Murder by Invitation (1941)
Sarah Padden: Cassandra 'Cassie' Denham
Quotes
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Garson Denham : [trying to prove Cassandra is mentally incompetent] Will you please explain to the court just why you put vinegar on your apple pies?
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : Gladly.
[points to the cook]
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : That fat cook of mine makes them too sweet, she's done it for years, she wants to put weight on me.
[the whole court laughs, the cook especially]
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Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : If you're ever around, stop in for some apple pie
[whispers]
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : without vinegar.
Judge Moore : Thank you, maybe I'll do that... but I like vinegar on my apple pies.
[Cassie laughs]
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Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : Trowbridge Montrose, what were you doing snooping around outside my window at 1 o' clock in the morning?
Trowbridge Cadwallader Montrose : I was walking through my garden, I always walk through my garden at 1 o' clock in the morning.
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Trowbridge Cadwallader Montrose : Have they found out who the killer is yet, Cassie?
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : If they haven't, then my bath water's getting cold for nothing.
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Mary Denham : Don't you worry about a thing, Aunt Cassie.
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : Why should I worry? I'm the only sane person in a family of nitwits.
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Sheriff William Boggs : Murder cases take time. I've got to do a lot of deducting.
Aunt Cassandra Hildegarde Denham : Deducting. You sound like a millionaire making out his income tax.