" Do I look like I'd turn down a villa in the south of France?" Maggie Smith delivered ANOTHER memorable quip !! IF there ever is a third DA movie, it won't be the same without the Dowager!
@@Landis963 there are people who are stupidly kind or kindly stupid enough who would turn down a villa in the south of france upon the request of the previous owner's widow.
@@harveyspecter1855 That is a good point. I'd like to think I would be one of those people, especially as it became clear and unequivocal that the widow didn't have anywhere else to go.
@@cheappinoy1053 technically she may not: as Dowager mentions in this clip, it will be Branson’s FUTURE children who will inherit it, as the estate belongs to his new wife. That means it goes towards HER, the new wife’s, descendants. This is why the Dowager gave this vila to Sybbie, as by inheritance policy she’ll be unintentional made to get nothing
At the expense of whom? The villa had been heres for well over half-a-century. The French family is enormously well off. Her children are well off. All her grandchildren but one will have great wealth - why not give that child something of great value?@@oolala53
well who would they give it to if not their friends in their social circles? These people as you call them are more likely to run into fellow rich ppl than they would for ppl who need it 'most' as you would think. And on top of which the average normie wouldnt know how to run a large estate. theres costs they cant even afford like the land tax, the maintenance etc etc... Its like the proverb of gifting a white elephant. You cant exactly give it back cos its an expesive gift and rude, AND its specifically designed to be expensive to keep hence the proverb. Only the RICH can afford these kind of inheritances. A more useful inheritance would be a title - a title at least in the old days when a title meant the king would give you land and money along with it but these days a title is just a fancy name not like it is in the past. Fact is these people are more liekly to know what to do with it and if they cant be borthered, they would sell it someone who can. AND more than likely the ppl who do buy it and take it off their hands are gonna be people with MONEY. and they'll use it to make more
It's so nice of Violet to remember her late granddaughter and eldest great-grandchild. Given the Crawley family's history, ala Edith, Sybbie probably would have been overlooked. And that would've been a tragedy and a pity.
It references the pronunciation of the Ancient Greek word that 'cinema' comes from (via French). British newsreaders still pronounced 'ski' the German way, 'shee', until surprisingly recently!
I'd have loved it to be an entire episode and humour and shock on The Dowager Countess' "flings" in the past. It'd be very funny and fun to watch. Spending a few "days" (and/or nights) and she got a villa ... :)
5:35 - 6:15 Hmmm. Mary's remarking on her husband's absence in very polite terms, even though deep down she would've realized the main reason of Henrys long absence from Downton is he most likely has found a new 'traveling companion' that shares his love of car racing more than Mary did 😥
Scandalous, I know. I would have suggested to the Crawleys that they insist that Downton Abbey be given a pseudonym in the film and call it Highclere Castle.
I know the reason Henry isn’t in this film bc the actor had other commitments but I really help if there’s a third film Henry is in it and he and Mary are still happily married
He’s not in the cast list for the movie, but it’s early, so it might not be complete. Someone that is returning is Cora’s brother Harold, whom we only saw once at the end of season 4.
I’ve watched this movie an unsettling amount of times. It’s one of my top feel good movies. Having said that, every time I’ve watched I’ve wondered how the car went that hastily up the drive. Was there two cars?
Branson is not an aristocrat. Marigold, on the other hand, is born with her mother being an aristocrat. It's the glass ceiling of generational wealth. While Tom likely won't be knighted, he can gain wealth for Sybbie, and that villa is a place he's never personally going to be wealthy enough to buy. With the gift of it, Sybbie is now far more wealthy and by extension, so is the Grantham family.
I’m not saying this to assume anything, but Hugh Boniville (The actor who portrays Lord Grantham) looks like he’s lost some weight in the multiple scenes that he was in.
This is the first clip I've watched of the second movie. Partially because the first movie was (probably more than a little) disappointing compared to the series and I suspected the second would be too. From this clip, pretty sure that would / will be the case when I eventually watch it in full. No matter what the budget, there just isn't time enough for nuance (even the series began dropping that after the first few seasons). The story suffers, the actors' opportunity to convey emotion suffers, even the wit becomes forced.
