Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Olivia de Havilland: Miriam Deering
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Quotes
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Charlotte : Why wouldn't Miriam conspire with Jewel against me? Who was it went sneakin' off to Jewel and told her about her husband and me in the first place?
[Drew looks shocked, casts a glance over to Miriam]
Charlotte : Didn't know about that, did you, Drew? That's somethin' you never told your precious boyfriend, isn't that so, Miriam?
[This next phrase drips with syrupy sweet obsequiousness]
Charlotte : Isn't it, Cousin darlin'?
Miriam : [With some ire] Yes, I told Jewel! And I told your father, too. Why wouldn't I? After all, I wasn't much more than a child then. And all I ever got in this house was people telling me how lucky I was and your father always favoring you and holding you up as an example! Why wouldn't I tell him that his pure, darling little girl was having a dirty little affair with a married man?
Charlotte : You're a vile, sorry little bitch!
Miriam : How was I to know it would end in murder... with John being butchered?
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Miriam : You just can't keep hogs away from the trough, can you?
Velma Cruther : I just come for my things.
Miriam : Is my cousin one of your things?
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Miriam : [Arriving at Charlotte's house] They say places you knew as a child always seem smaller than your memory of them. It's not true!
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Miriam : You idiot. You wretched idiot! He's dead. And you killed him!
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Miriam : What is it that you don't believe, Drew? That I'm here, or that I look the way I do?
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Miriam : My dress. Somebody slashed my dress!
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Miriam : [slaps Charlotte a few times] Damn you! Now, will you shut your mouth?