tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post5833033266335933280..comments2023-04-11T10:26:47.795-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT a Blast From the PastJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-8735175479999351302012-11-18T15:29:15.789-06:002012-11-18T15:29:15.789-06:00Unless I completely misheard, him catching her in ...Unless I completely misheard, him catching her in a compromising position meant that the divorce she was seeking would be delayed or stopped completely. That doesn't work with the guilty part (the one having an affair) getting caught and thereby pushing the divorce forward. It may've been ascribed to French law, since she was off to Paris to get the divorce. But it still doesn't make sense. I'm not going to worry about it, though, since there was a later plot that was even crazier legally. So the husband tried to pin a murder (that, of course, the husband committed) on Paul (although he didn't know who Paul was, so he got the wrong guy sitting on Death Row) and Irene was okay with the wrong guy going to the guillotine as long as it wasn't Paul, and then, when Paul had "confessed" and Irene backed up his story, ol' Bruce the villain was told, oh, well, now the courts will never convict, because the honor of a lady was involved. Like, somebody died and Paul thinks he killed him, but he and his girlfriend, who was married to someone else at the time, say, WELL, her honor was involved, SO... And that's as good as a pardon. In France.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-87997947146257106802012-11-18T12:59:49.517-06:002012-11-18T12:59:49.517-06:00I haven't seen it, but could the divorce angle...I haven't seen it, but could the divorce angle be that, if she has been caught in a supposedly compromising position, then she loses the "upper hand" and is in no position to bring charges against him? That was the time, wasn't it, when infidelity was one of the few grounds to grant a divorce, and there was always a guilty party and an innocent one. (And people with other reasons would simulate infidelity to provide the evidence that would get them what they wanted.)<br /><br />While we're on TCM, I might mention that they're showing the film of "Stop the World, I Want To Get Off" tomorrow at 1pm (noon CT). It's rarely shown and not available on DVD so it might be of interest to fans of out-of-the-way musicals. (It's followed by the musicals "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and "Victor/Victoria" -- I guess it's Leslie Bricusse Day.)JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com