The Song of Songs (1933)

Alison Skipworth: Mrs. Rasmussen

Quotes 

• Lily Czepanek : My father was a good man. Every night - I read to him - from this Bible.

  Mrs. Rasmussen : The Lamentations of Job, no doubt.

  Lily Czepanek : No. The Song of Solomon. He loved it best.

  Mrs. Rasmussen : I don't remember the Song of Solomon. But, knowing your father I imagine there was something dirty in it.

  Lily Czepanek : A Song of Songs is beautiful.

• Mrs. Rasmussen : A figure like that will get you into trouble, if you're not careful. You'll bear watching.

• Mrs. Rasmussen : My precious brother, I didn't even like him, dies. And leaves me his daughter - with nine petticoats and a Bible. Does he leave any money? Huh! Not a pfennig!

• Mrs. Rasmussen : I says, she sometimes takes a little rum with her tea. And I said I see no harm if you care to send her some. And, it's the very best kind. It comes from Jamaica! I suppose you never heard of Jamaica.

  Lily Czepanek : No, Tante Rasmussen.

  Mrs. Rasmussen : It's a place in Asia Minor.

• Mrs. Rasmussen : I warned you. I've appealed to your better nature. I've scolded you. I've - I've even beaten you. And all to no avail. Now there's nothing left, but to put you out.

  Lily Czepanek : Please, maybe I was wrong. But, if you let me explain...

  Mrs. Rasmussen : I'm not interested in the details of your sin.

  Lily Czepanek : Sin? Oh, it wasn't sin.

  Mrs. Rasmussen : Get out! Get out.

• Richard Waldow : I don't know where else to look.

  Mrs. Rasmussen : Have you tried the gutter? That's where girls like her - end up.