It Started with Eve (1941)
Deanna Durbin: Anne Terry
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Quotes
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[two tycoons leave Anne a paltry tip]
Anne Terry : This must be a new five-dollar coin they're putting out... it looks like the same old dime to me.
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[Doctor Harvey disposes of Jonathan Sr.'s forbidden cigar]
Jonathan Reynolds : Hey, that's a two-dollar cigar!
Dr. Harvey : Where'd you get it?
Anne Terry : Don't look at me - I smoke a pipe.
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Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Oh, I think you have a nice room. It's... different.
Anne Terry : Uh-huh. On a clear day you can see all the way across it.
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[Jonny angrily chases Anne around his living room]
Anne Terry : Going around pinching people at your age.
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : When I get three seconds older, I'm going to start punching people.
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[a waiter brings Jonathan Sr. an enormous, fruit-fillled cocktail]
Anne Terry : What's that?
Jonathan Reynolds : It's a Reynolds Special.
Anne Terry : Oh, but you shouldn't be... what's in it?
Jonathan Reynolds : Oh, oh, nothing but, ah, coconut milk and, ah, vegetable juices. Doctor Harvey orders it for me. It's horrible.
Anne Terry : Then why do you drink it.
Jonathan Reynolds : It reminds me of Doctor Harvey and makes me hate him and when I hate him, I feel good.
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Anne Terry : You told me you'd have that picture destroyed!
Jonathan Reynolds : Destroyed? If I'd done that, they'd never have seen it.
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : They?
Jonathan Reynolds : Those women... those bead-twirlers. They called before they left.
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : They're gone! I mean... they've gone?
Jonathan Reynolds : Well, they saw the picture in the paper. They said they were taking the first train to Mexico City. I advised them to take a plane - *quicker*.
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[last lines]
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : All right, I'm sorry I pinched you.
Anne Terry : Honest?
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Mm-hmm.
Anne Terry : You'll never do it again?
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Never.
Anne Terry : Promise?
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Mm-hmm.
[Jonny leans forward as if to kiss Anne]
Anne Terry : JONNY!
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Anne Terry : They haven't been able to prove definitely that people inherit traits from their parents. They have with horses.
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Yes, I know about the horses.
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Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : I bring you here by accident and my father likes you so much, that we can't tell him the truth.
Anne Terry : Oh, he'd have liked anybody you brought.
Jonathan Reynolds Jr. : Oh, no, he wouldn't. You should have seen the looks he gave some I brought home.
Anne Terry : Did, did you bring home a great many?
Anne Terry : I mean, just as friends, you know.