Film Quotes by Jean Adair
6 quotes
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Reverend Harper:
Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt?
Abby Brewster: Oh, no.
Martha Brewster: Oh, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt.
Abby Brewster: Oh... Do you remember, Martha, once, a long time ago, we thought if he'd be George Washington, it might be a change for him, and we suggested it.
Martha Brewster: And do you know what happened? He just stayed under his bed for days and wouldn't be anybody.
Abby Brewster: Oh, no.
Martha Brewster: Oh, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt.
Abby Brewster: Oh... Do you remember, Martha, once, a long time ago, we thought if he'd be George Washington, it might be a change for him, and we suggested it.
Martha Brewster: And do you know what happened? He just stayed under his bed for days and wouldn't be anybody.
--
Jean Adair
(as Martha Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1947
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Abigail Morgan:
You can't unbend the twig after the tree is full-grown.
--
Jean Adair
in
Living in a Big Way
(1947)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Martha Brewster:
[to Mortimer] One of our gentlemen found time to say "How delicious"!
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Jean Adair
(as Martha Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster:
Now look, darling, how did he die?
Abby Brewster: Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.
Mortimer Brewster: Well, how did the poison get in the wine?
Martha Brewster: Well, we put in wine because it's less noticeable. When it's in tea it has a distinct odor.
Abby Brewster: Oh, Mortimer, don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it.
Mortimer Brewster: Well, how did the poison get in the wine?
Martha Brewster: Well, we put in wine because it's less noticeable. When it's in tea it has a distinct odor.
--
Jean Adair
(as Martha Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Mortimer Brewster:
What is this? Did everybody in Brooklyn know I was going to get married except me?
Martha Brewster: We knew you'd find out about it in time.
Martha Brewster: We knew you'd find out about it in time.
--
Jean Adair
(as Martha Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
[after finding the dead body in the window seat]
Mortimer Brewster: But - what happened to him?
Martha Brewster: [cheerfully] He died.
Mortimer Brewster: But - what happened to him?
Martha Brewster: [cheerfully] He died.
--
Jean Adair
(as Martha Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)