Move Over, Darling (1963)

Doris Day: Ellen Wagstaff Arden

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• Nicholas Arden : [describing Ellen's memorial service]  There wasn't a dry eye in the congregation.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Oh, gosh, I wish I'd been there.

  Nicholas Arden : I-if you had been there, there wouldn't have been a service.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Oh. That's right.

• Grace Arden : You'll be at the hotel before they arrive.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : I can't DO that, Grace!

  Grace Arden : WHY can't you? You're his wife.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : So is she.

  Grace Arden : She's his bride.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : What's he difference?

  Grace Arden : A honeymoon, and you're not goin' to let them have one.

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Child? Oh! Nick is not a child.

  Grace Arden : No, he's not that smart. He's only a man.

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Oh, Grace. There was a man on that island with me.

  Grace Arden : How marvelous. No wonder you look so well. But, you silly girl, why did you tell Nick?

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden : We have such problems, don't you?

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Don't take advantage of me just because I'm a woman.

  Nicholas Arden : You're my wife.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : One of them.

  Nicholas Arden : Yeah. Hey, I really have to do something about that.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Yes.

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden : [pretending to be a Swedish nurse]  When I was a little girl in Sweden, I went once to the movies. Poor Cary Grant thought his first wife was dead, so he married another lady, but Irene Dunne, who was the first wife, she come back.

  Bianca Steele : Movies! When do movies ever reflect real life?

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden : Ja, but suppose Mr Arden's first wife was to come back like Irene Dunne done... did.