Ever Since Eve (1937)
Robert Montgomery: Freddy Matthews
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Quotes
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Freddy Matthews : [describing the plot of his new book to Camille] So, when she refused to marry him, why, he got a job on a ukulele ranch down in Honolulu. You know, breaking in wild ukuleles.
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Freddy Matthews : That face wouldn't stop a clock. It would start it running backwards!
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Abbie Belldon : You listen to me, Freddy Matthews. On the strength of a 10-page synopis on what your story would be like, I sold the picture rights to Super Fine Pictures for $30,000! Have you overlooked that?
Freddy Matthews : I haven't overlooked it. I've overdrawn it.
Abbie Belldon : Exactly.
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Abbie Belldon : Unless your book is finished by the first of May...
Freddy Matthews : You can't get blood out of a turnip.
Abbie Belldon : Well, then, stop being a turnip and get to work!
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Marge Winton : Why, it's almost one o'clock.
Freddy Matthews : Yes, just think of that. And in Siam it's only eight o'clock. Funny people, those Siamese. I've been up for hours and they're still sleeping.
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Freddy Matthews : That typewriters taking plenty punishment.
'Mabel' DeCraven : The typewriter and me both.
Freddy Matthews : Been makin' you work?
'Mabel' DeCraven : I don't mind. The quicker I finish this book, the sooner I'll get rid of her.
Freddy Matthews : Not so good between paragraphs, huh?
'Mabel' DeCraven : It has never occurred to me to try. She'll make somebody a good wife. Probably a blind man.
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Freddy Matthews : Women, women, women. Let this be a lesson to you, Alonzo. Once you rely on them, sooner or later, they'll drive you crazy.
Alonzo : Yes, sir. It's an affliction I've often anticipated, sir.
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Freddy Matthews : I know you.
Marge Winton : You do?
Freddy Matthews : Of course, you're the girl who dropped her bag that day in the cocktail bar and I picked up all those things.
Marge Winton : Oh, was that you?
Freddy Matthews : Yes, I guess I didn't make much of an impression, did I?
Marge Winton : Well, you see, you were under the table most of the time.
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Freddy Matthews : Well, you know how she is, sort of stiff and proper.
Marge Winton : Just a regular old maid, in fact.
Freddy Matthews : Yes. But, she's a marvelous secretary and I need her badly.
Marge Winton : I can imagine.
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Marge Winton : Perhaps you'd like to join me? Do you like canned corned beef hash?
Freddy Matthews : No. However, I have a very good idea. Why don't you come out and have dinner with me?
Marge Winton : Oh, but I couldn't do that.
Freddy Matthews : Why not?
Marge Winton : Well, I hardly know you.
Freddy Matthews : You'll know be better after dinner.
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Freddy Matthews : You - it's strange.
Marge Winton : What?
Freddy Matthews : I have a funny feeling that I am not I and you are not you.
Marge Winton : Who do you think I am then?
Freddy Matthews : We're two totally different people in a world of our own. A world that started a few hours ago. A world just for the two of us and nobody else.
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Freddy Matthews : I dislike brunettes. I dislike them! They make me moody. I like girls who are blonde and about five feet three and weigh about 112 pounds.
Marge Winton : I get my dime back. I weigh 118.
Freddy Matthews : Well, six more pounds to have and to hold.
Marge Winton : Oh, Freddy, what delightful nonsense.
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Freddy Matthews : But before I go...
Marge Winton : Yes.
Freddy Matthews : There's something I want to say to you. Something that's going to be very difficult for me to say.
Marge Winton : What's that?
Freddy Matthews : Good night.
Marge Winton : [laughs] Oh, you idiot! Good night.
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Freddy Matthews : Let me ask you something, Mike. If you knew there was a beautiful girl around here someplace and you wanted to find her, where would you look first?
Pedestrian : Right in back of me. To make sure my wife wasn't following me.
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Marge Winton : That's all the more reason why you should work right now.
Freddy Matthews : Okay. You win. Go get your notebook. I'll dictate to you while they work on me.
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Camille Lansing : Who are you down here with?
Freddy Matthews : Well, there are 150 women in the hotel. You don't think I'm making love to all of them, do you?
Camille Lansing : I wouldn't put it past you.
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Freddy Matthews : All right, if it means so much to you, I'll make a bargain with you. You go out and get yourself a costume for the Fiesta and I'll go upstairs and dictate to Marge.
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Abbie Belldon : Where's Marge?
Freddy Matthews : Marge is gone forever. This is Sadie.
[pointing to Marge]
Jake Edgall : Now, wait a minute. Let's get this straight. Who are you?
[pointing to Marge]
Marge Winton : Sadie.
Abbie Belldon : Who is Sadie?
Sadie Day : Marge.
Jake Edgall : Why?
'Mabel' DeCraven : Oh, I get it. She's Sadie that's really Marge. Just like I'm Mabel when I'm not Mike.
Jake Edgall : Who am I?
Marge Winton : You're Jake.
Jake Edgall : Well, now we're gettin' somewhere. If she ain't Marge anymore. And she's Sadie. Who have I been keepin' company with?
Sadie Day : Me.
Jake Edgall : Who are you?
Sadie Day : Susie.
Jake Edgall : Then, I never met you before?
Sadie Day : That's right.
Marge Winton : I wish you'd get your names straight.
Freddy Matthews : So do I.
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Freddy Matthews : But her looks. That face wouldn't stop a clock. It would start it running backwards.
Abbie Belldon : You're supposed to be writing a book, not running a beauty contest.
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Freddy Matthews : You know, I think I know that girl.
Camille Lansing : You mean, you think you'd like to meet her.