The Feminine Touch (1941)
Donald Meek: Captain Makepeace Liveright
Quotes
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Julie Hathaway : Nellie, what's happened?
Nellie Woods : John's run amok!
Julie Hathaway : What about?
Nellie Woods : Elliot's beard. It's off, and it's driven John crazy!
Julie Hathaway : [smiling] He's jealous!
Captain Makepeace Liveright : Comes from readin' too many books. They rot out a man's brain cells.
Julie Hathaway : Oh, shut up. You sound just like my mother!
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Nellie Woods : [dropping Elliott's head to the ground with a thud] You know, I'm beginning to think I had Elliott wrong about this from the very start.
Julie Hathaway : [dropping John's had to the ground with a thud] Right or wrong, you never even had Elliott, honey.
Nellie Woods : You did your best, angel.
Julie Hathaway : [snapping her fingers after the statement] Oh, my best? Kitten, all I had to do was that...
Captain Makepeace Liveright : [as Julie and Nellie push each other and start to brawl] Ladies, please... oh, ladies please, you mustn't...
[Julie and Nellie take the Captain down to the ground between them]
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Captain Makepeace Liveright : [watching John and Elliott making silly boxing moves] They ain't in very condition are they?
Nellie Woods : Yeah, but think of the mileage you get out of 'em.
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Captain Makepeace Liveright : [seeing both John and Elliott unconscious on the ground] Do you suppose somebody sneaked in when we wasn't lookin' and hit 'em both?