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A String of Blue Beads (1953)

Louis Jourdan: Peter

A String of Blue Beads

Louis Jourdan credited as playing...

Peter

Quotes5

  • Barbara's Sister: But I just wouldn't feel right taking...
  • Peter: ...a present from a little sister? Why don't you put it on.
  • [Barbara's sister tries to return the expensive necklace her sister bought from Peter]
  • Barbara's Sister: But I know they cost much more than the nine cents she paid.
  • Peter: But I wanted to make her happy, and she wanted to make you happy. It's a good time of year for happiness.
  • Barbara's Sister: Still I couldn't possibly expect it...
  • Peter: Besides, she gave all she had.
  • [Peter hands Marilyn the string of blue beads]
  • Peter: Put them on.
  • Marilyn: Why?
  • Peter: You'll see.
  • Marilyn: They're so clear, so blue...
  • Peter: There's such a thing as being too practical.
  • Marilyn: All right, I'm going to be too practical.
  • Peter: And you can say that standing close to a romantic type?
  • Marilyn: You don't even belong in the Twentieth Century.
  • Peter: That's what's wrong with the Twentieth Century; it needs a little more of the Fourteenth.
  • Peter: These blue beads belong on you, Marilyn
  • Marilyn: Peter, you're in business to stay in business.
  • Peter: But I'm also engaged to be married.
  • Marilyn: Well, we'll never pay the bills this way.

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