Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Voice of the Turtle

 The Voice of the Turtle
type
 TVTItem
 The Voice of the Turtle
label
 The Voice of the Turtle
 The Voice of the Turtle
page
 TheVoiceOfTheTurtle
 The Voice of the Turtle
comment
 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Voice of the Turtle is a 1947 romantic comedy film directed by Irvin Rapper, starring Eleanor Parker and Ronald Reagan. It was adapted from the hit 1943 Broadway play of the same name by John Van Druten.The film is set in December 1944, with World War II still underway. Sally Middleton (Parker) is a struggling actress in New York. As the film opens, she is getting dumped by her boyfriend, Broadway producer Kenneth Bartlett (Kent Smith). Ken explains to Sally, gently but firmly, that he isn't looking for long-term attachments.Sally is friends with Olive Lashbrooke (Eve Arden), also a stage actress. Olive is signaled as clearly as a 1947 movie can signal as a woman who has lots of boyfriends and is far more casual about sex than dreamy romantic Sally. One night, when she gets a call from a Navy officer beau, Olive asks Sally to entertain her other boyfriend. That other boyfriend is Bill Page (Reagan), an Army sergeant who is in New York on leave.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Naturally, sparks fly.This film was later re-released as One for the Book, and is almost always referred to by that title when it's aired on television.
 The Voice of the Turtle
fetched
 2021-06-02T19:23:22Z
 The Voice of the Turtle
parsed
 2021-06-02T19:23:22Z
 The Voice of the Turtle
isPartOf
 DBTropes
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_1e7487cd
type
 Breaking the Fourth Wall
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_1e7487cd
comment
 Breaking the Fourth Wall: After a phone call where Olive bills and coos to Ned on the other end of the line, she looks straight at the camera and says "There is an object lesson in how not to deal with a man.
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_1e7487cd
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_1e7487cd
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_1e7487cd
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_23698fa8
type
 Aborted Arc
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_23698fa8
comment
 Aborted Arc: Much commentary about how Sally's co-star Henry Atherton likes romance with his leading ladies. Henry gazes lecherously at Sally when she comes to the theater. Later, Henry asks Sally to come over for a rehearsal in his apartment—and nothing comes of this subplot whatsoever, as we don't even see the rehearsal.
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_23698fa8
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_23698fa8
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_23698fa8
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_2439b588
type
 As the Good Book Says...
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_2439b588
comment
 As the Good Book Says...: Bill quotes from Song of Solomon 2:12. "“For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone... And the voice of the turtlenote "Turtle" meaning turtledove has been heard in our land.”
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_2439b588
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_2439b588
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_2439b588
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
type
 ItemName
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
comment
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
featureApplicability
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
featureConfidence
 1.0
 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
 The Voice of the Turtle / int_name
itemName
 The Voice of the Turtle

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 Getting Crap Past the Radar / int_b70ce53b
 The Voice of the Turtle
hasFeature
 Romantic Comedy / int_b70ce53b