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-->'''Susan:''' Why, no one's eyes are like wet violets ... are they?
-->'''Julia:''' Well, I think yours are.

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-->'''Susan:''' Why, no one's eyes are like wet violets ... are they?
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-->'''Fred:''' Where's my mother?
-->'''Julia:''' [[DeadpanSnarker In her bedroom drinking her breakfast]]!

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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Julia seems to charm every person she meets. The only person that she fails to do so is her mother-in-law.


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* LovedByAll: Julia seems to charm every person she meets. The only person that she fails to do so is her mother-in-law.
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Creator/MaryBoland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Creator/PeterLawford, Creator/MaryBoland, Lucile Watson, Creator/LucileWatson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:William and Julia are definitely made for each other. William's plan with Willowbrook is as sneaky and manipulative as anything Julia has come up with throughout the movie in order to eat, sleep, and fill her wardrobe. Then it leads to their daughter being just as sneaky too.]]
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Creator/MaryBoland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Creator/MaryBoland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on on]] the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After the failed romantic boat trip across the river, the camera pans across the path covered in wet footprints and then stops at the doorstep, where we see Julia and William's shoes. Then, a dissolve cut to wet clothing [[FlungClothing being thrown]] on the carpet ... and then William walks into frame, hanging his and Julia's wet clothes on a washing line by the fireplace.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Julia has many of these moments, notably when she's flirting with Fred.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:Fred, it's discovered, when he hears about Julia bribing men into getting their money, and is furious. He refuses to hear any more stories, ends the engagement, and leaves the house with everyone jeering at him.]] [[note]]A possible FridgeBrilliance here because Fred would know how Julia is around men as much as the rest of the men in the movie. After all, he could see how she was acting around the catcalling sailors during their stage performance.[[/note]]

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* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:Fred, it's discovered, when he hears about Julia bribing men into getting their money, and is furious. He refuses to hear any more stories, ends the engagement, and leaves the house with everyone jeering at him.]] [[note]]A possible FridgeBrilliance here because Fred would know how Julia is around men as much as the rest of the men in the movie. After all, he could see how she was acting around the catcalling sailors during their stage performance.[[/note]]]]
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Mary Boland, Creator/MaryBoland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

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* CharacterTic: William declares his love for Julia in his home, leaning against the bar and stroking his ear. Julia doesn't believe a word of it because she remembered him in the same pose when he broke up with her and still dotes for Fred.



* LoveableRogue: Julia, who does many wacky ways of bribery to have enough money to support herself.



* LoveableRogue: Julia, who does many wacky ways of bribery to have enough money to support herself.



* OldFashionedRowboatDate: William decides to take Julia on the old rowboat that they used in the early days of their marriage. Being sixteen years old and full of holes, William reassures Julia that the boat is fine. It leaks and sinks into the lake.



* UptownBoy: Julia's marriage to William.

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* UptownBoy: Julia's marriage to William. Implied to be one of the reasons why her mother-in-law tried to sabotage it.
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

The story stars Julia Packett (Garson), a British showgirl that is invited to the wedding of her estranged daughter Susan (Taylor), who she hasn't seen in ages due to financial struggles, and her former marriage to her father William (Pidgeon) and her rocky relationship with his mother, who had scared her away in the first place. During a tour of France, Julia meets an acrobat called Fred Ghenoccio (Romero), and the two of them instantly flirt with each other, but Fred becomes so enamored that he proposes to her seconds before the two of them have to part. Julia reunites with her husband and her daughter, despite her mother-in-law's annoyance, and is more than happy to stay for Susan's wedding, but as her romance rekindles with William, her daughter appears to be hesitant about her love for her fiance, becoming very interested in artist Ritchie Logan (Lawford), and also faces the antics of William's friend Colonel Willowbrook and a lovestruck Fred.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play ''Lady in Waiting''.

