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In this Dorothy McGuire Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, a couple of disparate films: Elia Kazan's anti-semitism expos\xe9 drama,\xa0Gentleman's Agreement\xa0(1947), and a marital comedy about the hardships of being a doctor's wife,\xa0Mother Didn't Tell Me\xa0(1950). We discuss\xa0the\xa0qualities that McGuire brings to her most problematic character yet and that help make the character a possible audience identification figure for the audience. And then we discuss the "secret feminism" of\xa0Mother Didn't Tell Me's portrayal of the life of a middle-class housewife who finds herself "abandoned" by her husband and unable to share his professional life. Elise expresses admiration of McGuire's ability to whisper her way through a fight scene. From open didacticism to secret feminism: this episode has it all!\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 0m 45s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 GENTLEMAN\u2019S AGREEMENT (1947 [dir. Elia Kazan]

0h 31m 42s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 MOTHER DIDN\u2019T TELL ME (1950) [dir. Claude Binyon]

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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