Stormy Weather (1935)
Tom Walls: Sir Duncan Craggs
Quotes
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Sir Duncan Craggs : I don't object to your keeping company with somebody decent.
Louise : No, no, no. I want to keep company only with you.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : I didn't know you'd be free tonight. I'd have bet ten to one you had a date with some Willy.
Louise : So! You will bet like this on my Willy, but if you find me with some poor Willy, you boot him!
Sir Duncan Craggs : A woman like you shouldn't want Willys.
Louise : No, but a man like you should want Trixies, is it?
Sir Duncan Craggs : Certainly. The more he sees of them, the more he appreciates his wife.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : You've got to the stage where your friends ought to be your own age, sex, and size.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : I've always been a loving husband to you, Heaven knows.
Louise : Oh, make no mistake, Heaven does not know much about you. The angels are not permitted to listen to that sort of thing.
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Trixie Merritt : You know, poor Father and Mother think I'm still a kid.
Sir Duncan Craggs : I'm glad to hear that. I believe in children keeping their parents as innocent as possible.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : Do you know the disreputable kind of people who go there?
Mr. Penny : Well, I've often been there.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Have you? I've never seen you.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : You don't kidnap ladies in England. You don't have to.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : No man who's been married to you could ever possibly want another wife.
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Louise Craggs : Oh Duncan, dear, think what it means. I am what you call bigamist.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Now, honey, don't cry darling. It can't be helped. Only another time, make sure your husband IS dead.
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Louise Craggs : It shall be better next time. You shall tell me the truth.
Sir Duncan Craggs : It shall be better next time if you're not so nosey.
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Louise Craggs : [having listened in on a phone message for Duncan] This young man had a very high voice.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Yes. He's a choir boy.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : Oh, rubbish. You don't kidnap ladies in England. You don't have to.
Mr. Raymond Penny : Perhaps she's being blackmailed.
Sir Duncan Craggs : How dare you suggest that my wife's done anything that she could be blackmailed about.
Mr. Raymond Penny : Ah, but perhaps she's being blackmailed by somebody who's found out something you've done.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Good lord, I never thought of that. Come on, get a taxi.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : Well done, George.
Waiter, George : Thank you, Mr. Duncan.
Sir Duncan Craggs : [handing him a tip] Buy yourself a motor car.