Or to be more specific, darlings, did screenwriter Ernest Lehman borrow this idea from "Gone With The Wind," into the movie version of "The Sound Of Music?" Lehman did write the script for the 1965 film--would you believe his next project was "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?" Imagine going from one to the other!--but he did add the curtain component for 'Music', which was not in the original stage production. Thinking about GWTW recently, I could not help recalling Julie and the curtains, and wondering if the biggest box-office winner of its day borrowed from the biggest box-office winner of an earlier day?
Could it be coincidence? Somehow, I don't think so. If coincidence is questioned, then it is not.
Plagiarism? No. Artistic license? Yes.
And what a wonderful idea. I still want to be Heather Menzies and Angela Cartwright!
Artistic license for sure!!
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My grandchildren on the other hand, do it not to flatter but to Annoy each other. “Stop copying me!”
Victoria, I guess your grandchildren are at the stage where they want to be unique. It happens. As for the movie clothes, I wonder why it took me so long to make this connection!
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