The story stars Julia Packett (Garson), a British showgirl that is invited to the wedding of her estranged daughter Susan (Taylor), who she hasn't seen in ages due to financial struggles, and her former marriage to her father William (Pidgeon) and her rocky relationship with his mother, who had scared her away in the first place. During a tour of France, Julia meets an acrobat called Fred Ghenoccio (Romero), and the two of them instantly flirt with each other, but Fred becomes so enamored that he proposes to her seconds before the two of them have to part. Julia reunites with her husband and her daughter, despite her mother-in-law's (Watson) annoyance, and is more than happy to stay for Susan's wedding, but as her romance rekindles with William, her daughter appears to be hesitant about her love for her fiance, becoming very interested in artist Ritchie Logan (Lawford), and also faces the antics of William's friend Colonel Willowbrook and a lovestruck Fred.
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* OneHundredPercentAdortaionRating: Julia seems to charm every person she meets. The only person that she fails to do so is her mother-in-law.

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* OneHundredPercentAdortaionRating: OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Julia seems to charm every person she meets. The only person that she fails to do so is her mother-in-law.

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* OneHundredPercentAdortaionRating: Julia seems to charm every person she meets. The only person that she fails to do so is her mother-in-law.



* BadLuckCharm: Julia says that pink shouldn't be seen at Susan's wedding, recommending blue instead. The guests find the suggestion ridiculous.

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* BadLuckCharm: Julia says that pink shouldn't be seen at Susan's wedding, recommending blue instead. The guests find the suggestion ridiculous.ridiculous until she convinces them with a story of a time when she was wearing the same coloured dress as Susan for a stage performance, which led to everything (but the performance) going wrong for her.



* CoveredInMud: Julia and William slip in a muddy puddle in a downpour.

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* CoveredInMud: Julia [[spoiler:Julia and William slip in a muddy puddle in a downpour.downpour when they try to run home after their cars are towed away.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:Fred, it's discovered, when he hears about Julia bribing men into getting their money, and is furious. He refuses to hear any more stories, ends the engagement, and leaves the house with everyone jeering at him.]] [[note]]A possible FridgeBrilliance here because Fred would know how Julia is around men as much as the rest of the men in the movie. After all, he could see how she was acting around the catcalling sailors during their stage performance.[[/note]]



* DistractedByTheSexy:
** The French maid in Ma's dressing room gazes at William as if he is the most beautiful thing she's ever seen, failing to see Ma's signal to leave him and her alone.
** The sailors in the audience of the stage performance who catcall Julia. She enjoys the attention and gives them a free improvised performance.



* {{Fanservice}}: Julia's performance, which featured an actor dragging off her dress, leaving her in her leotard.
* FemmeFatale: Julia often has to bribe in "unethical" ways in order to get some money. At the beginning of the movie, we see her pretending to trying and commit suicide to blackmail her friend into paying her bills.
* FourthDateMarriage: Fred's proposal was ''way'' too soon.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one scene, the camera pans across the path covered in footprints and then stops at the doorstep, where we see Julia and William's shoes. Then, a dissolve cut to wet clothing [[FlungClothing being thrown]] on the carpet ... and then William walks into frame, hanging his and Julia's wet clothes on a washing line by the fireplace.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Julia's performance, performance (due to improvisation and the irritated acrobats), which featured an actor the acrobats failing to pull off the stage, dragging off bits of her dress, costume and leaving her in her leotard.
* FemmeFatale: Julia often has to bribe in "unethical" ways in order to get some money. At the beginning of the movie, we see her pretending to trying and commit suicide to blackmail her friend into paying her bills.
bills (she's actually in the bath staring at a locked door held shut with a grandfather clock).
* FourthDateMarriage: Fred's proposal was ''way'' too soon.
soon. Even Julia lampshades it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one scene, After the failed romantic boat trip across the river, the camera pans across the path covered in wet footprints and then stops at the doorstep, where we see Julia and William's shoes. Then, a dissolve cut to wet clothing [[FlungClothing being thrown]] on the carpet ... and then William walks into frame, hanging his and Julia's wet clothes on a washing line by the fireplace.



* HumanLadder: Julia and the acrobats' stunt during their performance.

