Payment Deferred (1932)
Charles Laughton: William Marble
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Quotes
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Marguerite Collins : Here I am, tied to a little shop. Ah well. We must try to smile, eh? But it is lonely. My husband is in a hospital in France. The war.
William Marble : Where was he wounded?
Marguerite Collins : Ohhh...
[shakes head]
Marguerite Collins : . That I cannot tell you. Oh, it is terrible!
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Annie Marble : Oh, Will. Will, could you, could you manage to let me have a little something for Winnie's school? They spoke to her again about it, yesterday. It's very awkward for her.
William Marble : For the love of...
Annie Marble : Oh, it'd be such a pity for her to have to give up the course. She's getting along so nicely in her shorthand.
William Marble : I can't do it, Annie.
Winnie Marble : Oh, please Daddy, I wish you could. If I can only keep on a little bit longer, then I'll be a full fledged stenographer. Then, I can help.
Annie Marble : That's right, Will.
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James Medland : Well, look here, I mustn't stop long, I really have to go.
William Marble : That's alright. There's no hurry, is there? Seeing you're a gay, young bachelor. Ha!
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William Marble : That's why I say, you're lucky to have turned up when you did.
James Medland : But, why? What's it got to do with me?
William Marble : You've got the capital and I've got the knowledge. It seems to me we ought to make a pretty strong combination.
James Medland : Oh, I've really very little money that I can touch and I'm not sure I want to...
William Marble : You only need a little. You've probably got enough in your case!
James Medland : No, thanks. I'm not keen on it.
William Marble : But, dash it all! You don't object to making money do you? If the Franc goes to 60 and you've bought tonight you'd make a hundred per cent of your money. But, if you bought it on margin, you'd make a thousand!
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William Marble : Well, drink up.
James Medland : Cheerio.
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William Marble : Who's that?
Annie Marble : Why, what's the matter, dear?
William Marble : Nothing.
Winnie Marble : Hello, Mr. Hammond.
Hammond : Hello, yourself, young woman. Hello, Will.
William Marble : Oh, it's you.
Hammond : Who did you think it was? Rita Garbo! Ha-ha-ha! Hello, Mrs. M.
Annie Marble : Nicely, thank you.
Hammond : That's good. Well, Will, how's the world treating you?
William Marble : Alright. And you?
Hammond : Mustn't grumble.
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William Marble : Well, ha! Here's to ya!
Winnie Marble : Will, have you made some money?
William Marble : A little, nothing much. Just about enough to keep us all in luxury for the rest of our lives. That's all.
Annie Marble : Dad?
Winnie Marble : How much do you mean?
William Marble : Well, the right side of 30,000 pounds, shall we say.
Annie Marble : 30,000 pounds!
Winnie Marble : 30,000, Daddy!
Annie Marble : Will, how can you have made all that?
William Marble : Perhaps 'cause I'm not quite a fool as you thought, Annie. Ha! I gambled in Francs and it happened to come off. You wouldn't understand.
Winnie Marble : Oh, that's marvelous!
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William Marble : That's an idea. You need a good holiday, Annie. How would you like a stay at a swanky hotel? Somewhere larger where there's a band and a pier. Hey, Winnie?
Winnie Marble : Oh, that'd be marvelous, Daddy! Wouldn't it, Mum? We'd meet lots of nice people, ladies and gentlemen, I mean.
William Marble : Oh, you'll be in with all the nobs, Winnie. You'll be looking down at your old father, likely enough, before long.
Winnie Marble : Oh, no, Dad, I won't. Never. Mum, we'll have to dress every night for dinner. I shall need lots of new clothes! I'll go make a list! Oh, this is too marvelous!
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Marguerite Collins : Oh!
[Noticing a painting on the wall of a stag]
Marguerite Collins : How interesting. It's so... male.
William Marble : Beg your pardon?
Marguerite Collins : It so, what you say, he-man.
William Marble : Oh, I see.
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. Oh!
[Noticing a charcoal painting of nude]
Marguerite Collins : Oh-la-la! Ha-ha-ha.
William Marble : Oh, do you smoke?
Marguerite Collins : Thank you, yes.
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William Marble : I say, what's your name?
Marguerite Collins : Marguerite. But, my friends, they call me Rita.
William Marble : Including me?
Marguerite Collins : If you like. I think your wife would be a little, eh, surprised, eh?
William Marble : Shouldn't call you that in front of her.
Marguerite Collins : Oh, I think you are a very naughty man.
William Marble : It's your fault, you know, if I am.
Marguerite Collins : My fault? But why, if you please?
William Marble : Oh, your, I should like to have a talk with you, sometime. Your so wonderful. I've never met anyone like you before. I wonder if you and I...
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha.
William Marble : What are you laughing at?
Marguerite Collins : Oh, you amuse me so much. You big masterful men. No sooner have you thought of something that you want, when, voila... but, what about me? Have I nothing to say in the matter?
William Marble : Of course. but, I sort of thought, if you're lonely, well, I'm lonely, too.
Marguerite Collins : Oh. Ha-ha. But, I only tease you.
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William Marble : You must go away at once. My wife is ill, terribly ill
Marguerite Collins : What?
William Marble : She mustn't know you are here. It would upset her.
Marguerite Collins : Ha-ha-ha. So, you are so fond of her now?
William Marble : Yes, I am.
Marguerite Collins : What? That old bundle of rags.
William Marble : Keep your filthy mouth shut!
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Marguerite Collins : 500 pounds, please. I should ask for much more. Only I remember how much I love you, once.
William Marble : You're as hard as nails, aren't you?
Marguerite Collins : Well, you used to think so, once.
William Marble : When I think I ever could have wanted you, it makes me feel sick.
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Mr. Cuhlen, the butcher : Mr. Marble.
William Marble : Eh, morning, Cuhlen.
Mr. Cuhlen, the butcher : You promised to settle your accounts at the first of the month. Today's the tenth and I ain't seen a copper.
