If a Man Answers (1962)

John Lund: John Stacy

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• Germaine Stacy : It's amusing. In France when the daughter is brought home early, *then* the father begins to worry.

  John Stacy : Whose she out there with tonight?

  Germaine Stacy : Richard. Darling, polite little Richard.

  John Stacy : Yes, he's polite in front of us. Too polite. Oh, I wish that girl would get married so I could get a good night's sleep. I keep seeing all of Charlotte's young men, swimming around.

  Germaine Stacy : Swimming?

  John Stacy : A regular salmon run up Beacon Hill.

  Germaine Stacy : Oh, don't worry love. The Stacy blood in your daughter's veins - we cool those little fishes.

• Chantal : Don't you two ever sleep?

  John Stacy : Speaking for myself, I haven't had a decent night's sleep since you turned 15. Charlotte, haven't you ever thought of marriage?

  Chantal : Mmhm. It's fine, I guess, for older people.

  John Stacy : I see. Well, maybe you should continue your education, at some nice girls' school.

  Chantal : But father, I'm learning dentistry from Richard, law from Howard, and business administration from Tom. Keeping my dates talking, like Mama suggested, has given me quite a liberal education.

  Germaine Stacy : What did you learn tonight?

  Chantal : Mama, did you know that gingivitis...

  John Stacy : And why must you keep your dates talking?

  Chantal : So they won't make love to me all the time.

  John Stacy : In heaven's name, get married!

• John Stacy : I got there just in time this afternoon. Imagine, our daughter, alone with that seedy, poverty-stricken sex maniac. And Charlotte dressed in... Dressed, huh... supporting a bit of lace here and a bit of lace there. Oh...

  Germaine Stacy : I remember a costume *I* had once. It was made of thin Chantilly lace. So delicate, so lovely, that past the third row you could not tell I was wearing anything at all. Such a waste.

  John Stacy : There's no comparison...

  Germaine Stacy : Then you saw me as the virgin bride of the Sea King. It looked like I was wearing shimmering tights, remember? When actually I was quite au naturel; it was all done with lights. Ah, the magic of the theater. How I loved it.

  John Stacy : That was Paris, a long, long time ago.

  Germaine Stacy : Still, I would like to parade down the runway tonight, if I could hide my extra pounds of contentment.