Maytime in Mayfair (1949)

Peter Graves: D'Arcy Davenport

Quotes 

• Sir Henry Hazelrigg : ...and this fellow actually came to the Viceroy's party wearing suede shoes.

  D'Arcy Davenport : Good grief.

  Sir Henry Hazelrigg : Imagine turning up to ride an elephant wearing suede shoes.

  D'Arcy Davenport : Revolting. He was asked to leave of course?

  Sir Henry Hazelrigg : Of course!

• Lady Leveson : Won't you sing just one more song for me? Just a little one?

  D'Arcy Davenport : Oh, my voice is so tired. You really must excuse me.

  Lady Leveson : Oh, of course. We mustn't overwork that glorious organ of yours, must we?

• D'Arcy Davenport : Orchids and ermine. Exquisite! Oh, oh, I must sing.

  Eileen Grahame : No, D'Arcy. Please don't sing.

  D'Arcy Davenport : Not sing?

  Eileen Grahame : N... no, I... I implore you not to sing.

  D'Arcy Davenport : Well, why not?

  Eileen Grahame : Well, you might wake people up and...

  D'Arcy Davenport : Oh, darling, didn't you know. Nobody ever sleeps in Paris.

  [He starts playing the piano and singing] 

  D'Arcy Davenport : Amour, amour...

  Michael Gore-Brown : [From the hallway outside Eileen's suite door, in a very high-pitched tone]  Amour, amour...

• D'Arcy Davenport : Will you stop that and behave like an Englishman?

  Michael Gore-Brown : [Starts speaking in cockney]  Englishman? Eyow, ah right. Miss Grahame, I wonder if you'd mind just turning around, I want...

  [He turns her by the shoulders, wraps his arms around her and gives her a big kiss then walks out of the room] 

  D'Arcy Davenport : Gore-Brown, you're a cad.

• D'Arcy Davenport : Eileen. Did my eyes deceive me, or did that fellow actually kiss you?

  Eileen Grahame : There's nothing wrong with your eyesight, D'Arcy.