Loose Ankles (1930)

Loretta Young: Ann

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• Agnes : You'll never get in the newspapers that way! You've got to take his clothes off.

  Ann Harper : What?

  Agnes : His clothes off!

  Ann Harper : Oh, Agnes! Do you mean... do you mean all of them?

  Agnes : Well, as many as you can, Miss.

  Ann Harper : Well, this is a new experience for me, but I'll try!

• Ann Harper : I wonder if all the family is downstairs yet?

  Betty : Well, you know the old saying, "Were there's a will, there's a lot of relatives."

• Ann Harper : How do you get into the newspapers?

  Betty : I don't. I've been lucky.

  Ann Harper : Yes, I know that. But how do you suppose I might get into the newspapers?

  Betty : First, get yourself a man. Then a reporter, and leave the rest to the typesetter.

• Ann Harper : [On the phone placing a classified ad in a newspaper]  Wanted: One young man. Must be young and good looking, and scrupulous. No, no! Unscrupulous. Yes!

• Marcel : [following a pedicure]  The foot is finished, Madam.

  Ann Harper : Thank you, Marcel. That looks wonderful. I could walk two miles for a cigarette, now!

• Agnes : My, ain't you the early bird this morning.

  Ann Harper : Yes. I'm expecting a worm.

  Agnes : A what, Miss?

  Ann Harper : A man, Agnes. Just a man.

• Ann Harper : Good gracious! You must have a secret sorrow to speak that way of men.

  Agnes : Well, it's not exactly a secret sorrow, Miss. I tell everybody about it!

  Ann Harper : You don't mean to say that you've been in a compromising position?

  Agnes : Well, the position wasn't so bad; but, the circumstances were a-gin me.

• Ann Harper : You don't mind being compromised?

  Gil Hayden : Oh, no! No.

  Ann Harper : Have you been compromised before?

  Gil Hayden : Oh, of course.

  Ann Harper : Well, what type of compromising do you specialize in? Plain or fancy?

  Gil Hayden : Both! - Which do you prefer?

  Ann Harper : Well, the sort that would get into the newspapers. So they could have headlines, like this: "A Man of Mystery Compromises Debutante."

  Gil Hayden : You mean, to be caught in a - in a affectionate embrace?

  Ann Harper : Well, you know the old saying, "Where there's a will, there's a lot of relatives."

• Gil Hayden : What do I do next?

  Ann Harper : Why, I suppose you really ought to kiss me.

• Ann Harper : What'll I do next?

  Agnes : Take off those pants!

  Ann Harper : Oh, I couldn't.

  Agnes : Throw yourself in his arms, hang on tight, and leave the rest to me.

• Gil Hayden : What are you doing here?

  Ann Harper : Why, I came to look for someone I couldn't forget. What are you doing here?

  Gil Hayden : I came to forget someone I never thought I'd see again.