[lit-ideas] Re: None Dare Call It Reason

Yes, yes, I can see that. The plot and theme is definitely O. Henryish. It may
well be a movie version of a story by O. Henry. 

Walter O.


Quoting Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>:

> For some weird reason I keep connecting the feeble recollection I have of
> the "vase movie" w/ O. Henry....???
> 
> Julie Krueger
> 
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:46 PM, <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > That does ring a bell, albeit very faintly. A movie ... black and white
> ...
> > there were two vases, one genuine and the other fake. Somebody breaks the
> > genuine one but is told by the owner that (s)he broke the fake one. Of
> > course,
> > that is false.
> >
> > Now I'll be up all night trying to remember the title and its actors. I
> > think an
> > actor who looks a bit like E.G. Marshall was in the movie. He was also in
> > an old
> > black and white in which a group of guys rent a store - mostly luggage -
> in
> > order to be nextdoor to a bank. They proceed to tunnel their way into the
> > bank.
> > That's all I remember.  Ah, the holidaying mind ...
> >
> > Seen more and read more than he will ever remember,
> >
> > Walter O.
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Veronica Caley <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > >   But one of
> > > my paramount memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I
> > > read (I have no idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party
> > > where one of the attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase.   She greeted
> > > his torrent of apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing
> > > anyway".   I resolved then and there to be so unattached to material
> > > things that I could someday be so gracious.   It has made a difference.
> > >
> > > Ursula
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for sharing this.  If you ever remember where you read
> it,
> > I
> > > hope you post it.
> > >
> > > Veronica
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:21 PM
> > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: None Dare Call It Reason
> > >
> > >
> > > > Loren Eiseley is one of my heroes as well...been on my ten best list
> > since
> > >
> > > > the eighties.   So many high points...I remember just now his story
> > about
> > > > running away (as a ten year old perhaps) from his deaf mother...and
> the
> > > > regret he afterwards suffered.  So much heart.  So much grit.  So much
> > > > courage to face the things he'd done.   Gave me courage....
> > > >
> > > > I spoke to my class last night about where we get our moral
> > foundations.
> > > > Church, community, peers, family all came up.  But one of my paramount
> > > > memories of trying to shape myself comes from a story I read (I have
> no
> > > > idea now where) about a very rich woman who gave a party where one of
> > the
> > > > attendees broke a very ancient Ming vase.   She greeted his torrent of
> > > > apologies with "Don't worry, it was just an old thing anyway".   I
> > > > resolved then and there to be so unattached to material things that I
> > > > could someday be so gracious.   It has made a difference.
> > > >
> > > > Ursula
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Veronica Caley wrote:
> > > >> Something written by Loren Eisley.  As fine a writer as I have ever
> > read
> > > >> that goes right to the heart. The passage that I still remember from
> > his
> > > >> work was about a tree he and his father planted when he was very
> > little.
> > > >> Nearing the end of his life, he went back and looked for it.  It had
> > been
> > >
> > > >> cut down.
> > > >>
> > > >> This brought both of us to tears - he when he saw it gone and me when
> > I
> > > >> read it.  I don't cry easily.  If I did, I wouldn't be on this list.
> >  You
> > >
> > > >> really ought to be writing and writing.
> > > >>
> > > >> Veronica the fool, applying for a position with King Lear
> > > >>
> > > >>
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