Marty (4/10) Movie CLIP - We Ain't Such Dogs (1955) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Marty (Ernest Borgnine) dances with Clara (Betsy Blair) and talks optimistically about how they're better than they think they are.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama originated as a live 1953 broadcast directed by Delbert Mann on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse starring Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand. The Hecht-Lancaster movie version, also directed by Mann, replaces the two leads with Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair (as well as featuring several soon-to-be-familiar faces, including Jerry Paris, Frank Sutton, and Karen Steele, plus Joe Mantell, Nehemiah Persoff, and Betsy Palmer from the TV version). But it remains otherwise intact, telling of 24 very important hours in the lives of two lonely people. Marty is a bittersweet, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and always realistic comedy-drama about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a 34-year-old Bronx butcher. Approaching middle-age as a burly, somewhat overweight man who has no illusions about himself or his attractiveness to women, Marty looks forward to just one thing in life -- buying his boss's butcher shop and trying to make a success in business -- and he's even uncertain about that. A gentle, good-natured man, he lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind but emotionally smothering woman, in a too-large house and spends his time a small circle of dead-end friends (Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton). One Friday night, Marty's mother convinces him to go to the Stardust Ballroom, where he meets a plain-looking schoolteacher named Clara (Betsy Blair), whose life appears to mirror his own -- she lives with her father, and is frightened about the one prospect she has for advancement in her job. Meeting her after witnessing a humiliating rejection by her blind date, Marty acts on his best impulses and asks Clara to dance, and soon they are actually enjoying each other's company. She is as drawn to him as he is to her, but both are so uncertain about putting themselves at risk emotionally, that the evening almost ends badly when he tries to kiss her -- but they agree to go to talk on the phone and go to a movie the next night. But whatever good feelings he has about Clara are soon threatened by his friends' put-downs of her, and his mother's hostility, driven by her sudden panic that if Marty marries, she'll be left living alone. Marty spends the next day alone and never does call Clara, seemingly having decided that it's best to leave well enough alone. That is, until he takes a good long look at his life, and a listen to his friends -- and he suddenly makes the decision to try for true happiness, wherever it leads.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1955)
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair
Director: Delbert Mann
Producers: Paddy Chayefsky, Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster
Screenwriter: Paddy Chayefsky

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[crm]

"You don't get to be good-hearted by accident-you get kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain"-isn't that the truth!

[daveconleyportfolio]

The best writing in the scene is when she quietly gives her age, and he tells her his. It is both a confession, and a proposal.

[vincentthompson]

She's adorable. I love how she told him " I'm 29 years old" like she fully expected Marty to run off upon hearing that. This movie was made well before I was born but the story and message is timeless.

[Psergiorivera]

This dialogue is so GOOD, this is some real heart to heart talk here!

[somethingyousaid]

"You get kicked around long enough... you get to be a... a real professor of pain." Paddy was a great writer.

[ThomasHoag-kd]

Ernest Borgnine brought such believability to his role. He made Marty real and life-like.

[MelancoliaI]

There's something about this amazing movie. It aims for nothing but the heart and soul of its audience. And never misses the mark.

[cynthiahawkins]

Marty feels so comfortable with Clara from the start, they talk so easily. His family nags him to
find a girl. Then when he DOES find a girl he really likes, who likes him..everyone starts objecting. Interesting, eh??

[chrisn]

So glad I had the opportunity to tell this great actor how much Marty meant to me. He was so gracious, and admitted it held a special place in his heart.

[RSTI]

I love how the camera pulls back at the end of the scene and they dissolve into the crowd..
This movie was filmed beautifully..

[QuietlyCurious]

His speech here made me shed tears. So heartfelt & compassionate.

[FilmandTVFan]

This has quickly become one of my favourite scenes in any film PURELY by how realistic and relatable the dialogue is! Marty is a true masterpiece. Totally deserved the Best Picture and Best Actor! Made me cry ;)

[Fr.StevenSchuneman]

Marty is an amazing and beautiful film with tremendous acting with these two characters. I think its the best work Borgnine ever did. He deserved the Best Actor Oscar for a moving performance that brought tears to my eyes.

[martinbench]

This Paddy Chayefsky, he sure can write ( :

[reneehurt]

Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Betsy Blair. 12. 11. This has always been a touching scene, made even more so by how it was played

[thecorsairhimself]

Oh god Marty's my age... *tears up*

[hamburg]

The sensibilities reflect the times. The dog references and Marty referring you his father as ugly in appearance. But the sentiments are what keeps the story relatable after all these years. Marty’s despair that he’s been holding back comes out. It’s heart wrenching to hear and the heart of the story as these two characters finding love and finally happinesses.

[zhongwa]

She said she's 29, he's 34. My parents were barely out of their teens when they married. I guess in those days, that was considered "old".

[rirobjr]

What I don’t understand is how anyone would think Ernest Borgnine was anything but HANDSOME! Man he was good looking!

[BruceJC]

By the time I finish school I’ll be 34. Maybe I could be so lucky as to find someone so genuine and lovely.