Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Spencer Tracy: Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Hyde

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• Mr. Edward Hyde : As you were leaving the room, you turned at the door, didn't you? And you said, "For a moment, I thought..." What did you think? What did you think? Did you think that Dr. Jekyll was falling in love with you? You, with your cheap little dreams? Or did you think, perhaps - that in him, you saw a bit of me, *Hyde*?

• Mr. Edward Hyde : The world is yours, my darling, the moment is mine!

• Ivy Peterson : What are you going to do?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Something so simple. I'm going to put an end to all that confusion.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : I've done nothing. I'm Dr. Jekyll. I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll. I've done nothing. I'm Dr. Jekyll. I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll, I tell you. I've done nothing. You're looking for a man named Hyde. Hyde! I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll. I'm Dr. Jekyll, I tell you! I tell you, I'm Dr. Jekyll! I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll!

  Mr. Edward Hyde : I've done nothing. You're looking for a man named Hyde. Hyde! I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll. I'm Dr. Jekyll, I tell you! I tell you, I'm Dr. Jekyll! I'm Dr. Henry Jekyll!

• Dr. Heath : I can't allow you to experiment with - why, after all, the man's a human being!

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : You mean he was a human being - and he may be again, if you'd keep high-fouled ethics out of this! Sometimes we have to gamble!

• Dr. John Lanyon : What's the matter?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Don't worry, John. The bull is leaving the China shop.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : Let me put it this way: good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul. Now, suppose we could break that chain, separate those two selves - free the good in man, and let it go to its higher destiny and segregate the bad.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : I think the man had been shocked from normal good into complete evil. Now, when I say he was a good man, I don't mean that he hadn't had a bad thought, now and then. Or, that he hadn't committed ordinary transgressions against society. But, after all, that's the problem of civilized man's soul, isn't it? That good and evil are constantly fighting one another?

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : We've all had thoughts that we didn't want published or shouted out loud. And we certainly have had desires that are not confined to a drawing room. Why, as Christians, we admit that man is created weak. That's a perfectly honest problem. Why don't we face it?

  The Bishop : Suppose we believe that man's soul has not yet reached its fulfillment. Is it wise? Is it right to tamper with the problem until the Creator himself has solved it in his own mysterious way?

• Beatrix Emery : Oh, Harry. Tonight at dinner, I understood what you said about the good and evil in people and how it's that way in all of us. But, why isn't - why isn't the way you and I feel about each other? I mean, there's nothing evil in that, is there?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Do you think there is?

  Beatrix Emery : No. No, Harry.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Bea, we're in love, aren't we?

  Beatrix Emery : Yes, we're very much in love.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : That's all the difference.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : Maybe I better send you to the hospital.

  Ivy Peterson : No. No, look. Here. Feel! Feel.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : [feels her side]  Where? Here? Hmm, just as I thought: Cirrhosis pectoris.

  Ivy Peterson : What's that mean?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : That means your eyes are twin pools of desire.

  Ivy Peterson : [smiles]  Oh, doctor. That's nice. The things you do say.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : You better let down your blouse.

  Ivy Peterson : Why?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Well, you want me to have a look at you, don't you?

  Ivy Peterson : I don't know. You are looking, ain't you?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Well, how about your side?

  Ivy Peterson : Oh. Do you want to look at my side?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Well, don't you want me to?

  Ivy Peterson : [removes her blouse]  You aren't half a fast one, aren't you?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : I forgot to mention, my friend and I are physicians.

  Ivy Peterson : Physi - Physicians?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Doctors.

  Ivy Peterson : Doctors? Oh, go on!

  [laughs] 

  Ivy Peterson : Oh, I thought you were a couple of toffs.

• Ivy Peterson : Gentlemen like you shouldn't be bothering yourself about me.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Now, what sort of a gentleman doesn't like to help a pretty girl?

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : Come on, John. Don't be stuffy. After all, the lady wasn't injured and neither was I, nor anyone else.

  Dr. John Lanyon : I imagine she might be a tempting morsel in an off moment.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : Your ankle's all right. But I'll tell you one thing. You wear your garter too tight. That stops the circulation. That's bad.

  Ivy Peterson : There! You see? You did find something. You are my doctor, aren't you? I ought to pay your fee, oughtn't I?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : I haven't presented you with a bill yet.

  Ivy Peterson : [presents her garter]  How about this to begin with? Not that it's enough.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : It's fine. It's fine. It's much more than most people pay.

  Ivy Peterson : It doesn't seem near enough to me.

  [kiss] 

• Ivy Peterson : I suppose it was all in fun when you kissed me.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Yes.