@@cyrilmauras4247 which would be about GBP 750000 to a million in todays' money. At least that's what it would cost today, esp. on a Grade I listed house.
Yes indeed! I just left a comment mentioning that myself. This was Vichy France, technically 'independent' and unoccupied. However, the Vichy Government adopted a policy of collaboration and were nothing more than a puppet state of the Nazis. It is likely that foreign ownership by a member of an enemy state would have been nullified and new owners or possibly the use of the villa in some military or hospital like way was possible. It merely could have been confiscated and the contents looted and sold off.
Haha it's because they filmed much of this movie in the south of France which is much more hot than in the UK, hence why some of the cast are rocking a tan.
somehow I felt unconnected to this story.... it did not engage me in the way the TV series and first film did. I cannot say why .... but something was wrong ... the pacing? the French villa which we barely saw? the lack of Mary's husband? The movie stuff ... Barrow's departure... it just did not feel right...
Perhaps it was the fact that they tried to stuff all of that (plus he whole Daisy/Andy/Mr. Mason living together thing and Molesley and Ms Baxter getting engaged) into one film
‘Henry’ thought his time was better spent making some film about the making of another film. He won’t be back-the actor doesn’t wanna play in the Crawley sandbox anymore.
They all look great in the new series. The storyline with being given a villa in the south of France 60 years ago that she didn't take seriously / pay up keep on all those years is a bit far fetched.
She wouldn’t have needed to pay for anything with it because it belonged to the Marquis de Montmirail until his death, when he left it to the Dowager. It was willed to her. Also I’m sure she may have thought it was a scam or a joke, as it’s indicated later in the movie that his love for her was unrequited (or at least not followed through on).
They already alluded to how she was going to die in the first movie, I'm just glad that we had her to be the pivotal plot point of the second movie. Also, it's always nice when you're able to end on your own terms, story-wise that is.
Judging from the first movie, yes, she did. "I have lived an interesting and privileged life and now - it's time to go." EDIT: corrected the timing of the quote.
I am a longtime fan of this show but this particular video comes across like an Agatha Christa movie. Which is not a particularly bad thing but quite different.
As I’m watching this scene, I’m cracking up because Hugh Bonneville is already so tan! They must have filmed the France location scenes before filming at Highclere began.
Because when the stomach ulcer burst half his stomach was removed to save his life. My Uncle experienced the same & was a thin man for the rest of his life…..
Too much plastic surgery, make-up, stiff hair, and cheesy music. The filming doesnt seem as relaxed and authentic anymore. Feels more like watching people in a museum.
It was something to do with the film schedule. The Highclere filming was delayed but then they filmed the France scenes in a heatwave then did the house scenes so he had a tan.
Good God, they destroyed this series…. nobody’s recognizable, the only one surprisingly recognizable is the old lady and she’s the oldest. Hugh Bonneville looks horrible. It don’t even sound like him.
All though the series of Downtown Abby Mary looked down her nose at Edith and always rubbed it in Edith’s face that she was destined to marry their fathers heir and become the next Countess of Grantham after their mom Cora. Matthews’s death however saw that Mary would never become the next Countess of Grantham a title that will know pass from Cora to her grandson George’s future wife. Future more Mary’s second husband has no title so she’ll be forever known as simple Lady Mary unless she divorces and remarries for a third time to a gentlemen with a title. With Edith know the Marchioness of Hexham though her marriage to Bertie Pelham she effectively outranks everyone even her own mother and father and including Mary. So you can say after years of verbal abuse from Mary Edith has gotten her revenge
THEY JUST HAD TO GO A GAY IT UP. TOO BAD YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE A GOOD MOVIE WITHOUT PUSHING THE QUEERS. THAT LIFESTYLE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIVERSALLY ABHORRED, A IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN..
"Do I look as if I'd turn down a villa in the south of France?" was her way of telling Mary "I may be old, but I'm not stupid.."
" Do I look like I'd turn down a villa in the south of France?" Maggie Smith delivered ANOTHER memorable quip !! IF there ever is a third DA movie, it won't be the same without the Dowager!
She has a point, too. Would you turn down a villa in the South of France? I certainly wouldn't.
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@@Landis963 there are people who are stupidly kind or kindly stupid enough who would turn down a villa in the south of france upon the request of the previous owner's widow.
