggie Smith and Michael Caine are both English.

[@HC-cb4yp]

@@rnw2739 What's the difference between the British and the English? Answer quickly before it becomes the Caliphate of Airstrip One.

[@rnw2739]

You seriously need to ask that? Fuck me, I'd heard you mob were thick as shit but I thought that was just a stereotype...

[@rnw2739]

Caliphate? That would be your side of the water, mate. I wouldn't worry though, if we do disappear (yeah ok lol) forever more, you'll still never come remotely close to the status and influence we brought, but crack on lol.

[@HC-cb4yp]

@@rnw2739 I grant you much, but you have to admit: The modern American lifestyle of luxury and entertainment - enjoyed from within a Los Angeles-like setting - does appear to be the paradigm for most people and cities of the world today, for better or for worse. You still haven't explained the difference between "English" and "British" however.

[@TomRipley7350]

Smith and Caine were the only actors in this film who could make Simon’s contrived, unnatural dialogue seem real. Alda and Fonda just couldn’t do it. Maggie and Michael saved this dud. It hasn’t aged well.

[@JeromeGentes]

Agreed, but then Simon’s entire oeuvre isn’t aging well.

[@TomRipley7350]

@@JeromeGentes Murder by Death is an exception. One of my favourite films.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Simon has never sounded better & never will.

[@psusanwestlake5510]

How about Death by Murder ? Was that by Neil Simon or have i misremembered . Maggie Smith - and everyone in fact , were so good in that film.

[@maryeliason1504]

I bought this dvd just to see this whenever I need it❤

[@ssstumpy]

"There never is anything personal between us is there? Or is that getting too personal?"

[@alicanharryreilly8353]

Rest in Peace to you Dame Maggie Smith 1934-2024 She will be remembered as Professional Minerva McGonagall in all the Harry Potter Films & Other Films Such as Ladies in Lavender & all the films she's been in over the year RIP to you

[@kinetsievarvenfloot1237]

Exquisite writing, sublime performances.

[@davidmalakie6622]

Perfection.

[@ernestinehemingway7799]

beautiful healthy resplendent wavy auburn hair and so much of it !

[@danielbarnett1614]

Great scene!!!

[@indefatigable8193]

As a gay guy who constantly competes with women for the affection of bisexual men I know the venom she spat all too well. Incredible acting.

[@TomRipley7350]

Sounds like there’s a story here… Personally, I avoid bi-guys at all costs.

[@jamndunk]

Lavender marriage 😮

[@sriramdesikachari8047]

Dawn of justice 😂.... Legends out yo outwit each other... Thank God for no breakages though....

[@JC-sd3vh]

Could have been Charles and Diana tbf

[@Assisi4]

Remember the interview? When Charles wanted to be an asshole he would start to lecture her in Welsh. lol

[@MoonPieCancer3754]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@peteradaniel]

Brits bring life to Neil Simon’s cliched and dreary script.

[@rnw2739]

Two English actors....not Brits. Brits could be English, Scottish or Welsh.... Caine and Smith are both English so no need for the vague 'Brit' umbrella term.

[@gerardmackay8909]

They are indeed Brits, from Britain (as indeed am I)I’m British through and through just like dear Dame Maggie and dear Michael

[@rnw2739]

@@gerardmackay8909 They are English. Dame Maggie and Michael Caine come from England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 You may have heard of it as you seem to speak 'ENGLISH', It's been a country centuries before the umbrella term 'Britain' was ever formulated... and that was only to name the merger between England and Scotland in 1707.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@rnw2739 we are living in 2023 not 1706 so as citizens of the United Kingdom they are correctly named as British. Kindly don’t preach history to me as I studied early modern history to degree level in a BRITISH university. You really need something more important to pee your pants over than getting choleric about whether someone is English or British. They are BOTH so untwist those knickers of yours and move on

[@rnw2739]

@gerardmackay8909 Kindly don't pressch your erroneous rubbish to me, an Englishman, you know nothing of this clearly. English is a nationality whether you like it or not and you will find there are a great many other English, Scottish and Welsh persons who object in a similar fashion to being labelled 'British' - carry on with your ignorant insulting gibberish then, idiot and perpetuate the 'Americans are the world's imbeciles' stereotype I couldn't give a shit what you studied in sone fictitious place, I AM ENGLISH so don't be telling me otherwise.