" When he pressed further, she said that as 'her boy,' she had raised him from his youth, and admitted that she was taking nursing classes to raise funds to send Peter to college.Mary's ("a custodial home for the insane").The loquacious and forever-rambling Mrs.Venable claimed that Catherine was madly insane with "dementia praecox," but ignored the doctor's dismissive response that it was "a meaningless phrase.This was the onlyGodfatherfilm without Robert Duvall.The film was released on Christmas Day in 1990.It was the first major movie to attempt to capitalize on a Christmas Day release in a significant way.Joe realizes he is being squeezed and counter-offers with "two fifty," refusing to sell for less.Frankie threatens hat he will soon be visited and asks what kind of flowers (for his funeral) he prefers.