@@harveyspecter1855 That is a good point. I'd like to think I would be one of those people, especially as it became clear and unequivocal that the widow didn't have anywhere else to go.
I love how Edith and Mary have gone beyond their childhood hatred of each other, grown up and found that supporting each other is far more beneficial
Love how Dowager’s immediate thought was “which of my grandkids needs it the most?” ☺️
I loved everything she said ❤️❤️I miss her terribly
**great grandkids
She has always loved Branson like a great grandson. She admires and praises him always. Take notice.
Siby doesn't even "need" it as she will inherit Baroness Bagshaw's estate
@@cheappinoy1053 technically she may not: as Dowager mentions in this clip, it will be Branson’s FUTURE children who will inherit it, as the estate belongs to his new wife. That means it goes towards HER, the new wife’s, descendants. This is why the Dowager gave this vila to Sybbie, as by inheritance policy she’ll be unintentional made to get nothing
The Dowager Countess, even before dying, secured the future of her great grandchildren! She is the epitome of wisdom!
But if the expense of somebody else. That’s the way the aristocracy works.
At the expense of whom? The villa had been heres for well over half-a-century. The French family is enormously well off. Her children are well off. All her grandchildren but one will have great wealth - why not give that child something of great value?@@oolala53
@@oolala53ofc not, she was given the villa as a gift by the owner who had the right to decide what to do with his own property
@@oolala53 Technically he gifted her the villa half a decade ago, and his family was living there rent free all this time lol
@@gibgab8995That was a vacation home, not their primary residence.
It is sweet seeing Mary and Edith get along
What's even sweeter is seeing them together with their children playing and growing up at Downton.
Edith now outranks Mary, so getting along is more a matter of form.
Sometimes distance is the healthiest option
It is indeed! I really enjoy their interactions now 😊
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It kills me how much these people keep getting such serendipitously fantastic inheritances.
well who would they give it to if not their friends in their social circles? These people as you call them are more likely to run into fellow rich ppl than they would for ppl who need it 'most' as you would think. And on top of which the average normie wouldnt know how to run a large estate. theres costs they cant even afford like the land tax, the maintenance etc etc... Its like the proverb of gifting a white elephant. You cant exactly give it back cos its an expesive gift and rude, AND its specifically designed to be expensive to keep hence the proverb. Only the RICH can afford these kind of inheritances. A more useful inheritance would be a title - a title at least in the old days when a title meant the king would give you land and money along with it but these days a title is just a fancy name not like it is in the past.
Fact is these people are more liekly to know what to do with it and if they cant be borthered, they would sell it someone who can. AND more than likely the ppl who do buy it and take it off their hands are gonna be people with MONEY. and they'll use it to make more
Matthew to begin with😂
It may seem to stretch credulity a bit, but inherited wealth tends to stay among the same group of people even today.
It's so nice of Violet to remember her late granddaughter and eldest great-grandchild. Given the Crawley family's history, ala Edith, Sybbie probably would have been overlooked. And that would've been a tragedy and a pity.
Is it just me or does that opening theme music just make you giddy with sheer delight. ☺️💜☺️💜☺️💜☺️💜
The French horns were a next level addition
@@TheJFerg24 IKR! The theme music 🎶 of Downton Abbey gives the show that extra bounce in its steps.
It was the highlight of my Sundays in January for six years. You bet it makes me giddy.
@@JKLoans I'm right there with you my friend.
Agreed...
"Class" is one of those indescribable qualities of life...
The only thing I can say is "Maggie Smith" has it in bucket loads.
"There's only One reason old ladies summon their lawyers."
"And leave you to discuss my mysterious past."
Remembering how she almost ran away with a Russian prince when she was a young woman, it seems that Violet had a terribly interesting life.
0:31 Still get a thrill hearing that theme!
Me too! It’s like Crack for me as I have iPad watching time!!😂😂😂
I would have loved to see a flashback of a young Violet as she told the story of visiting the Frenchman at the villa.
Eva Green will try to play Lady Crawley that fits her description. What do you think of it?
I enjoy how Robert uses old school language instead of calling it just making it a film, and then no one calls him out when he calls it "KInema."
