Let Us Be Gay (1930)
Norma Shearer: Kitty Brown
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Quotes
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : For Heaven's sake, let's be gay about this!
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : How do you do? Oh, you magnificent, long-legged Britishers; I've been avoiding you in Paris. But, you are wonderful, aren't you?
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Bob Brown : You've certainly changed.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Ha-ha. I hope so! Three years in Paris ought to improve any woman. Like you, I've been amusing myself with anything and everything that came my way. I know how a man feels about those things now.
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Diane : Oh, pardon the intrusion. You weren't trying to vamp him, were you Kitty?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : And what would it mean to you if I were? Would it be a joke or a tragedy?
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Bob Brown : Oh, Kitty, how can you be a party to such an...
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Is the word affair? Because if it is, it's mine and nobody elses.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : Bob, I'm not going back, I'm going on. I don't know just to what, but on. So, then, let's be gay about it.
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Mrs. Bouccicault : I hope you didn't forget the children by any chance.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Don't worry Bouccy, I left them in town with a nurse till Monday.
Mrs. Bouccicault : Well, that's a relief. I didn't want to ask you to leave 'em behind. Thought it might seem rude, but I'm glad you did.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Well, don't you suppose I know when to display my jewels and when not to?
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : How do you do. Oh, you magnificent long-legged Britisher. I've been avoiding you in Paris. But you are wonderful, aren't you?
Townley : Yes, yes, we, we are, aren't we?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : I thought you said he was 'umble.
Mrs. Bouccicault : Hmm, hmm. This isn't the one.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh! You mean to say I have to say that all over again? Because that's the way I'm gonna begin.
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Townley : Uh, begin what?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Well, you see, uh, Bouccy has a certainly laid plan whereby I have to get a man. Now, would, uh, would that get you?
Townley : I don't remember what you said, but you have got me.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh, I like this one. Bouccy, make it this one.
Mrs. Bouccicault : All right, practice on him.
Townley : She doesn't seem to need practice.
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Bob Brown : Oh, Kitty. You can't be as hard as you seem.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : You didn't expect me to be soft, did you Bob?
Bob Brown : But you're making them misunderstand you. They think you're a hard-boiled woman of the world. Now, is that what you want them to think?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : I think it's all a very interesting situation. But for heaven's sake, let's be gay about it.
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Mrs. Bouccicault : When you quote me, make it agreeable.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : No one would believe you said it, lamb.
Townley : One on you, my pet.
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Mrs. Bouccicault : [a group is singing around Kitty at the piano] Towney, is that you making that particularly bad noise?
Townley : No. I'm making the tenor.
Mrs. Bouccicault : Well, stop it.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Don't stop. You make the rest of us sound so good.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : [Hearing her children in the background] Bouccy!
Mrs. Bouccicault : Well, I thought it was high time for you to display your jewels.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : You know, if I were a man, I should fall in love with her at once.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh, my soul! Who's going to pay my loses?
Townley : I shall be delighted. I love to have beautiful women under obligation to me.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : I've been so gay, so-so full of - romances.
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Mrs. McIntyre : Are you gonna give him breakfast in bed again?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Yes. Why not, Mrs. McIntyre?
Mrs. McIntyre : Well, in my day husbands were different... And if they didn't get up for breakfast on Sunday morning, they just weren't hungry.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : Why Bouccy, I thought your religion was "hands off."
Mrs. Bouccicault : Well, it is. But it doesn't work when it strikes so near to home. She's my own grandchild.
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Mrs. Bouccicault : Towney, this is Mrs. Cortland-Brown. She's not as sweet as she looks. But, you'll think she is.
Townley : How do you do. I am nicer than I look - much.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : How could you be?
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : You must be a very smart person.
Townley : You found me out.
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Bruce Keene : Did you think that was clever?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : I didn't hear it. I was looking at you.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : Now, Towney, are you trying to claim you've fallen in love with me? Or is this just your weekend charm?
Townley : Both!
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : [as they start to play bridge] Who's going to pay my losses?
Townley : I shall be delighted. I love to have beautiful women under obligation to me.
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Mrs. Bouccicault : Kitty! Kitty! Keep your mind on the game.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : I don't play bridge with my mind.
Townley : No? Uh, what do you use?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Just my hands.
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Townley : Oh, uh, don't you like me as well as you thought you were going to before I came up?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : More. So far.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : If you take me on, you'll have to be a good loser as well as a good player.
Bob Brown : Depends upon what I'm losing, how good I am.
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Diane : Oh, Bo-ob!
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Too bad Mr. Brown can't be in two places at once.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : [Playing bridge] You, you mean to say I take that trick, Mr. Brown? It must have been an accident.
Bob Brown : You either played it very cleverly or very innocently. I'm not sure which.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh, innocence is not my long suit.
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Madge Livingston : I can't stand such brazenness.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : [to Mrs. Bouccicault] Now, if it had been Wally you wanted me to take away from somebody, there's no telling what might have happened.
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Townley : [When Bob opens the bathroom door to see him sitting on the end of the tub] Cheerio, Brown.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Come on out, Towney.
Townley : I say, Brown, you are long-winded.
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Townley : Kitty, there's something I wanted to ask you. Do you like yachts, moonlit nights, soft music?
Mrs. Katherine Brown : I can't think of anything I like better.
Townley : Well, that's all right, then. I've got a yacht that's waiting for someone just like you.
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Mrs. Katherine Brown : Am I disturbing anyone?
Townley : Yes! Very successfully.
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Diane : You think I want him now? You can have him.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh, but I don't want him.
Diane : Oh yes, you do.
Mrs. Katherine Brown : Oh, but you're quite wrong. I wouldn't have him again.
Diane : And neither would I.
Bob Brown : Would you please stop arguing about who is to have me and who isn't?
Diane : Well, as far as I'm concerned, we're through.