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Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has Danny Kaye as a hen-pecked man who seeks relief from his obnoxious mother and famiy in daydreams. One day a beautiful woman, Virgina Mayo, asks him for help retriving a black notebook that contains the whereabouts of many priceless treasures. Kaye and Mayo do get the notebook, but not without a series of hilarious adventures and misadventures ending with their marriage.
--R Ford, Resident Scholar
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY is a movie written and directed by Norman Z. McLeod in 1947.
Danny Kaye is a nice young man overprotected by his mother who's even chosen Danny's fiancee. He regularly escapes from the trivial reality by daydreaming and imagining himself in different heroic characters. One day, he makes the acquaintance of Virginia Mayo, a young dutch girl looking for a black notebook containing the names of the places where the national jewels of Holland have been hidden. Soon, psychiatrist Boris Karloff and different bad guys want Danny dead as the poor guy has accidentally taken possession of the precious notebook.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- eccentricity
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Dutch
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- white
- another color
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
- Dutch
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
- lot of singing and dancing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 5-10
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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