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* HaveAGayOldTime: At one point, Julia says, "You're certainly in a gay mood."
* HiddenDepths: Julia can play the piano. William is a talented singer.
* HumanLadder: Julia The acrobat group does this a lot in and the acrobats' stunt during out of their performance.



* HypocriticalHumour: One guest at Susan's wedding reception rehearsal says, "I don't believe in superstitions either -- touch wood."



* LadyDrunk: Fred's mother. Julia soon learns that it's a bad idea to give her champagne, and when she visits the house with her son, Ma grabs bottles of alcohol and takes them to her room.
-->'''Fred:''' Where's my mother?
-->'''Julia:''' [[DeadpanSnarker In her bedroom drinking her breakfast]]!



* NoNameGiven: Fred's mother is only referred to as Ma.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:William and Julia are definitely made for each other. William's plan with Willowbrook is as sneaky and manipulative as anything Julia has come up with throughout the movie in order to eat, sleep, and fill her wardrobe. Then it leads to their daughter being just as sneaky too.]]



* ObnoxiousInLaws: William's mother, who is responsible for Julia running away and leaving her daughter behind.

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* ObnoxiousInLaws: William's mother, who is responsible for Julia running away and leaving her daughter behind. It's implied that, although William was the one that announced that he didn't love her anymore, that Julia believed that the mother had something to do with making his mind up.



* ShipperOnDeck: Seeing how unhappy her daughter is with the man she's marrying, Julia tries to bring Susan and Ritchie together.

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* ShesAllGrownUp: Julia and William discuss this when they officially meet. Julia says that William has gotten better looking with CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces as opposed to his gangly look when she last saw him. William, after secretly going to see Julia (and her wild, stripping antics) on stage, is too embarrassed to say what he thinks of her and immediately changes the subject.
* ShipperOnDeck: Seeing how unhappy her daughter is with the man she's marrying, Julia tries to bring Susan and Ritchie together. Then it turns out that William was thinking the same thing too.



* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: When Colonel Willowbrook arrives, he and William pretend that they're not friends.

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* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: When Colonel Discovering that Julia tricked Willowbrook arrives, he and in order to buy Susan presents, William pretend decides to set her up by pretending that they're not friends.he and Willowbrook are strangers [[spoiler:in order to scare Fred away]]. It's ruined when William's mother walks in and explains their relationship to Julia.
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* ClarkKentOutfit: Fred is hiding quite a physique under his suit, Julia finds out on the boat trip to France. She gooses his biceps, realising how muscly he is and turns into a giggling schoolgirl.

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* ClarkKentOutfit: Fred is hiding quite a physique under his suit, Julia finds out on the boat trip to France. She gooses squeezes his biceps, realising how muscly he is and turns into a giggling schoolgirl.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play, ''Lady in Waiting''.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play, play ''Lady in Waiting''.
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CaesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play, ''Lady in Waiting''.

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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CaesarRomero, Creator/CesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play, ''Lady in Waiting''.
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: William and Julia have one, which ends with

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* ManlyManAndSensitiveGuy: The hunky acrobat Fred's manly man vs. the rich fatherly William's sensitive guy.



%%* MusicalNumber: Julia's stage performance with the acrobat performers. Anyone in the audience familiar with Greer Garson's movies might see the scene as a ShoutOut to the performance she had in ''Film/RandomHarvest'', especially because both her characters ShowSomeLeg.


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* {{Vaudeville}}: Julia's stage performance with the acrobat performers. Anyone in the audience familiar with Greer Garson's movies might see the scene as a ShoutOut to the performance she had in ''Film/RandomHarvest'', especially because both her characters ShowSomeLeg.

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* ComplimentBackfire: Susan tells her mother that her fiance just wants to kiss her and tells her the "most embarrassing things". He once said that her eyes were like "wet violets". Julia flips it, adding that she agrees with him.
* CoveredInMud: Julia and William slip in a muddy puddle in a downpour.
* DisposableFiance: Susan's fiance, who she didn't want to marry in the first place.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one scene, the camera pans across the path covered in footprints and then stops at the doorstep, where we see Julia and William's shoes. Then, a dissolve cut to wet clothing [[FlungClothing being thrown]] on the carpet ... and then William walks into frame, hanging his and Julia's wet clothes on a washing line by the fireplace.
* HangingOurClothesToDry: William and Julia hang out their wet clothes by the fireplace after facing the downpour outside.



