It's a Date (1940)
Samuel S. Hinds: Sidney Simpson
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Quotes
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Karl Ober : I can't work in New York anyway. Is this place far from here?
Pamela Drake : Oh, no, Mr. Ober, it's only Maine. You know where Maine is!
Karl Ober : No.
Pamela Drake : Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here! You could write fine there.
Sidney Simpson : 'A few minutes'!
Pamela Drake : [to Sidney, blithely] Yes!
[to Ober]
Pamela Drake : That's all, really.
Karl Ober : [wagging his finger] Then it isn't quiet enough. I have to go further away from New York.
Pamela Drake : Oh, good - it *is* far away! Takes a whole day to get there.
[to Sidney, brightly]
Pamela Drake : Really, I'm an awful liar, aren't I?
Sidney Simpson : Yes.
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Sidney Simpson : [to Karl Ober] Come on, let's get out of here before she wants to borrow a revolving stage.
Pamela Drake : Have you got one?
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Karl Ober : The part is a 20-year-old girl.
Sidney Simpson : But she played Juliet last year. That's a 15-year-od girl.
Karl Ober : Romeo and Juliet was a hit even before last year. This is a new play. An actor will have to make the part, not verse visa.
Sidney Simpson : Vice versa.
Karl Ober : I don't know - I always avoid the word.
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Karl Ober : I can't work in New York anyway. Is this place far from here?
Pamela Drake : Oh, no, Mr. Ober. It's only Maine. You know where Maine is?
Karl Ober : No.
Pamela Drake : Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here. Please come! You could write from there.
Sidney Simpson : A few minutes!
Pamela Drake : Yes, that's all, really.
Karl Ober : It isn't quiet enough. I have to go farther away from New York.
Pamela Drake : Oh, good, it is far away - takes a whole day to get there. Really.
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Sidney Simpson : You know, he came 4,000 miles to see you, and was seasick all the way.
Georgia Drake : Oh, I'm awfully sorry.
Karl Ober : I would have gladly swum the entire distance - do you say swum?
Sidney Simpson : I don't know, Karl. I always avoid the word.
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Pamela Drake : Personally, I see the part played by a young, beautiful girl.
Sidney Simpson : Can you suggest somebody?
Pamela Drake : Don't come crying to me after the opening night.
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Sidney Simpson : Karl, I wanna ask you something.
Karl Ober : Please.
Sidney Simpson : Do you get to be an author first and then become crazy? Or, are you crazy first and then you become an author?
Karl Ober : Please, once more, slowly.
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Pamela Drake : I'm an awful liar, aren't I?
Sidney Simpson : Oh, yes, yes.
Pamela Drake : Well there you are. Now you'll both come up.
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Pamela Drake : [to Sidney and Karl] Wednesday - morning train.
Sidney Simpson : Yes, ma'am.
Karl Ober : Yes, ma'am.