Bachelor Apartment (1931)

Irene Dunne: Helene Andrews

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• Wayne Carter : I apologize.

  Helene Andrews : For what?

  Wayne Carter : For living.

• Helene Andrews : Looks like our luck's changing, honey. The agency just phoned and told me to go to the ReTrac Investment Corporation at One Eleven Broadway. There's a stenographer's job open and it pays 35 dollars a week!

• Wayne Carter : Now, don't start in saying no again. You're afraid to take a job here because you think that I might try to make love to you. Wouldn't you stand the same chance with any other employer?

  Helene Andrews : Well, sure. A girl always runs that chance. But, here, I know what I was letting myself in for and it'd be my own fault.

• Wayne Carter : After all, this is a matter of business and I am a businessman. I suppose that surprises you?

  Helene Andrews : Well, yes, eh, it does. I thought of you as a - foolish, wealthy, Park Avenue playboy.

  Wayne Carter : Well, thanks for that boring crack. I admire your frankness. I amuse myself as I see fit and I have no one to account. But, I do take my business seriously, even though it does bore me.

• Wayne Carter : Did the agency mention any salary?

  Helene Andrews : Yes, 35 dollars a week. But, what difference does that make?

  Wayne Carter : It makes just 15 dollars difference. I'll start you off at 50.

  Helene Andrews : There, you see. That, there, is just what I said. People don't pay 50 dollars a week for ordinary stenographers and you know it.

  Wayne Carter : Will you stop trying to misunderstand me. This is not an ordinary stenographer's position. This is an executive secretary's position. Now, I feel all employees will have more dignity when the job pays more money.

• Helene Andrews : It's no fun to work for a man you have to continually hold at arms length.

• Wayne Carter : I'll admit, when I first met you, I thought you were one of those girls that pretends to be innocent just to - lead a man on. It's funny, now that we know each other better, doesn't it?

  Helene Andrews : I wonder what you really think of me now?

  Wayne Carter : I think you're an extremely intelligent girl. There's nothing smug about you. You understand a man's point of view.

• Wayne Carter : You know, you're the first woman I've ever dared to be frank with. You know what I am, the way I live. Perhaps you're a bit shocked?

  Helene Andrews : Oh, no, I'm not a bit shocked, Mr. Carter. I believe in everybody doing exactly as they please.

  Wayne Carter : So do I. We understand each other perfectly.

• Wayne Carter : You know, you don't know what a relief it is not to lie and flatter and get something that's a fake, when you do get it.

  Helene Andrews : Well, you're a peculiar man. Why do you tell me all these things about yourself?

  Wayne Carter : Why not! If I were trying to make you fall in love with me, I wouldn't bare myself this way. We never can mean anything to each other, so, why not?

• Helene Andrews : Is there any more dictation, Mr. Carter?