The jealous boyfriend should have backed off. The girl was obviously too young to get married, by today's standards. I just had an 'older' friend pass away, who in 1951 (the year of this movie) was a new bride. The friend never went to college. She just married her 'high school sweetheart' and had several children, then later grandchildren. No life of her own, just revolving around the husband and children. She recently told me she was a 'slave' to her marriage, yet at her funeral the speakers lauded what a wonderful mother she was. Yes, at the expense of her own life and interests. According to this movie, women were supposed to just drop their own interests and cater to their husband's ambitions. Even though the mother & daughter in this movie were the recipients of lots of expensive accoutrements, the daughter should have still been allowed to finish her career, AND THEN GO TO COLLEGE!!! By today's standards, educated women wait until about age 30 to get married. They have their own careers, and NEVER drop their ambitions for a man. Let the man grovel. If he wants to get married so badly, let him marry somebody else.
Review of Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
