This Is the Life (1944)

Donald O'Connor: Jimmy Plum

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• Sally McGuire : Hello, glamour boy.

  Jimmy Plum : Hello Sally.

  Sally McGuire : What's dragging you down?

  Jimmy Plum : Well, I was out with my girlfriend and her boyfriend and we bumped into his wife and she said...

  Sally McGuire : Wait a minute. Say that again and say it slower.

• Aunt Betsy : Yes, you can't control fate.

  Jimmy Plum : No, but sometimes you can give it a little push in the right direction.

• Jimmy Plum : Her mind's an open book to me. Most of the pages are blank.

• Jimmy Plum : You see, the major and his wife are very much in love with each other. So they were divorced.

  Sally McGuire : That sounds sensible.

  Jimmy Plum : Yeah, but something tells me they're still in love with each other. It's a hunch.

  Sally McGuire : I know - man's intuition.

  Jimmy Plum : Yeah, but they're both too proud to admit it. If I could only think of some way to get 'em back together again.

  Sally McGuire : Jimmy, I'm going to talk to you as woman to woman.

  Jimmy Plum : You mean my slip's showing?

  Sally McGuire : Now take my advice. Go and see the major's wife and tell her she's still in love with her ex-husband.

• Angela Rutherford : What a disagreeable woman.

  Jimmy Plum : From a man's point of view, she's a very glamorous woman.

• Jimmy Plum : She certainly is sophisticated.

  Sally McGuire : Who, Angela?

  Jimmy Plum : No, the major's wife. I didn't even get to first base with her.

  Sally McGuire : You mean the major's wife?

  Jimmy Plum : No, Angela.

  Sally McGuire : Oh, I see, heh. I was a little mixed up at first, but now I'm becoming confused.

• Jimmy Plum : Are you gonna believe me, or are you gonna believe what you just saw? I, I mean, you haven't seen anything yet. I, uh, I, I mean, what am I saying?

• Jimmy Plum : Anyway, everybody in town's talking about you two.

  Angela Rutherford : They are? What do they say?

  Jimmy Plum : Well, there's two schools of thought. Either you're robbing the grave or he's robbing the cradle.

• Sally McGuire : Oh, Jimmy all my life I've wanted a man. A man who'd make my hair stand on end; who'd send chills up and down my spine; who'd bring tears to my eyes.

  Jimmy Plum : You don't want a man. You want a shampoo, a massage and a bottle of horseradish.