First a Girl (1935)

Sonnie Hale: Victor

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Quotes 

• Victor : [to 'Bill', about Princess Mironoff]  She doesn't know you. Smile!

  [Bill smiles awkwardly at the Princess, Victor does so with broad masculine appreciation] 

  Victor : [aside]  Not like *that*. A he-man smile; she's beautiful!

  [Bill catches sight of the handsome Robert and her smile widens] 

  Victor : [acidly]  I said the Princess, not the Prince...

• Victor : [He leans towards her as they sit on the bed]  You've given me an idea.

  Elizabeth : [nervously]  Have I?

  Victor : [leans closer]  You can do something for me.

  Elizabeth : [looking apprehensive]  Can I?

  Victor : [eagerly]  Take off those pyjamas.

  Elizabeth : [appalled]  *What*?

  Victor : Put this on!

  [he produces a slinky dress and high-heeled boots and sits down with his back turned] 

  Victor : Now I tell you what we'll do...

  Elizabeth : [affronted]  Thanks very much!

  Victor : You want to be an actress, don't you? You want a chance to show what you can do...

  [her eyes begin to shine as she finally understands] 

  Victor : ...you've got it. You're going to take my place at Cruft's Music Hall tonight!

• Elizabeth : I'm not going. I can't do it.

  Victor : Do what?

  Elizabeth : I can't be a man all my life!

  Victor : But you'll have time off. And you can knit and knit to your heart's content...

  Elizabeth : But think what you're asking me!

  Victor : [gazes upward as he quotes]  "There's a tide in the affairs of men" -

  [descending temporarily to earth] 

  Victor : - and women - "if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune..."

  Elizabeth : Tides go out - don't they?

  Victor : This'll be a spring one!

  [Takes her by the shoulders] 

  Victor : We'll carry everything before us. I'll never leave you - and I'll never let you down.

  [They shake hands on it as a smile spreads from her face to his] 

• Victor : [to Robert]  You have an unclean mind.

• Victor : I've been father, mother, sister and brother to that girl - and nothing more.