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Susan
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Date Posted: 01:58:47 12/21/05 Wed
Thanks, for finding that, Susan. Unfortunately, I don't have the DVD ... In fact, I think the pre-recorded videotape I have (put out under the label "Hollywood Classics") must have been edited because I think I found the scene you're talking about, and that line isn't in there at all! :-( On my copy, it goes like this:
Blackbeard is asking Alvina to tell him all about his "little robin," but Alvina is obsessing about Edwina's baggage; Blackbeard orders Worley to bring the baggage into the cabin, then asks her again to tell him about Edwina. She starts by telling him her father was a sea captain. Blackbeard cuts her off with, "I know, I know, I know. He commanded all the Brethren of the Coast, and he was the blackest pirate what ever--ha har--until Ned Teach."
Alvina: "Poor Edwina. She's so much like her father."
Blackbeard: "Arrr, she's my kind, my little robin."
Alvina: "I'm afraid so."
Cut to the pirates bringing in the treasure chest. Alvina runs over and yells at them; Blackbeard orders it to be opened, Edwina runs down, and Alvina runs out. Next scene with Alvina, he gives her more liquor, but now he's asking her to tell him about the treasure. Then the last time we see her in his cabin, she's screaming while Blackbeard hacks apart the treasure chest. Do I have the right scene? Seems like that line belonged somewhere between "I'm afraid so" and the treasure chest being brought in; am I right? I wonder how much else is missing!!!
OK, now I'm bummed to find out that I *paid* for an edited copy! In fact, I've got a copy of Jamaica Inn distributed by the same company (this one under the guise of "Hollywood Gold," and I *know* that one's edited because I also have the DVD, which I've watched again and again. (I alternate between JI and Soldiers Three when I can't sleep at night! The innocuous inanity usually puts me right out now that I've seen them both a hundred times.) Well, one night, for some reason, I put on the VHS version instead (which I have to admit was worth the $5 just for the photo of Bob and Maureen O'Hara on the cover, Ilsa) and discovered they had cut out the scene at the end when Emlyn Williams hocks a big gob of spit into the face of the officer who's holding him--there are probably cuts, but that one was pretty conspicuous! (Sorry Ilsa and Lois, but I love Emlyn Williams in that movie--he's just the right level of over the top for me, painted-on five o'clock shadow or not!)
Why is it they cut out only the best scenes? (Worst of all, both tapes are recorded in low-quality EP mode instead of SP!) Grrr, now I'm going to have to buy the Blackbeard DVD. (Maybe if I see the whole movie I'll hate it less!) ... Or I could just wait till it's on TV again; assuming the TV version isn't edited!
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