Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Margaret Seddon: Jane Faulkner
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Longfellow Deeds : Now, um, heh, now about the Faulkner sisters. That's kind of funny. I mean, about Mr. Cedar going all the way to Mandrake Falls to bring them here. Do you mind if I talk to them?
Judge May : Not at all.
Longfellow Deeds : Jane, who owns the house you live in?
[pause; then Jane whispers to Amy; Amy whispers back]
Jane Faulkner : Why, you own it, Longfellow.
Amy Faulkner : Yes, you own it.
Longfellow Deeds : Do you pay any rent?
Jane Faulkner : No, we don't pay any rent.
Amy Faulkner : Good heavens, no, we never pay rent.
Longfellow Deeds : Are you happy there?
Jane Faulkner : Oh, yes.
Amy Faulkner : Yes indeed.
Longfellow Deeds : Now, uh, Jane, a little while ago you said I was pixilated. Do you still think so?
[Jane whispers to Amy; Amy whispers back]
Jane Faulkner : Why, you've always been pixilated, Longfellow.
Amy Faulkner : Always.
Longfellow Deeds : That's fine, hm, I guess maybe I am. And now tell me something, Jane: who else in Mandrake Falls is pixilated?
Jane Faulkner : Why, everybody in Mandrake Falls is pixilated - except us.
Amy Faulkner : Mm-hmm.
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[Two shy sisters testify at Deeds's sanity hearing]
John Cedar : Do you know the defendant, Mr. Longfellow Deeds?
[long pause]
Jane Faulkner : Oh yes, yes, of course we know him.
John Cedar : How long have you known him?
[Jane whispers to Amy; Amy whispers back]
Jane Faulkner : Since he was born.
Amy Faulkner : Yes, Elsie Taggart was the midwife.
Jane Faulkner : He was a seven months' baby.
John Cedar : Thank you, that's, that's fine. Do you see him very often?
[Jane whispers to Amy; Amy whispers back]
Jane Faulkner : Most every day.
Amy Faulkner : Sometimes twice.
Judge May : Must we have the echo?
John Cedar : Suppose you just answer, Miss Jane. Now, will you tell the court what everybody at home thinks of Longfellow Deeds?
[pause; then Jane whispers to Amy; Amy whispers back]
Jane Faulkner : They think he's pixilated.
Amy Faulkner : Oh, yes, pixilated.
Judge May : He's what?
John Cedar : What was that you said he was?
Jane Faulkner : Pixilated.
Amy Faulkner : Mm-hmm.
John Cedar : Now that's rather a strange word to us, Miss Jane. Can you tell the court exactly what it means?
Court Doctor : Perhaps I can explain, Your Honor. The word "pixilated" is an early American expression derived from the word "pixies," meaning elves. They would say the pixies had got him. As we nowadays would say, a man is "balmy."
Judge May : Oh. Is that correct?
Jane Faulkner : Mm-hmm.
Amy Faulkner : Mm-hmm.
