Vertigo (1958)

Barbara Bel Geddes: Marjorie 'Midge' Wood

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• Scottie : Midge, who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco history?

  Midge : That's the kind of greeting a girl likes! Not this "Hello-you-look-wonderful" stuff, just a good straight "Who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco his - -"

  [interrupted] 

• Midge : You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all.

• Midge : It's Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus. I had a long talk with that lady in musical therapy, Johnny, and she says that Mozart's the boy for you. The broom that sweeps the cobwebs away. Well, that's what the lady said.

• Scottie : What's this doohickey?

  Midge : It's a brassiere! You know about those things, you're a big boy now.

  Scottie : I've never run across one like that.

  Midge : It's brand new. Revolutionary up-lift: No shoulder straps, no back straps, but it does everything a brassiere should do. Works on the principle of the cantilevered bridge.

  Scottie : It does?

  Midge : An aircraft engineer down the peninsula designed it; he worked it out in his spare time.

  Scottie : Kind of a hobby, a do-it-yourself kind of thing!

• Midge : [to Scottie]  For a man who has nothing to do, you're certainly a busy little bee.

• Scottie : I got a call from Gavin today. It's funny. He sort of dropped out of sight during the war. Somebody said he went East. I guess he's back. It's a Mission number.

  Midge : That's Skid Row... isn't it?

  Scottie : Could be.

  Midge : He's probably on the bum and wants to set you for the price of a drink.

  Scottie : Well, I'm on the bum; I'll buy him a couple of drinks and tell him my troubles.

• Midge : It's wonderful how they've got it all taped now, John. They've got music for dipsomaniacs, and music for melancholiacs, and music for nymphomaniacs. I wonder what would happen if somebody got their files mixed up?

• Scottie : What's this do-hickey?

  Midge : It's a brassiere! You know about those things. You're a big boy, now.

  Scottie : I've never run across one like that.

  Midge : It's brand new. Revolutionary uplift. No shoulder straps, no back straps, but does everything a brassiere should do. It works on the principle of the cantilever bridge.

  Scottie : It does?

  Midge : Uh-hu. An aircraft engineer down the peninsula designed it. He worked it out in his spare time.

  Scottie : A kind of a hobby. A do-it-yourself type of thing.

• Midge : What have you been doing?

  Scottie : Wandering. What have you been doing?

  [Midge hands him a drink] 

  Scottie : Thanks, dear.

  Midge : Oh, I'm having a wonderful time. I've gone back to my first love: painting.

  Scottie : Well, good for you. I always said you were wasting your time in the underwear department.

• Scottie : Midge, do you suppose many men wear corsets?

  Midge : More than you think.

  Scottie : Really? Do you know that from personal experience? Or?

  Midge : Please!

• Midge : I thought you said no more aches and pains?

  Scottie : It's this darned corset. It binds.

  Midge : No three-way stretch? How very un-chic.

• Midge : Oh! You mean gay old Bohemian days of gay Old San Francisco! The juicy stories?

• Midge : Ah, Johnny. Johnny, please try. Try, Johnny! You're not lost. Mother's here.