First Time Watching Harvey (1950)

[@jeffmartin1026]

I am glad that you now have this movie in your life. It will get better and better every time you watch it.

[@melenatorr]

Harvey opened the door.

[@HuntingViolets]

Nice reaction.

[@melenatorr]

The circumstances for Veta and Myrtle May are *probably* that Veta's a widow whose husband didn't leave her with very much. This house is probably the family house, and when Veta married, she and her husband would have moved to their own place. Elwood would have remained in the family house with Mother (also widowed, apparently). At some point after Veta's husband's death, and possibly around the time of Mother's death, Veta and Myrtle May come to live in the family house, and it's probably a combination of economics and coming closer due to Mother's illness/death. Veta's income is likely small, and given her social ambitions, she wouldn't want Myrtle May working as it would create a bad impression, at that time and in the class that Veta's looking at. Elwood observes that Harvey likes Veta, but that Veta doesn't seem to like him. And yes, Veta is a little frantic because part of her recognizes that Harvey is there. It's really her story: she's the one who has to make the discovery and make a decision from it. By the time we meet Elwood, he's already completed his arc from smart to pleasant.

[@melenatorr]

Not a gun, that's a small club, often called a blackjack, which Wilson probably carries around as protection at the asylum.

[@melenatorr]

I would say being pleasant carries its own form of intelligence.

[@bettyleeist]

I’ve heard of this movie.I think 🤔 I saw 👀 the original play;Harvey at the Des Moines,Iowa playhouse?If it wasn’t done there,than,it was probably,done at;Hoyt Sherman 🎭 Theater?I think,this is an interesting 🤨 movie from;1950!Thank you for showing this 🎥 movie to us!My mom’s friend:Tom Vector would’ve loved this movie!

[@justhowtheyusedtomakethem4732]

I didn't know Harry was a play. Learn something new everyday.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@justhowtheyusedtomakethem4732 James Stewart was in it a few times in his career.

[@bettyleeist]

It’s Harvey,not Harry!I first saw this play in.either,Pella,Iowa,or at the playhouse in Des Moines,Iowa.This was back in the early 1980”s,I believe?

[@melenatorr]

@@justhowtheyusedtomakethem4732 Whoops and that is one reason to read the credits: in the opening credits, it does say it's based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Mary Chase, and also that she co-wrote the screenplay.

[@HuntingViolets]

No, it would be "Harvey and me," and I'll tell you why. Elwood says they "escorted Dr. Chumley back here to Harvey and me." _I, she, he, they, who,_ and _we_ are subjective case; that is, the one doing the thing. _Me, her, him, them, whom,_ and _us_ are objective case; that is, the one the thing is being done to. Chumley is being escorted _to them,_ to _him,_ to Harvey and _him,_ to _me,_ to Harvey and _me._ A shortcut to whether it is _I_ or _me_ when there are two people is to remove one. "He escorted Chumley back to Harvey and me/I." Remove _Harvey_ to check. You wouldn't say "to I," so you know it should be "escorted Chumley back to Harvey and me." The part of speech remains unchanged regardless of the number of people.

[@justhowtheyusedtomakethem4732]

Learn something new everyday. Thank you.

[@melenatorr]

Oh, unforgivable! You chopped off Wilson's reading of the dictionary where Harvey inputs "And how are you, Mr. Wilson"! Evidence that there really is a Harvey, and you left it on the editing floor...

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

i think you're taking this movie way too seriously. its a comedy and you haven't laughed at any of the jokes.

[@bettyleeist]

Yeah,I’ve been there(and recovered!]with;bad day’s!I think,we all have in life!I think,Harvey is a fine 🎥 film!And,yes,Elwood shouldn’t be there,even to pay rent?Maybe,he’s annoying,I don’t know?Ha!Ha!He’d get in trouble 👿 if he was in;a real house,or an apartment,here!They’d want him to move out!Which is terrible in this day and age,having to deal with homeless people!I wouldn’t want that to be me!

[@HuntingViolets]

He owns the house, though. They're staying with him.