Quotes from That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
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Jones:
Miss Aikens, we want a woman's point of view on a certain situation. Now, Mr. Baker has a friend and he's in trouble...
Sally Aikens: Oh, Mr. Baker! Jones: [Shushing Larry] Now, Mr. Baker has nothing whatever to do with it. Let's call the friend Mr. Brown. Now, Mr. Brown has a wife... Mr. & Mrs. Brown have been married for, uh, how long? Larry Baker: Well, say six years. They live in Toledo. Sally Aikens: Six years in Toledo. That's bad. Jones: All right then, let's say New York. Now Mr. Brown is worried about his marriage. Things are not going along as well as they used to. Sally Aikens: What kind of a man IS this Mr. Brown? Larry Baker: Very nice... Sally Aikens: Is he attractive? Jones: Very attractive. [to Larry] Jones: Don't you think so? Larry Baker: Yes. Sally Aikens: And yet she's complaining. Larry Baker: Well, she's drifting away from him. Jones: Yes, and he wants to get things back on the old basis. Sally Aikens: Who doesn't? Jones: Yes. [clears throat] Jones: Now, Miss Aikens, as a woman, I'm asking you, what is the right approach? Sally Aikens: Well, I should say a mink coat would do the trick. Larry Baker: She has a mink coat. Sally Aikens: Then what's she complaining about? [the men are exasperated, and Jones dismisses Miss Aikens from the conversation] Larry Baker: Just a moment. Now look here. Mrs. Brown is interested in another man. Sally Aikens: Oh... If there aren't any witnesses she's going to deny it... But I'm afraid I'm not the right person to give you any advice. I probably have too much sympathy for Mr. Brown, and not enough patience with Mrs. Brown. We get cases li
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Melvyn Douglas
(as Larry Baker)
in
That Uncertain Feeling
(1941)
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