The Gilded Lily (1935)
Fred MacMurray: Peter Dawes
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Quotes
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Peter Dawes : But popcorn--ah, popcorn was made for watching the world go by. Look. I stick my hand in the bag without taking my eyes off the street. I throw some popcorn in my craw. I chew... and I'm still looking. That's what I call class.
Marilyn David : Sure. Peanut-eaters don't know how to live.
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Marilyn David : Pete, you're a smart fellow. What do poor little working girls usually do next?
Peter Dawes : Well, they usually drown themselves, one way or the other.
Marilyn David : I'll take the other.
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Marilyn David : Why did you print those fake stories?
Peter Dawes : Oh, ho, ho, that. I...
Marilyn David : Go ahead.
Peter Dawes : Well, I did it because I love you, and that guy Gray hurt you. Nobody's gonna hurt you while I'm around and get away with it.
Marilyn David : That's what I thought. You old windmill.
Peter Dawes : Well, at least nobody'll ever walk out on you again.
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Peter Dawes : Marilyn, tell me something. Do you love me?
Marilyn David : No.
Peter Dawes : That's the way to talk. No worries, no jealousies, just meeting here every Thursday and eating our popcorn... Why don't you love me?
Marilyn David : Maybe I don't know what love is, but I think I do.
Peter Dawes : What do you think?
Marilyn David : About love?
Peter Dawes : About love.
Marilyn David : I think when it hits me, I'll start running three feet off the ground.
Peter Dawes : You can duplicate that with a shot of bourbon on an empty stomach.