Quotes from Midnight Lace (1960)
13 quotes
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Kit Preston:
Don't ever change.
Aunt Bea: I try not to, but the bills at the beauty parlor get bigger every year.
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Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Inspector Byrnes:
Now, Mrs. Covent. Do you recollect exactly what your niece said to you on the phone?
Aunt Bea: Yes. She said, "Aunt Bea, help me, help me." Inspector Byrnes: And what did you assume she meant, Mrs. Covent? Aunt Bea: That she needed help, Inspector!
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Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Inspector Byrnes:
Sometimes I think the Blitz left us with more derelict minds than derelict buildings.
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John Williams
(as Inspector Byrnes)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Brian Younger:
Before the war I planned on being an architect. But that meant an office and four walls. I even sleep out under the stars whenever I can. Camping trips and things like that.
Kit Preston: That's fine if you're married to a Girl Scout.
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Doris Day
(as Kit Preston)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
[speaking to Tony about Kit] She's being tormented by a sadistic fiend!
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Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
[telegram] Weather beastly and so is my host.
-
Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
'Swan Lake' makes me terribly thirsty.
Charles Manning: Must have something to do with those long necks.
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Herbert Marshall
(as Charles Manning)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
Ah, the jungle of finance. Men must work, and women must weep!
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Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
I was once in Dublin for the horse show, and I got a call at the Sheldon Room from a man who wanted to dress me in black underwear. Personally, mind you! It was the most *stimulating* minute-and-a-half I spent in Ireland!
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Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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Aunt Bea:
If he cares enough, he'll find me.
-
Myrna Loy
(as Aunt Bea)
in
Midnight Lace
(1960)
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