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3.1.4.7 Lodgers and lovers
** Which boarder hated fish but liked Doris Day?
Steve wasn't too keen on fish, but he thought Doris Day was "really
talented." And, hey, who could disagree? That voice, that enthusiasm, those perky
dimples...
** Which boarder was told to leave before
Juliet's visit?
Steve was told by Pauline that it was to be a "private function" and to
leave. The poor lad left hungry.
** Which boarder waited patiently for the
bathroom?
That would be Laurie. Even his clothes were neatly folded. Honora really had those
boys whipped into shape...
** Which boarder was playing scrabble with
Pauline?
That would be John. Of course, Pauline was getting ready to score big points with
"putrid."
** Which boarder admired Pauline's plasticine
figures?
Yup, John again. He commented that "you girls are damned clever."
** Which boarder was impressed by knitting
patterns?
John remarked that some of them "looked damned complicated."
** So the boarder who said "damn" a lot
was...
John. A clever little allusion by Walsh & Jackson to real life. See Pauline's
diary entries, section 7.4.3. I love these little touches. W & J really did their
homework.
** Which boarder became Pauline's lover?
John crawled into bed with Pauline, declared his undying love for her, then got
kicked out of the Riepers' house. Later, he deflowered the poor girl in a very disturbing
but important scene that flashed between reality and visions of Borovnia (see 3.1.11.5).
Finally, he was dumped, still proclaiming his love for Pauline as he rode his bicycle into
a policeman, when Juliet was released from the TB sanatarium, in the all-important
"The Ones That I Worship" sequence.
** Who was Ross?
Must have been one of the two boarders who chatted at the breakfast table the
morning after John was evicted.
** What was the name of Hilda Hulme's
lover-then-lodger?
Bill Perry, an engineer, first sought Hilda's services as a marriage counselor.
Hilda asked Bill to talk about his feelings, and they came to fall in love. Perry
eventually moved into Ilam with the Hulmes "to live as a threesome." In real
life, this phrase was coined by Pauline in one of her diary entries and it was entered
into testimony at the trial, to become one of the salacious tidbits reported worldwide in
the international press. An early draft of the script (Heavenly Creatures, Draft #5,
February 7, 1993, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
Beverly Hills, CA.) has several more scenes involving Bill Perry and his impact on the
disintegrating Hulme household. In real life, Bill Perry played a much bigger role in the
complete story than was depicted in the final North-American release version of the film
(see 3.2.8) and the time line involving Bill Perry was quite different than depicted in
"Heavenly Creatures" (see 3.1.27 and 7.3).
