Anna Neagle credited as playing...
Eileen Grahame
- Eileen Grahame: It might interest you to know that her name is Lady Manbury-Logan-Manbury.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh. It may interest you to know that my name is mud.
- Eileen Grahame: Come this way. What is your name besides mud?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Michael. What's yours?
- Eileen Grahame: Mine?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yes.
- Eileen Grahame: Eileen Grahame.
- Michael Gore-Brown: With an "E" at the end?
- Eileen Grahame: With an "E" on the end.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Ah, Eileen Grahame. That fits you perfectly. Don't let them do a thing to it.
- Eileen Grahame: Thank you. I have no intention of letting anyone do anything to it.
- Eileen Grahame: What is your name besides Michael?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Gore-Brown.
- Eileen Grahame: With an "E" at the end?
- Michael Gore-Brown: No. It's a tragedy, there's no "E" at...
- Eileen Grahame: Gore... Gore-Brown. Oh, are you our Mr. Gore-Brown?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yes, I hope so.
- Eileen Grahame: Oh, we were expecting you. Come this way.
- Michael Gore-Brown: No thanks. Uh, I think it's very comfortable here.
- Eileen Grahame: Well, I think you'll be more comfortable in the office.
- Michael Gore-Brown: I don't think so. You see, I'm a little bit scared of meeting the old battle-ax.
- Eileen Grahame: What old battle-ax?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, the manageress.
- Eileen Grahame: Oh, I see. Oh well, follow me.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, I suppose it's best to get it over with.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Hey. What's her name? Will I stand at attention and call her "sir?"
- Eileen Grahame: Her name is Grahame. Uh, with an "E."
- Michael Gore-Brown: Not Eileen Grahame?
- Eileen Grahame: Yes. I am the manageress, Mr. Gore-Brown.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, Miss Grahame. Just one last question. Uh, where do I keep my petty cash?
- Eileen Grahame: [Points to the desk drawer] You, uh, you will make a note of what you take won't you Mr. Gore-Brown?
- [He empties the cash box in his pocket]
- Michael Gore-Brown: [D'Arcy is singing in his salon across the street] Great Scott, what's that?
- Eileen Grahame: That's Sir D'Arcy Davenport, our most serious opposition. His salon is just across the way.
- Michael Gore-Brown: It's a bit late for his bath, isn't it?
- Eileen Grahame: Sir D'Arcy always sings to his clients. He says it breaks down sales resistance.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: Seems a bit unethical to me.
- Eileen Grahame: It's very successful.
- Eileen Grahame: [Referring to D'Arcy] Extremely good dressmaker.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Sweeney Todd wasn't a bad barber.
- Nightclub doorman: [Eileen and Michael get out of taxi] Excuse me, Miss Grahame, but didn't I just see you come out?
- Eileen Grahame: Don't apologize, Jimmy. You did.
- Nigchtclub doorman: [Eileen and Michael have just hurried out of the club] Why, Miss Grahame, didn't I talk to you just...
- Eileen Grahame: Yes, Jimmy, you did.
- Nigchtclub doorman: Thought so. Taxi sir, or are you going back again?
- Michael Gore-Brown: No, we just came out.
- Eileen Grahame: I suppose you do know I work for my living?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, don't worry about that. I'll have a word with your boss. I know him well.
- Michael Gore-Brown: [Lunges into taxi beside Eileen] Hello. Mind if I share your taxi?
- Eileen Grahame: You haven't given me much choice, have you? Where can I drop you?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, I don't wanna be dropped.
- Eileen Grahame: Don't you?
- Michael Gore-Brown: No. That's why I'm here.
- Eileen Grahame: Then you can drop me.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Oh, that's not a good idea either.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Did you hear that loud, roaring, rushing noise?
- Eileen Grahame: No. What was it?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Me, starting to breathe again.
- Eileen Grahame: How often do you stop breathing?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Very seldom.
- Michael Gore-Brown: [Pointing to Eileen's apartment number, 13A] Oooh! Ouch! Look!
- Eileen Grahame: My lucky number.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Are you superstitious?
- Eileen Grahame: Me? Aren't you?
- Michael Gore-Brown: No. It's unlucky to be superstitious.
- Mrs. Anstruther: [as Eileen walks up] Miss Grahame, who is this man?
- Michael Gore-Brown: But...
- Mrs. Anstruther: Will you be quiet?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Will you...
- Eileen Grahame: Well, Mrs. Anstruther, this is Mr. Gore-Brown, the new owner of this business.
- Mrs. Anstruther: Oh, is he?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yes. Our new policy is honesty above everything.
- Mrs. Anstruther: Good morning, Miss Grahame. You needn't proceed with my order. Perhaps Major Davenport will be more appreciative of my patronage.
- Eileen Grahame: [Following Mrs. Anstruther as Michael slinks away up the stairs] But Mrs. Anstruther Mr. Gore-Brown really doesn't understand.
- Eileen Grahame: Mr. Gore-Brown, I feel you should know that in the last few minutes, your gross income has dropped 1,200 pounds a year.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Why?
- Eileen Grahame: Mrs. Anstruther.
- Michael Gore-Brown: I'm sorry, but she looked terrible. My old Aunt Prudence used to say...
- Eileen Grahame: Whatever your old Aunt Prudence said, if Mrs. Anstruther thinks she looks wonderful in white, she looks wonderful in white.
- Michael Gore-Brown: I only intended to help. I'd do the same for a lame dog...
- Eileen Grahame: It's quite apparent that you do not approve of the old-fashioned policy of this establishment. Though we find that the customer can never be wrong under any circumstance.
- Eileen Grahame: The important thing is the skirt. Now that's our top secret. Our skirts are going to be 13 inches from the ground.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: [Entering the office] I say, that sounds rather unlucky, doesn't it? Well, what's the matter?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Henry, don't ever do that again. Men have been shot for less.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: I merely said the...
- Michael Gore-Brown: You're spying.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: I rather resent that.
- Eileen Grahame: Henry, did you overhear what I was saying?
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: Well, I heard you say something about skirt length being 13 inches off...
- Michael Gore-Brown: [and Eileen] Ssshh!
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: Well, for goodness said. What difference does it make whether skirts are 13 or 30 inches off the ground?
- Michael Gore-Brown: You'd be surprised.
- Eileen Grahame: Henry, can you keep your mouth shut?
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: I think I'm...
- Eileen Grahame: Sorry! I'm sure you can.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: ...It might interest you to know that my great grandfather was known to his intimates...
- Michael Gore-Brown: I know. The original Clam Chowder.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: Yes. And I shall be grateful if you would avoid linking my great grandfather with this rag trade.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Well, you linked him first.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: Oh, did I?
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yes.
- Sir Henry Hazelrigg: He'll never forgive me.
- Eileen Grahame: Oh, you don't know anything about me.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yeah, that's quite true. Then, on the other hand, Stanley didn't know much about Livingston. But he knew him when he found him.
- Eileen Grahame: And they happened to be alone in the jungle at the time - it helped.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Yes, that's quite so.
- Eileen Grahame: Really, I wouldn't quite know how to behave in the jungle.
- Michael Gore-Brown: Wouldn't you? Oh, it's as easy as pie. I'd just come up to you and raise my pith helmet and say, "Miss Eileen Grahame, I presume? I've been looking at you for a long, long time."
- Eileen Grahame: What'll I say?
- Michael Gore-Brown: For instance...