The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Beulah Bondi: Mrs. Boyce Medford
Quotes
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[Cherry apologizes for almost injuring Mrs. Medford]
Cherry Chester : If I ever did, I'd blow my brains out!
Mrs. Boyce Medford : I know. And then I'd have to tidy up afterward.
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Go and put on something that'll make you look sweet and...
Cherry Chester : Oh, but I wanna be mysterious. I wanna be alone.
Mrs. Boyce Medford : Well, don't try that -- you're not Swedish.
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Do you mind explaining to me what this is all about? You'll find I understand English like a native.
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Now, go and get dressed, and stop acting like an actress.
Cherry Chester : I am an actress. First, an actress; then, a woman. My art comes before anything else.
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Cherry Chester : But I don't want to be interviewed. I told you before - I won't be interviewed
[Going into a tantrum]
Cherry Chester : I won't! I won't! I won't!
Mrs. Boyce Medford : My absolute angel?
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Sometimes I wish I had a nice restful job as night nurse in a psychiatric ward.
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Cherry Chester : From now on I'm going to be an angel. I promise you - an absolute angel.
Mrs. Boyce Medford : That's my good girl.
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Horace Van Steedan is the monument of respectability.
Cherry Chester : So is Grant's Tomb, but who wants to marry it?
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Mrs. Boyce Medford : Yes, Prince Ali and his 40 "we's." .. He's in New York. He telephoned you 16 times this afternoon.
Cherry Chester : Only 16? I must be losing my grip.
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Cherry Chester : Boyce, have you ever seen me drunk?
Mrs. Boyce Medford : No, dear. Only disorderly.
Cherry Chester : Well, I'm starting in now.