Daily Dialogue — November 7, 2014

“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”

— The Graduate (1967), screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, novel by Charles Webb

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Seduction. Today’s suggestion by Ellen Musikant.

Trivia: In the famous promotional still for this film, Dustin Hoffman is seen in the background framed by Mrs. Robinson’s shapely leg. The leg in that photo didn’t belong to Anne Bancroft, however; it belonged to a then-unknown model, Linda Gray, who later played Mrs. Robinson in a London stage musical of The Graduate.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Ellen: “I was a teenager when this movie came out. I was shocked (!) and more than a bit dazzled by Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft). If I were of the male persuasion, I’m sure I would have been more than dazzled.”

If you have a suggestion for this week’s theme, please head to comments. It’s good karma!