The Quiet Man
I’m going to
talk to you about True Love and what we do when we think we have it, using the
1952 movie The Quiet Man as my backdrop. Most of you have no knowledge of this
movie, because you most likely were not alive when it was made. I was four
years old.
If you love
romance movies, you will love this John Ford directed Irish classic staring
John Wayne (Husband,) Maureen O’Hare (Wife,) Barry Fitzgerald (Town Crier,) and
Ward Bond (Wife’s brother.) I know these names are all foreign to you?
A love affair
turns into a marriage; and of course, there always is a glitch that gets into
the relationship that brings about a conflict. It’s a simple movie. The problem
here melts down into one thing a dowry due the husband.
In a small Irish
town with customs going back centuries, the dowry must be paid to the husband.
In this case, the husband doesn’t want it. The wife wants it, not for the
money, but for principle.
The comic events
that lead to if or when the dowry is paid makes a fine Romance Comedy. I assure
you will laugh and cry. A fist fight between the husband and the wife’s brother
over the dowry is a town funny event.
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