1934	1956
Bob Lawrence: lost or abdicated his authority	Ben McKenna: takes authority back: escape
Jill: takes his place	motherhood best for woman
concert sequence: Bob locked up whole time	concert sequence: Ben joins Jo at Albert Hall
men: don’t have patriarchal authority: ceded to women	restores authority to all males
Lawrences: on holiday	McKennas: traveling for Ben’s interests: medical convention WWII: N. Africa: Ben Bernard: steps in when Hank breaches patriarchal law
Jill: flirtation w/Bernard	Jo: suspicious of Bernard
Bernard: searches out Jill: re: assassination attempt	Bernard: searches out Ben: re: assassination attempt
Jill: knows re: assassination	Jo: has to beg Ben to tell her
chapel: Nurse Agnes preaching (woman)	chapel: Drayton preaching (man)
Lawrences’ child: daughter	McKennas’ child: son
2 female characters: 1. female spy: cold: maternal towards Abbott? 2. Jill: performer:   shoots kidnapper male skill	2 female characters: 1. Mrs. Drayton: maternal feelings save Hank 2. Jo: performer: “Jo Conway”: gave up career for husband’s sings “Que Sera, Sera: passivity of women: female skill
trouble caused by: Bob’s lack of patriarchal assumptions	trouble caused by: Ben’s patriarchal assumptions: not letting Jo speak discounting her intuition sedating her ending her career
hints that Jill resents Betty	Jo: asks Ben re: another baby
men & women: line between them vague: women have more authority	men & women: don’t stray from assigned patriarchal roles: Ben’s almost brutal drugging of Jo yet: Ben’s lost when away from Indiana Jo’s theatrical friends: “Mr. Conway” Ben awkward: Arab restaurant blundering: taxidermist’s can’t get into box @ Albert Hall            Ben’s muddled everything: Jo has right instincts: re: Louis as spy & Ambrose Chapel: place, not person
Jill rescues Betty   Jill dispatches spy after Bob frees child to come into her sights	Ben rescues Hank: can only locate him thru 2 women: Jo & Mrs. Drayton: but only he can save Hank
film’s ending: intense & ambient emotions	film’s ending: a joke