Bachelor Apartment (1931)

Lowell Sherman: Wayne Carter

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• Rollins, Wayne's Butler : [holding up a diamond bracelet]  Er, I found this, sir.

  Wayne Carter : You find the strangest things in a bachelor's apartment.

  Rollins, Wayne's Butler : Do you suppose the lady lost anything else, sir?

  Wayne Carter : Well, if she did, she didn't lose it here.

• Wayne Carter : Well, suppose it isn't any of the people in our set.

  Herbert 'Herb' Carraway : You don't think it would be an ordinary man? Like a grocery clerk or a vacuum cleaner salesman?

  Wayne Carter : No, no--Agatha might commit a sin, but she'd never commit a faux pas.

• Wayne Carter : I apologize.

  Helene Andrews : For what?

  Wayne Carter : For living.

• Rollins, Wayne's Butler : Aren't you going to eat something, sir?

  Wayne Carter : What'll I eat?

  Rollins, Wayne's Butler : Well, sir, I...

  Wayne Carter : Well, see, if you don't know, how should I know?

• Wayne Carter : What time does your train leave?

  Janet : 10:26.

  Wayne Carter : Two minutes--it can't be done.

  Janet : Oh, please, please--please make him go faster!

  Wayne Carter : [patting her hand]  Now, be reasonable--

  Janet : [throwing off his hand]  I knew I should have taken a taxi.

  Wayne Carter : I'd act the same way in a taxi.

• Wayne Carter : Now, don't start in saying no again. You're afraid to take a job here because you think that I might try to make love to you. Wouldn't you stand the same chance with any other employer?

  Helene Andrews : Well, sure. A girl always runs that chance. But, here, I know what I was letting myself in for and it'd be my own fault.

• Wayne Carter : After all, this is a matter of business and I am a businessman. I suppose that surprises you?

  Helene Andrews : Well, yes, eh, it does. I thought of you as a - foolish, wealthy, Park Avenue playboy.

  Wayne Carter : Well, thanks for that boring crack. I admire your frankness. I amuse myself as I see fit and I have no one to account. But, I do take my business seriously, even though it does bore me.

• Wayne Carter : Did the agency mention any salary?

  Helene Andrews : Yes, 35 dollars a week. But, what difference does that make?

  Wayne Carter : It makes just 15 dollars difference. I'll start you off at 50.

  Helene Andrews : There, you see. That, there, is just what I said. People don't pay 50 dollars a week for ordinary stenographers and you know it.

  Wayne Carter : Will you stop trying to misunderstand me. This is not an ordinary stenographer's position. This is an executive secretary's position. Now, I feel all employees will have more dignity when the job pays more money.

• Wayne Carter : I'll admit, when I first met you, I thought you were one of those girls that pretends to be innocent just to - lead a man on. It's funny, now that we know each other better, doesn't it?

  Helene Andrews : I wonder what you really think of me now?

  Wayne Carter : I think you're an extremely intelligent girl. There's nothing smug about you. You understand a man's point of view.

• Wayne Carter : You know, you're the first woman I've ever dared to be frank with. You know what I am, the way I live. Perhaps you're a bit shocked?

  Helene Andrews : Oh, no, I'm not a bit shocked, Mr. Carter. I believe in everybody doing exactly as they please.

  Wayne Carter : So do I. We understand each other perfectly.

• Wayne Carter : You know, you don't know what a relief it is not to lie and flatter and get something that's a fake, when you do get it.

  Helene Andrews : Well, you're a peculiar man. Why do you tell me all these things about yourself?

  Wayne Carter : Why not! If I were trying to make you fall in love with me, I wouldn't bare myself this way. We never can mean anything to each other, so, why not?

• Mrs. Agatha Carraway : Darling, from now on I'm spending as much time as I please with you. Aren't you pleased?

  Wayne Carter : Now, Agatha, be sensible. Herb's a friend of mine. If you don't get out of here, I'm going to carry you out bodily.

  Mrs. Agatha Carraway : Oh, Wayne! Be sweet to me! You're all I've got in the world!

• Herbert 'Herb' Carraway : Well, I guess I've taken enough of your time. You'll send that detective to see me?

  Wayne Carter : Leave it to me, Herb, and I'll fix the whole thing up. In the meantime, I'll have a talk with Agatha and try to straighten her out.

  Herbert 'Herb' Carraway : You've bucked me up immensely, Wayne, old man.

  Wayne Carter : Not at all. Not at all. You've made me feel this thing means as much to me as it does to you.

• Mrs. Agatha Carraway : I believe that girl is a prude, after all.

  Wayne Carter : Will you put on your clothes and get out of here this minute!

• Wayne Carter : I never heard a girl say no, so much.

• Wayne Carter : I'm tired of the parties and the women. The champagne as flat as the women.