Her accent, her tone, her gestures, her acting, EVERYTHING! She is fantastically amazing and absolutely comedic as well. Lord, thank you for this beautiful and talented blessing that is Dame Margaret Natalie Smith.
Maggie Smith so effortlessly plays the most loathsome, despicable, arrogant shrews, but always within those roles there's the smallest glimpse of grace and decency. It takes a fantastic actor to pull that off convincingly.
Some years ago Mother saw Maggie Smith in a play in Manhattan. The next day, alone at lunch, who should walk in but Maggie Smith to sit alone at the table opposite my Mother. Mother had the waitress move her around to the opposite side of the table. She had to turn her back to Maggie Smith because, as my mother said it, "I couldn't control myself. I couldn't behave. I couldn't stop staring at her."
I saw Maggie Smith on a flight from London to Faro, in Portugal, about 20 years ago. She was flying economy. She was make-up free and virtually unrecognisable and I only knew it was her because I recognised her voice. She was most unassuming and down to earth.
My glamorous Irish grannie, born in 1909, dressed like that as a young woman. Fur wraps/coats/stoles, cute little cloche hats, crepe di chine dresses, Mary Jane shoes - and stockings and gloves ALWAYS. Oh and a decadent misting of perfume before she left the house! I love that women took such trouble with their outfits back then, thought about accessories and adored rouge, red lipstick and powder. Dressing up is such fun and means people take notice of you - I love being a woman!
@@themaggattack it sounds like 'one should not waste their money on flowers and things that are only pretty and not useful' :D or 'science and arts should only serve society, not being done for pleasure and curiosity'.
She is, of course, quite sublime in a part she was born to play, but we must not overlook the superb performance of Peter Barkworth as Julius Saggamore. What a fine actor he was.
1972 was a fantastic year for Maggie Smith fans... for not only did she make this film, but also the hilarious, fabulous, fantastic, camp TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT... LOVE MAGGIE...
Maggie Smith is truly prodigious! I can't imagine ANYONE delivering these lines so perfectly! I've never laughed so hard in all my life. What a treasure this is! Thank you so much for posting this!
I went down the comments here as far as patience would take me and came out puzzled: celebrations of the actor, but none for the author, George Bernard Shaw? The greatness of Maggie Smith is a matter of consensus, but there is no performance without the writer. Hats off to both.
I was in stunned disbelief when I found "The Maggie Smith Collection" (this movie included) in my local library. I took it home (3 discs) and watched everything about 5x each. It's far too expensive for me to purchase but YAY library rentals are free. Since we are (unfortunately) in the minority of the public (being Maggie-adorers), it's almost always available.
This is probably the 1,000th time I've watched this. I think it's a shame that this hasn't been circulated as much as Maggie Smith's other works. This is a very good cast of people. I can quote most of the scenes word for word.
Always liked Maggie since Hot Millions and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. This was a real treat seeing this. Some people can just remember their lines so well. She's one of them!
Commanding use of a lovely but cumbersome wardrobe and accoutrements as props or effective tools. Brilliant, intense, Maggie dominating the first part. The other persons become so dim incomparison
Thank you so much from date 2o19 for sharing this with Maggie Smith and the unforgettable Tom Baker. Ms. Smith has always played her role most excellent until her older years, mainly as a leader of society, a controlling pompous personna with maximum ability, so much so it makes you believe that if you should meet her, it would be a upturned nose and pursed mouth and raking eyes that would greet you. Such perfection of form. again thank you.
My late father adored British shows, especially comedies. I wonder if he ever saw The Millionairess. I know he would've gotten a kick out of it...I did. Thanks for sharing.
I am utterly and totally bowled over by Maggie Smith' performance - what a WONDERFUL film. Big surprise that B. Shaw has written the plot! Such brilliance and incredible one-liners! Thank you for uploading this beauty - very obliged! PS: I have a very slow pulse too.... :)
Tom Baker aka my most favorite Dr. Who . with Maggie Smith who brings character alive with her own awesome acting= .. the Oscar cup runneth over. Thank you so much for sharing this.
A splendid, beautiful, one of a kind actress. Completely lovable. And her beautiful English which I love as well. "An unusual woman" indeed, Dame Maggie.
Aah, when plays were worth watching. I bought the Shakespeare DVDs from the 70s and 80s - some of which I was lucky enough to see live, eg Comedy of Errors with Michael Williams, Michael Hordern in the Tempest - those were the days!
@BTURNER1961 Hmmm, actually, that would be something... Hepburn in such a sequence as this could be magic as well... even so - i wouldn't change this scene at all. Maggie is perfect here and i really appreciate whoever put this clip up for me to discover it here :-)
One her first of the many that followed , eccentric Ladies of the Upper classes in all aspects ! Or living in a van . But Violet Crawely the epitome of them all ..........never enough of Maggie , Dame Maggie Smith !
“Has it ever occured to you that when a woman’s wife is WRECKED she needs a little sympathy not a bottle of poison” - her delivery there is SO GOOD it kills me!
