How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Spellbound.
Quote #4
BALLANTYNE: Now let's not have any confusion about who saved who.
Ballantyne is insisting that Constance is the one who saved him. It's also true, though, that Ballantyne saved Constance from going over a ski cliff. The fact that Constance is the savior in the film is confusing; it goes against how traditional gender roles are supposed to work. But at the end of the film, the roles get switched around again, as Ballantyne saves her. Ballantyne is cured where there is no longer confusion about who saves whom, and he gets back to being the sane, saving guy.
Quote #5
BRULOV: And remember what I say—any husband of Constance is a husband of mine, so to speak.
Brulov says this jokingly at the end of the film. It's a line that hints at the uncomfortable gender switching in the film; Brulov is saying he's a wife, just as for most of the film Ballantyne was in the fainting woman's role. But here at the end, Ballantyne is finally back to being a manly dude—so manly that even Brulov can be his wife. (Remember, this was 1945, so most people didn't think of gay marriage as a realistic possibility. To the screenwriters, it was just a joke.)