Holiday (1938)
Lew Ayres: Ned Seton
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Quotes
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Edward 'Ned' Seton : You know, most people, including Johnny and yourself, make a big mistake about Julia. They're taken in by her looks. At bottom, she's a very dull girl and the life she pictures for herself is the life she belongs in.
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Edward 'Ned' Seton : You're twice as attractive as Julia ever thought of being. You've got twice the looks, twice the mind and ten times the quality. You could charm a bird off a tree if you would, and why not? If you were in her way she'd ride you down like a rabbit.
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Edward 'Ned' Seton : You see, Father wanted a large family so Mother promptly had Linda, but Linda was a girl so Mother promptly had Julia, but Julia was a girl and the whole thing seemed hopeless. Then, the following year Mother had me. It was a boy and the fair name of Seton would flourish.
[toasting]
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Drink to Mother, Johnny. She tried to be a Seton for a while, then gave up and died.
Johnny Case : You're talking out of your hat, Ned.
Edward 'Ned' Seton : I'm not.
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Linda Seton : [Making introductions] My brother Ned, Mr. and Mrs. Potter. They're friends of Johnny's.
Mrs. Susan Elliott Potter : He used to live with us.
Professor Nick Potter : We've come to warn his future bride about him - he never puts the cap back on the toothpaste.
Professor Nick Potter : Mm-hmm. Then we'll drink a toast to Johnny - he *needs* it.
[fills champagne glasses]
Mrs. Susan Elliott Potter : Needs it?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Oh. I'm wrong. He doesn't need it. Johnny's doing *all* right.
Mrs. Susan Elliott Potter : What's on your mind, Ned?
Professor Nick Potter : Nothing's on my mind.
Linda Seton : What do you mean, Johnny's doing all right?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : I mean he's doing all right. He's having a whirl. Julia's got his hair slicked down and Father's seeing that he meets the important people.
Professor Nick Potter : My word, are there important people downstairs?
Linda Seton : Oh, frightfully important. That's why I want to give a party up here.
Professor Nick Potter : [Quoting an imaginary society column] 'Miss Linda Seton - on New Year's Eve - entertained a small group of Very Unimportant People.'
[lifting champagne glass]
Professor Nick Potter : To our hostess.
[They all drink to Linda]
Professor Nick Potter : [Chuckles] May I drink too ?
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Linda Seton : What's it like to get drunk, Ned?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Well, I... how drunk?
Linda Seton : Good and drunk!
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Oh, it's wonderful. You see, you think clear as crystal. But every move, every situation is a problem. It gets pretty interesting.
Linda Seton : You get beaten in the end, though, don't you?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Sure, but that's okay.
Linda Seton : Where do you wind up?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Where does anybody wind up? You die... that's okay, too.
Linda Seton : Oh, Ned! that's awful!
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Think so? Other things are worse.
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Edward 'Ned' Seton : Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit.
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Edward 'Ned' Seton : Did I get home alright last night?
Downstairs Butler Admitting Johnny : Everything is perfectly alright, sir.
Edward 'Ned' Seton : How did I get this bump on my forehead?
Downstairs Butler Admitting Johnny : You slipped once or twice, sir, in your bathroom.
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Dorothy : Did you have an accident, Ned?
Edward 'Ned' Seton : Apparently. I don't seem to have been there when it happened.