Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: movie monologues to shadow
11 monologues from The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
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- B26 lines
I love this house. I thought I must stay here the moment I saw it.
Lucy's plea for the houseThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947The sentences shorten as the feeling grows, turning a stubborn claim into a confession. - B24 lines
I felt that way about a ship once, my first command.
The captain's first shipThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He explains a house through a ship, and the old bully briefly shows what he loves. - B26 lines
I don't really know.
Lucy recalls her courtshipThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947She tells her marriage as a girl who mistook a novel's ending for real life. - B24 lines
Oh, poor Lucy, we've such bad news for you.
The mother's bad-news build-upThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947She lays bad news out as good, and the calm delivery makes the pressure feel gentle. - B24 lines
Me. The story of me life.
The captain names his bookThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He decides the subject, the title and the byline in four lines, vanity and charm together. - B26 lines
To all who follow the hard and honorable profession of the sea, to the after-guard and forecastle alike,
The captain's dedicationThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He names every rank aboard, turning a formal dedication into a salute to all seamen. - B28 lines
It wasn't merely to save the house for me.
The captain explains his bookThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He moves from saving the house to shaming the landsmen, and the anger keeps climbing. - B24 lines
Fog in the channel is treacherous.
The captain on the seaThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947He turns fog, fear and honesty into one small creed about how to live. - C16 lines
Of course you have.
Sproule's dismissalThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947Six lines move from mock sympathy to open contempt and a firm dismissal. - C128 lines
I thought you were one woman with sense, but you're like all the rest of them.
The captain's farewellThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947One long speech moves from reproach to blessing to goodbye, closing the whole story. - B25 lines
It was all a game I made up,
Lucy's dream confessionThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947It drifts from a light disclaimer into a quiet confession, gathering weight line by line.