It references the pronunciation of the Ancient Greek word that 'cinema' comes from (via French). British newsreaders still pronounced 'ski' the German way, 'shee', until surprisingly recently!
@@dbmag9 cool
@@dbmag9 I kinda assumed it was because he didn’t know how to say cinema and so he just called it kinema
Charles Blake called it the Kinema as well when he was taking Mary there.
"Of course it would happen to a foreigner. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house"
Violet always had the best lines, didn't she?
I'd have loved it to be an entire episode and humour and shock on The Dowager Countess' "flings" in the past. It'd be very funny and fun to watch. Spending a few "days" (and/or nights) and she got a villa ... :)
Absolutely one of the best show in years!!
I could watch this show 24 hours a day...
Me I wish it would go on for ever
Lovely drone shots in this film.
Whatttttttt new era...... after all the awesome seasons how did I miss this the new era....wonderful
5:35 - 6:15 Hmmm. Mary's remarking on her husband's absence in very polite terms, even though deep down she would've realized the main reason of Henrys long absence from Downton is he most likely has found a new 'traveling companion' that shares his love of car racing more than Mary did 😥
meanwhile the real reason was the actor was unavailable.
He stopped racing not because of Mary, but because of his friend’s death.
I love how the Dowager leaves the room knowing she’s gonna be the topic of conversation 😂
Imagine! Using Downton as a location for film!
"I think it's a MAD idea!"
Very meta 😏
It might pay for the roof repairs though 😉
Scandalous, I know. I would have suggested to the Crawleys that they insist that Downton Abbey be given a pseudonym in the film and call it Highclere Castle.
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I love both movies of downton abby💕 i love all seasons of Downton abby💕
Moi aussi Je suis fan fan .
Bravo 👏 Julian fellows, however I do have one major question why wasn't Rosalind by her mother's side when she passed away?
Hugh Bonneville lost quite a bit of weight. I had to do a double take. He looks great!
I thought it was a different actor when I saw it in theatres!
I thought he looked ill and aged
My thoughts exactly when I saw this.
His voice changed a lot too! I wonder why
The first thing that struck me is Hugh Bonneville’s weight loss.
indeed and softened voice, whereas in the early series it seemed more pronounced
First thing I noticed was his orange face - egads
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Everyone looked very tanned in this film, Idk why@@calarch78
@@MuhammadHassan-hj6mx Probably because they shot the scenes in the south of France before they shot the scenes at Downton.
0:31 My eyes swelled with it
I know the reason Henry isn’t in this film bc the actor had other commitments but I really help if there’s a third film Henry is in it and he and Mary are still happily married
He’s not in the cast list for the movie, but it’s early, so it might not be complete. Someone that is returning is Cora’s brother Harold, whom we only saw once at the end of season 4.
Weird seeing Edith and Mary be nice to each other.
They are no longer board out of their mines.
I hope there's going to be movie about the Dowager. She lived a very colorful life it seems.
LOOK AT HOW MUCH DARLING SYBBIE HAS GROWN ❤❤❤
No one ever gives me any villas in the south of France :(
4:27 "Potty" 😂😂🤣
I’ve watched this movie an unsettling amount of times. It’s one of my top feel good movies. Having said that, every time I’ve watched I’ve wondered how the car went that hastily up the drive. Was there two cars?
Blood is thicker than water.
Love is the greatest gift though. Comforting.
The actor who plays Robert lost a great deal of weight. His voice has changed too. Obviously I haven't seen the 2nd. film yet.
How is Sybbie's situation different from Marigold's? Not sure I get the thought process there.
Marigold inherits her late fathers news paper business, and his flat in London, so she is set as well, Lady Edith set it up in a prior season.
She’s growing up as the step daughter of a Marquess who loves her like his daughter. I’m sure he & Edith will make provisions for her.
Branson is not an aristocrat. Marigold, on the other hand, is born with her mother being an aristocrat. It's the glass ceiling of generational wealth. While Tom likely won't be knighted, he can gain wealth for Sybbie, and that villa is a place he's never personally going to be wealthy enough to buy. With the gift of it, Sybbie is now far more wealthy and by extension, so is the Grantham family.
I’m not saying this to assume anything, but Hugh Boniville (The actor who portrays Lord Grantham) looks like he’s lost some weight in the multiple scenes that he was in.
