Cluny Brown (1946)
Margaret Bannerman: Lady Alice Carmel
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Quotes
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Lady Alice Carmel : So many of these foreigners have foreign names, don't they?
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Lady Alice Carmel : Now, don't go all to pieces Andrew. If England must produce Belinskis, why we will produce Belinskis. Britain has never failed. Now have your tea, dear.
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Lady Alice Carmel : May I come in, my dear?
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : Of course, Lady Carmel.
[they walk into Betty's bedroom]
Lady Alice Carmel : Get back into bed, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : Yes, Lady Carmel.
[she gets into bed and Lady Alice sits beside her on the bed]
Lady Alice Carmel : You know, my dear, you ought to get married.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : Do you think so, Lady Carmel?
Lady Alice Carmel : Quite definitely, my dear.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : Yes, Lady Carmel.
Lady Alice Carmel : Are you going to marry Andrew?
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : Yes, Lady Carmel.
Lady Alice Carmel : Then I think you should tell him so, because he's getting quite nervous.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream : I'll tell him tomorrow.
Lady Alice Carmel : Thank you, Elizabeth.
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Lady Alice Carmel : English is my husband's hobby.
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Sir Henry Carmel : I say, Syrette, what's the fellow's name again?
Lady Alice Carmel : It is hard to remember. So many foreigners do have foreign names, don't they?
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Lady Alice Carmel : Oh, um, shall we go in. Andrew will lend you a dinner jacket, professor. He has two. It doesn't matter tonight. But, um, as a favor - oh, it's not really important, but you see, my husband likes to be dressed for dinner. But if you don't dress, he couldn't. And, uh, if he couldn't, then of course I wouldn't.
Adam Belinski : How simple and charming you make everything.
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Adam Belinski : Has it occurred to you that for generations the Lords of Carmel have probably eaten the wrong piece of mutton?
Lady Alice Carmel : That's a very interesting way of looking at it. Besides, it's so difficult to get domestics to come to the country nowadays.
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Lady Alice Carmel : By the way, there's a nightingale under your window?
Adam Belinski : Oh, you should not have gone to so much trouble.