Ever Since Eve (1937)
Patsy Kelly: Sadie Day
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Quotes
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Sadie Day : Do you mean to say you've been fired again? Well, I thought this Mr. Mason liked you so much that he...
Marge Winton : So much that I had to throw two five-pound books at him to keep him away.
Sadie Day : Five-pound - ? What did he do?
Marge Winton : Oh, he started to show me a few new handies. But, after the first, I told him to stop.
[wink]
Marge Winton : I could guess the rest.
Sadie Day : Oh, ain't men terrible. Though, I must confess that my boss certainly behaves like a gentlemen to me - darn it.
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Marge Winton : [Reading a wanted ad] Stenographer wanted for a Henderson, Barton & Lowell.
Sadie Day : What's their business?
Marge Winton : It says they're importers of spices, seeds, oil and sardines.
Sadie Day : Sardines? That sure sounds romantic.
Marge Winton : I don't want romance. All I want is a job!
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Sadie Day : Howdy, pal! Well, how's the new job?
Marge Winton : It was fine.
Sadie Day : Was fine? What happened this time?
Marge Winton : Oh, you know the old proverb: Too many bosses spoil the stenographer.
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Jake Edgall : How's the little butter board?
Sadie Day : Jake, have you been drinking?
Jake Edgall : Why?
Sadie Day : Because its the first time you've kissed me since the night I held your hand while you were getting tattooed.
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Sadie Day : Listen, I used to think you were a nitwit and that wasn't flattery.
Jake Edgall : Well, what was it?
Sadie Day : It was a tribute!
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Jake Edgall : What's the idea Marge? Here, I've been built you up to my boss, tellin' him what a swell lookin' dame you are and out you come lookin' like a...
Sadie Day : A passport picture.
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Marge Winton : The Belldon Publishing Company needs a girl - but, they want a homely one.
Sadie Day : The boss' wife must run that office.
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Sadie Day : What happened? I thought you were all set? You like the boss, the boss likes you. You told me the work was getting along so swell?
Marge Winton : Yes, but, the boss has a girl.
Sadie Day : Oh! I see. Marge, have you got a case on this guy?
Marge Winton : Oh, don't be ridiculous. I've never thought about him twice in that way - eh - very much.
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Marge Winton : Say, what have you got for supper?
Sadie Day : Oh, canned soup, canned corned beef hash, canned string beans and this bag has bananas.
Marge Winton : What's the matter? Can't you find any canned bananas?
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Sadie Day : [doorbell rings] Oh, Marge, answer that, will you? It's probably Jake. He would come in while I'm making my toilette.
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Sadie Day : Goodbye, Mr. Matthews. I hope you don't have too long a wait. But, you know how Marge is when she's out on one of her benders.
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Sadie Day : You can start practicing taking me out to dinner. Marge has company.
Jake Edgall : Oh, I see. I ain't good enough for her swell friends, huh?
Sadie Day : It's not that, Jake. Marge's boss is in there waiting for Marge.
Jake Edgall : Ain't Marge home yet?
Sadie Day : Yes, she's home; but, he doesn't know that she's Marge. That is, he doesn't know that Marge is his secretary.
Jake Edgall : She's been workin' for him? Where's she been hiding? Under the typewriter?
Sadie Day : No, stupid. He knows Marge is his secretary; but, what he doesn't know is the Marge is Marge!
Jake Edgall : Holy cats! Who does he think she is?
Sadie Day : Me!
Jake Edgall : I'm going crazy!
Sadie Day : Is that news? Come on!
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Equator Club Waiter : Will, Madame, have a demi-tasse?
Sadie Day : Oh, yes, if you please.
[waiter leaves]
Jake Edgall : What's that?
Sadie Day : Coffee, you lug. Coffee
Jake Edgall : [looks at the menu] There! I knew it! Coffee - ten cents. A clip joint!
Sadie Day : Jake, sometimes it appalls me the way you *throw* away money.
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Jake Edgall : Do you think I'm going to let that Matthews take advantage of our Marge?
Sadie Day : What are you talking about?
Jake Edgall : Look, you and me are engaged, ain't we? And you and her are roommates, ain't yeah? Don't that practically make her my sister?
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Jake Edgall : Listen, I have have a mind to...
Sadie Day : Here, don't do that again. You have half a mind all right!
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Abbie Belldon : Where's Marge?
Freddy Matthews : Marge is gone forever. This is Sadie.
[pointing to Marge]
Jake Edgall : Now, wait a minute. Let's get this straight. Who are you?
[pointing to Marge]
Marge Winton : Sadie.
Abbie Belldon : Who is Sadie?
Sadie Day : Marge.
Jake Edgall : Why?
'Mabel' DeCraven : Oh, I get it. She's Sadie that's really Marge. Just like I'm Mabel when I'm not Mike.
Jake Edgall : Who am I?
Marge Winton : You're Jake.
Jake Edgall : Well, now we're gettin' somewhere. If she ain't Marge anymore. And she's Sadie. Who have I been keepin' company with?
Sadie Day : Me.
Jake Edgall : Who are you?
Sadie Day : Susie.
Jake Edgall : Then, I never met you before?
Sadie Day : That's right.
Marge Winton : I wish you'd get your names straight.
Freddy Matthews : So do I.
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Jake Edgall : Al's the best goldarn plumber in the businesses. Boy, can he wipe a sweet joint.
Al McCoy : Yeah, did you ever try the eight-inch elbow connected with a Y-joint?
Sadie Day : Well, not lately.
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Sadie Day : Sardines? That sure sounds romantic.
Marge Winton : I don't want romance. All I want's a job.
Sadie Day : Pardon me.
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Jake Edgall : Wait'll you get an eyeful of her. She's beautiful. Ain't she beautiful, Sadie? Tell Al how beautiful she is.
Sadie Day : I think Jake means that Marge is beautiful, Mr. McCoy.
Al McCoy : Oh, you mean she's pretty, huh?
Sadie Day : See, he caught on right away.
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Sadie Day : [going to answer the doorbell] Probably some college boy who's working his way through reform school.
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Sadie Day : Aren't men terrible? Though I must confess that my boss certainly behaves like a gentleman to me - darn it.