Film Quotes by Fay Bainter
9 quotes
Year: 1942
Director:
George Stevens
Director:
George Stevens
Sam Craig:
[in front of the airport] Could I drop you someplace, Miss Whitcomb?
Ellen Whitcomb: You can drop that "Miss Whitcomb."
Ellen Whitcomb: You can drop that "Miss Whitcomb."
--
Fay Bainter
(as Ellen Whitcomb)
in
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Year: 1938
Director:
William Wyler
Director:
William Wyler
Dr. Livingstone:
You might be interested in a bit of news I got today... Preston Dillard's coming back. Arrives Friday on the packet
Aunt Belle: What brings him?
Dr. Livingstone: This yellow fever business. We two started together on what 'oughta be done about it. Now its busted loose he's comin' back
Aunt Belle: It's high time. I suspect I know Julie like nobody ever will. Every crook and cranny of her
Dr. Livingstone: You 'oughta miss Belle, she's more like you than you ever where
Aunt Belle: Maybe I'll love her most when she's meanest, because I know thats when shes lovin' most.
Aunt Belle: What brings him?
Dr. Livingstone: This yellow fever business. We two started together on what 'oughta be done about it. Now its busted loose he's comin' back
Aunt Belle: It's high time. I suspect I know Julie like nobody ever will. Every crook and cranny of her
Dr. Livingstone: You 'oughta miss Belle, she's more like you than you ever where
Aunt Belle: Maybe I'll love her most when she's meanest, because I know thats when shes lovin' most.
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Fay Bainter
(as Aunt Belle)
in
Jezebel
(1938)
Year: 1938
Director:
Edmund Goulding
Director:
Edmund Goulding
Paul Ward:
You don't think I have a fighting chance!
Hannah: I don't think you have a chance, fighting!
Hannah: I don't think you have a chance, fighting!
--
Fay Bainter
(as Hannah)
in
White Banners
(1938)
Year: 1938
Director:
Frank Borzage
Director:
Frank Borzage
Henry Linden:
[Referring to Maggie] Hannah, isn't she all I said?
Hannah Linden: [Cattily] I'm sure she is, Henry, and more.
Hannah Linden: [Cattily] I'm sure she is, Henry, and more.
--
Fay Bainter
in
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Year: 1942
Director:
George Stevens
Director:
George Stevens
Ellen Whitcomb:
Success is no fun unless you share it with someone.
--
Fay Bainter
(as Ellen Whitcomb)
in
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Year: 1962
Director:
José Ferrer
Director:
José Ferrer
Melissa Frake:
Abel Frake, I am not putting liquor in my cooking!
--
Fay Bainter
(as Melissa Frake)
in
State Fair
(1945)
Year: 1940
Director:
Sam Wood
Director:
Sam Wood
Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs:
It seems to me, once in your life, before you die, you ought to see a country where they don't speak any English and they don't even want to.
--
Fay Bainter
(as Mrs. Gibbs)
in
Our Town
(1940)
Year: 1947
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Mrs. Mitty:
The clock didn't strike. I definitely heard it not strike.
--
Fay Bainter
(as Mrs. Eunice Mitty)
in
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
Year: 1938
Director:
William Wyler
Director:
William Wyler
[after the duel between Buck Cantrell and Ted Dillard ends tragically]
Julie Marsden: Well say it. What are you thinkin'?
Aunt Belle: I'm thinkin' of a woman called Jezebel who did evil in the sight of God.
Julie Marsden: Well say it. What are you thinkin'?
Aunt Belle: I'm thinkin' of a woman called Jezebel who did evil in the sight of God.
--
Fay Bainter
(as Aunt Belle)
in
Jezebel
(1938)