  Ivy Peterson : It wasn't all in fun then. I know that.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : I have to go now.

  Ivy Peterson : But look here. Don't you understand? I ain't no, I ain't no...

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : No, I know you're not. You're a girl with her heart just where it ought to be. Maybe a little too generous, that's all.

• Poole : If you'll forgive me, sir, it upsets me to see you like this. It isn't right. All work, as the saying goes, sir. They say there's a very interesting musical show at the Vanity Fair, sir. Very comical, you know, sir. And very daring, if you follow my meaning, sir.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Yeah, I follow your meaning, Poole. But I don't think it would be wise, even though it is comical.

• Ivy Peterson : Let me back in there so I can bash him on the nose, that's all!

  Mr. Edward Hyde : Quite the little Tartar, aren't you? Always ready to flare up. Oh, I like that.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Why? I don't confuse you, do I, Ivy? I believe I do confuse you, don't I?

  Ivy Peterson : I ain't confused by nobody.

• Old Prouty : I can't understand what happened. Never a rumpus here. Most orderly.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : It's that girl, Ivy, that barmaid. Pretty girls always cause trouble. I'd throw her out if I were you.

• Ivy Peterson : So, good luck.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : I make my own luck, my dear. Yes, and tonight - tonight I follow the rainbow.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : The rainbow is wide and long, Ivy.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Ivy, my darling, you belong with the immortals. Come with me to Mount Olympus. Drink nectar with the gods. Sing the ancient songs of pleasure. And put Athena and Diana to shame.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Don't be frightened of me, will you, Ivy? When a botanist finds a rare flower, he shouts his triumph, doesn't he?

  Ivy Peterson : Are you one of them?

• Mr. Edward Hyde : You like a man who sees a girl and makes up his mind, don't you?

  Ivy Peterson : I don't know what you're talking about.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : Oh, she doesn't know what I'm talking about.

  Ivy Peterson : Oh, please sir.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : But you'll find out, won't you?

  Ivy Peterson : Please.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : You'll find out what it means.

  Ivy Peterson : Please, sir.

• Beatrix Emery : Don't you dare be late for the Marley dinner tonight.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : And let you have a free rein with all those men? I should say not.

• Marcia : I've got to be toddling along now. Toodle-loo, Ivy.

  Mr. Edward Hyde : Oh, no, no. Don't go now, Marcia. After all, this could be very interesting, the three of us in friendly discussion.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Be happy! Be gay!

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Now, let's see, what shall we do? We could play cards. But you're probably tired of cards, aren't you? You might read to me. Yes. Yes. Milton's "Paradise Lost" would be nice. But we haven't the book, have we? And I don't suppose you know it from memory, do you? I know. I know what we like.

• Beatrix Emery : There's a copy of the Winged Victory. The real one's in the Louvre in Paris. I know because I saw it there.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : What's the sense of being victorious if you haven't a head?

  Beatrix Emery : What's the sense of my taking a trip, acquiring art and culture, if you're not going to pay attention?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Look, you're back here. That's the only victory that counts.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : What would my little cherub like to do this evening?

• Ivy Peterson : Oh, please. Please help me keep him off. I'll do anything you ask, sir. I ain't as bad as you might think. Well, men say that I - I ain't a bad looker, when I'm more myself. You liked me once a little, didn't you? Really, you - you're such a fine and kind gentleman. Honest, that night, when you walked out of my place, I made as if I didn't care. I did care. After you'd gone, I kept wishing you'd come back. Truly, I did.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : This man, Hyde, will never trouble you again. I give you my word.

• Dr. Henry Jekyll : If you don't stop looking at me like that, I won't be responsible for what happens.

  Beatrix Emery : [looks around]  Aren't public places awful sometimes?

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Awful.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : Yes. He's the kind of man you can get down on your knees to, isn't he?

• Poole : Now, sir, about the wedding, sir. We've got a lot to discuss. Of course, we've never been married before.

  Dr. Henry Jekyll : Yes, yes, Poole. Let's not get upset, now. We'll manage.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : A sweet, dear, pure man that you can trust and believe. He's a smug, hypocritical coward, that's what he is!

• Ivy Peterson : Please, sir, oh no. Please, no!

  Mr. Edward Hyde : Yes, dance. Dance and dream. Dream that you're Mrs. Henry Jekyll of Harley Street - dancing with your own butler and six footmen. Dream that they've all turned into white mice and crawled into an eternal pumpkin.

• Mr. Edward Hyde : I know him intimately! And I detest him intimately - from his lofty brain to the soles of his virtuous feet!

• Mr. Edward Hyde , Dr. Henry Jekyll : For Your Own Sake Lanyon

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