* LoveDodecahedron: Fred, William, and Colonel Willowbrook seem to be chasing after Julia.

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* LoveDodecahedron: Fred, William, LoveTriangle: Fred and Colonel Willowbrook seem to be chasing after Julia.


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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: William and Julia have one, which ends with


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* ShipperOnDeck: Seeing how unhappy her daughter is with the man she's marrying, Julia tries to bring Susan and Ritchie together.
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* FemmeFatale: Julia often has to bribe in "unethical" ways in order to get some money. At the beginning of the movie, we see her pretending to trying and commit suicide to blackmail her friend into paying her bills.


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* LoveableRogue: Julia, who does many wacky ways of bribery to have enough money to support herself.


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* PerpetualPoverty: Julia. This is the biggest reason why she leaves her daughter behind with her wealthy in-laws.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Julia's husband William, to the lovestruck Fred.
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''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Jack Conway, and stars Creator/GreerGarson, Creator/WalterPidgeon, Creator/CaesarRomero, Peter Lawford, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. It was based on the novel ''The Nutmeg Tree'' by Margery Sharp, a story that was also turned into the 1940s Broadway play, ''Lady in Waiting''.

The story stars Julia Packett (Garson), a British showgirl that is invited to the wedding of her estranged daughter Susan (Taylor), who she hasn't seen in ages due to financial struggles, and her former marriage to her father William (Pidgeon) and her rocky relationship with his mother, who had scared her away in the first place. During a tour of France, Julia meets an acrobat called Fred Ghenoccio (Romero), and the two of them instantly flirt with each other, but Fred becomes so enamored that he proposes to her seconds before the two of them have to part. Julia reunites with her husband and her daughter, despite her mother-in-law's annoyance, and is more than happy to stay for Susan's wedding, but as her romance rekindles with William, her daughter appears to be hesitant about her love for her fiance, becoming very interested in artist Ritchie Logan (Lawford), and also faces the antics of William's friend Colonel Willowbrook and a lovestruck Fred.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Julia has many of these moments, notably when she's flirting with Fred.
* BadLuckCharm: Julia says that pink shouldn't be seen at Susan's wedding, recommending blue instead. The guests find the suggestion ridiculous.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Fred is hiding quite a physique under his suit, Julia finds out on the boat trip to France. She gooses his biceps, realising how muscly he is and turns into a giggling schoolgirl.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: In Susan's case, her own mother quickly works out that she has more feelings for Ritchie more than her future husband, no matter how much Susan tries to deny it.
* {{Fanservice}}: Julia's performance, which featured an actor dragging off her dress, leaving her in her leotard.
* FourthDateMarriage: Fred's proposal was ''way'' too soon.
* HumanLadder: Julia and the acrobats' stunt during their performance.
* {{Hunk}}: Fred. He needs to be since he's an acrobat.
* InJoke: Creator/ElizabethTaylor's eyes were often described as being "violet" throughout her life, and it's even referenced in this movie.
-->'''Susan:''' Why, no one's eyes are like wet violets ... are they?
-->'''Julia:''' Well, I think yours are.
* LoveDodecahedron: Fred, William, and Colonel Willowbrook seem to be chasing after Julia.
%%* MusicalNumber: Julia's stage performance with the acrobat performers. Anyone in the audience familiar with Greer Garson's movies might see the scene as a ShoutOut to the performance she had in ''Film/RandomHarvest'', especially because both her characters ShowSomeLeg.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: William's mother, who is responsible for Julia running away and leaving her daughter behind.
* UptownBoy: Julia's marriage to William.
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: When Colonel Willowbrook arrives, he and William pretend that they're not friends.
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