Send to a Friend

ipso's avatar

Silent movie name (“You idiot!”)

Asked by ipso (4481points) June 8th, 2010

This is a hard one.

There is a silent film that has a marvelous scene: A middle aged woman looks over to her husband after he has done something oafish and, arms akimbo, she has a great dramatic pause and says simply with a wry smile, “You idiot!”

Kind of thin, but any idea what movie this is? I remember rolling in simple laughter, but can’t remember the movie – or even anything else but that one moment. I believe it was a “top 100” type silent film, as I’m sure I saw it while working my way through just that list.

I also remember this moment being discussed in the director’s commentary track of yet another unremembered movie. Maybe by David Mamet or Scorsese?

Any clue is appreciated. One of those silly long standing open trivia questions I have.

Thanks!

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.