I really thought they were gonna do a "cut to scene" where we saw young Violet hehe
I wonder why is this removed from Netflix.
Netflix gets shows from other networks on contracts, sometimes for a year, sometimes two. Eventually the contract ends.
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This is the first clip I've watched of the second movie. Partially because the first movie was (probably more than a little) disappointing compared to the series and I suspected the second would be too. From this clip, pretty sure that would / will be the case when I eventually watch it in full. No matter what the budget, there just isn't time enough for nuance (even the series began dropping that after the first few seasons). The story suffers, the actors' opportunity to convey emotion suffers, even the wit becomes forced.
This movie was waaaaaaaay Better than the first one.
Made me 😥when she died !
*Hooked!* Now I have-to watch it again.
Puede ser en español? Gracias
Here's a question...How much $$$ was written on the back of that business card?
Well, enough for Mary to rebuild the roof of Downton Abbey.
@@cyrilmauras4247 which would be about GBP 750000 to a million in todays' money. At least that's what it would cost today, esp. on a Grade I listed house.
None. It would have been written in £££££,
Mr. Barber does a wonderful job as a DA on Law & Order.
He’s also wonderful as a empath on Hannibal
I know this is fiction, but part of me wonders the state of the villa at the end of World War 2
Yes indeed! I just left a comment mentioning that myself. This was Vichy France, technically 'independent' and unoccupied. However, the Vichy Government adopted a policy of collaboration and were nothing more than a puppet state of the Nazis. It is likely that foreign ownership by a member of an enemy state would have been nullified and new owners or possibly the use of the villa in some military or hospital like way was possible. It merely could have been confiscated and the contents looted and sold off.
8:02 i thought she's wearing CARTIER HIGH JEWELRY NECKLACE worth $230,000
Why is everyone (including the photography and filters) so orange in this film? It looks almost bizarre.
Haha it's because they filmed much of this movie in the south of France which is much more hot than in the UK, hence why some of the cast are rocking a tan.
@@rp7784 but even before France, they were orange. 🍊
@@Diogenes-jn7nh that's probably because they had to film some scenes in France before they did the UK segments.
Is there gonna be another season -anyone know????
There won’t be any more seasons of Downton on TV. There is a remote possibility of a 3rd movie, but don’t get your hopes up.
3rd movie is under production.
@@Opheim1986Yes, it’s coming out in September 2025. When I wrote the other comment, it didn’t seem likely they’d get the band back together. 😂
Suddenly all the cast becomes mediterranean..!
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somehow I felt unconnected to this story.... it did not engage me in the way the TV series and first film did. I cannot say why .... but something was wrong ... the pacing? the French villa which we barely saw? the lack of Mary's husband? The movie stuff ... Barrow's departure... it just did not feel right...
Perhaps it was the fact that they tried to stuff all of that (plus he whole Daisy/Andy/Mr. Mason living together thing and Molesley and Ms Baxter getting engaged) into one film
I don't like Barrow's end!
loved the film
And where is Henry ? I miss him …
‘Henry’ thought his time was better spent making some film about the making of another film. He won’t be back-the actor doesn’t wanna play in the Crawley sandbox anymore.
They all look great in the new series. The storyline with being given a villa in the south of France 60 years ago that she didn't take seriously / pay up keep on all those years is a bit far fetched.
She wouldn’t have needed to pay for anything with it because it belonged to the Marquis de Montmirail until his death, when he left it to the Dowager. It was willed to her. Also I’m sure she may have thought it was a scam or a joke, as it’s indicated later in the movie that his love for her was unrequited (or at least not followed through on).
First German, then France... Dowager is international wild back then, lol
Her great, wild affair was with a Russian prince, not a German.
Why did you let her Die !! I know Maggie wanted it, but did the Dowager want it ?
her continued longevity will already be in violation of the laws of Nature
They already alluded to how she was going to die in the first movie, I'm just glad that we had her to be the pivotal plot point of the second movie. Also, it's always nice when you're able to end on your own terms, story-wise that is.
Judging from the first movie, yes, she did. "I have lived an interesting and privileged life and now - it's time to go." EDIT: corrected the timing of the quote.
