Old Acquaintance (1943)
Dolores Moran: Deirdre'DeDe' Drake
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Quotes
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Kit Marlowe : Deidre, come out from behind that screen.
[a pause]
Kit Marlowe : Deidre, come out, or do you want me to come back there and drag you out.
Deirdre Drake : [emerging from behind screen] How did you know I was there?
Kit Marlowe : My dear, I was hiding behind screens before you were born.
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Deirdre Drake : Oh, I wish I were 30. Then I wouldn't have any problems.
Rudd Kendall : That's what you think.
Deirdre Drake : Well, at least you know what you want, by then.
Rudd Kendall : No, I'm not so sure.
Deirdre Drake : You don't mean to say it's going to go on being as bad as this always?
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Rudd Kendall : You're very charming, Deirdre.
Deirdre Drake : Are you contemplating making love to me?
Rudd Kendall : Is there any reason why I shouldn't?
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Kit Marlowe : Deedy, you're looking very gay today.
Deirdre Drake : Thanks, darling, I feel gay. So do you!
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Millie Drake : You asked me a while ago... how I happened to let anything like your father get away from me. Well, I'll tell you. He was taken away from me. Filched!
Deirdre Drake : Filched?
Millie Drake : Oh, well, stolen, then.
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Millie Drake : She was carrying on with him like some Jezebel. Well. Well, I can wish her no worse fate than that for which she is heading now.
Deirdre Drake : What do you mean by that?
Millie Drake : Oh, she's embarking on a little cradle-snatching. That silly young boy she's been carrying on with has been called into the Navy. And she must immediately become a young sailor's bride of 42.
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Millie Drake : Apparently Rudd is still infatuated and anxious for marriage - in spite of the closeness of their relationship.
Deirdre Drake : Just what do you mean by that?
Millie Drake : Just what you think I mean.
Deirdre Drake : Well - this is quite a surprise.
Millie Drake : Oh, the longer you know Kit the more you'll find she's full of hidden surprises.
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Kit Marlowe : Would you mind very much if I came in?
Deirdre Drake : Not at all. Come in.
Kit Marlowe : Charming. Typical bachelor's lair.
Deirdre Drake : So you're the Katherine Marlowe.
Kit Marlowe : I've often been referred to as that.