Elizabeth Taylor credited as playing...
Melinda Greyton
- Melinda Greyton: Joyce, look. I've never seen anyone like him. Never.
- Joyce: Do you think he's attractive?
- Melinda Greyton: Ferociously!
- Lord Pennistone: I thought young what'cha-call-him, young Curragh, was going to take you out?
- Melinda Greyton: Well, I...
- Lord Pennistone: He's a nice fella. Bit conservative, I suppose, but I can't help liking him. Why isn't he here?
- Melinda Greyton: [pause] I don't know.
- Lord Pennistone: Well, don't you worry. He'll be along. Reliable sort of chap. I hope nothing's happened to him.
- Joyce: Father!
- Lord Pennistone: Well, accidents will happen. Dark night. Step in front of a car. Might not find the fella for an hour or so.
- Melinda Greyton: Joyce. It's thundering. I'm not a bit afraid of the thunder and lightning. Not a bit. But do you mind if I get in your bed?
- Joyce: I don't see why you want to look like your own mother. It would be different if Major Curragh had a mother complex but I don't think he has at all. Or why would he like you?
- Melinda Greyton: If you'd read as much as I have, you'd know that practically every man in the world has a mother complex.
- Joyce: A shame we couldn't provide something gayer for your first party in London.
- Melinda Greyton: Oh, I don't mind. You're with me. Really, it's fun to watch in a--horrible sort of way.
- Melinda Greyton: Michael, let's go swimming.
- Maj. Michael Curragh: Can't. No suits.
- Melinda Greyton: Well, we could take a sun-bath couldn't we?
- Maj. Michael Curragh: That we could.
- Melinda Greyton: I would like to do something about those vases. They're awful. I'd like to get rid of them.
- Broaders: He'd never miss them. You know what men are. Out of sight, out of mind.
- Aunt Jessica: I see you paint your fingernails. Tell me, I've always wondered. Do young women who paint their fingernails also paint their toes?
- Melinda Greyton: Well I do, although I don't know why. No-one sees them.
- Melinda Greyton: Michael is resigning his commission. And going in for politics. He's going to be a Communist.
- Maj. Michael Curragh: That's not very funny.
- Col. Hammerbrook: Ha ha. I think it is. By Jove, Michael. I never knew your wife had such a sense of humor.
- Aunt Jessica: Nicko, you're to finish your porridge.
- Nicko: I don't like it.
- Aunt Jessica: Nobody likes it. They just eat it.
- Melinda Greyton: Well, I've finished mine. Now I think I'll have the kipper.
- Aunt Jessica: Porridge and kipper? A nice, healthy appetite. I'm going to like you very much.