Settle down children, I've heard through the grapevine that there is a Downton Abbey Prequel is in the works.
"And who could argue with that!"
@@m.layfette6249 Do you suppose Violet was as tart tongued when she was young as she is as an old woman?
I am a longtime fan of this show but this particular video comes across like an Agatha Christa movie. Which is not a particularly bad thing but quite different.
The Dowager was so severe.
One of the best shows ever
Yes honey, you would turn down that villa!
I beg your pardon!
Why is Rosamund there???? It doesn’t make sense 🧐
She’s visiting Downton after Tom’s wedding.
Why is everyone so tanned?
I remember reading that some members of the cast had gone for a boat ride on a sunny day, and ended up getting severe sunburns.
As I’m watching this scene, I’m cracking up because Hugh Bonneville is already so tan! They must have filmed the France location scenes before filming at Highclere began.
Robert it’s so skinny! Why it’s that ?
Because he decided to lose weight.
Because when the stomach ulcer burst half his stomach was removed to save his life. My Uncle experienced the same & was a thin man for the rest of his life…..
His voice was different as well.
It its length up to par at least?
*IS, not it's
Gosh, the writing really took a nosedive after season two, maybe three…
Too much plastic surgery, make-up, stiff hair, and cheesy music. The filming doesnt seem as relaxed and authentic anymore. Feels more like watching people in a museum.
Plastic surgery? What are you talking about? The music is the same as it was, what do you mean? Stiff hair - you mean 1920s hairstyles???
Denker don't stare me 😂😂😂😂
It's steer me!
@@fannycraddock99 Stare s the right spelling steer is to change the direction of something
@@MQurashi556 sorry but it's steer. look up a dictionary. Plus if you listen to what she says to Denker and her subsequent reply.
@@fannycraddock99 ok may be i m wrong though i saw dictionary it was steer but English is my third language
@@MQurashi556 no worries, glad to have helped.
Why is Lord Grantham so heavily made up?
It was something to do with the film schedule. The Highclere filming was delayed but then they filmed the France scenes in a heatwave then did the house scenes so he had a tan.
British Lion 🦁... gee, what actual film company was that a knockoff of...
Nothing, it was an actual film company which was founded in 1927
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Omg 😳 you played in Harry Potter I’m a really big big big fan I watched all of the Harry Potter movies
Whom are you talking to? Do you really think Maggie Smith spent her time reading TH-cam comments? 😂😂
Good God, they destroyed this series…. nobody’s recognizable, the only one surprisingly recognizable is the old lady and she’s the oldest. Hugh Bonneville looks horrible. It don’t even sound like him.
12 years …do u still expect Mary to look like the time she met Pamuk? Lmao
If Maggie Smith is willing and able to do another movie, Violet's death could be written as a dream or a vision.
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@@l.a.3479Sadly, not going to happen now.
It wasn't going to happen regardless.@@flyboy152
Stupid pompous storyline.
Empty. Useless.Very painful sequel to watch.
Yes, you are those things
This movie was horrid.
It always said nice things about you. 🤷
@@l.a.3479 Lol.. I bet Thomas had nothing nice to say about me. I adored! the series but the movie was not good.
All though the series of Downtown Abby Mary looked down her nose at Edith and always rubbed it in Edith’s face that she was destined to marry their fathers heir and become the next Countess of Grantham after their mom Cora. Matthews’s death however saw that Mary would never become the next Countess of Grantham a title that will know pass from Cora to her grandson George’s future wife. Future more Mary’s second husband has no title so she’ll be forever known as simple Lady Mary unless she divorces and remarries for a third time to a gentlemen with a title. With Edith know the Marchioness of Hexham though her marriage to Bertie Pelham she effectively outranks everyone even her own mother and father and including Mary. So you can say after years of verbal abuse from Mary Edith has gotten her revenge
THEY JUST HAD TO GO A GAY IT UP. TOO BAD YOU GUYS CAN'T MAKE A GOOD MOVIE WITHOUT PUSHING THE QUEERS. THAT LIFESTYLE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIVERSALLY ABHORRED, A IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN..
I don't think they ever said how much they offered on the back of the card
Doesn't matter. You can tell it's a more than generous amount by the reactions of Mary and Edith.