Kiss and Tell (1945)
Jerome Courtland: Dexter Franklin
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Quotes
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Corliss Archer : [When Dexter refuses to buy a guest towel from Corliss at a charity bazaar] You claim to love me so much, and then when it comes to putting up a measly dollar for a guest towel, you're not interested.
Dexter Franklin : Well, gee whiz.
Corliss Archer : Oh, it's all right, Dexter. Forget it. And when it comes to taking me out to the movies tonight, I'm not interested.
Dexter Franklin : [reluctantly] OK, give me a towel.
Corliss Archer : [glancing in Dexter's wallet] Dexter, you've got a five-dollar bill in there!
Dexter Franklin : Yeah, it's gonna stay there.
Corliss Archer : Oh, Dexter, you wouldn't want Mildred to sell more than me, would you? Come on, be a sport. It's for the USO!
Dexter Franklin : Okay, give me five.
Corliss Archer : Oh, Dexter! You're really very sweet.
[kisses him]
Dexter Franklin : Wow! Holy cow!
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Janet Archer : [to Corliss] I don't see how you could let Mildred persuade you to do such a thing?
Dorothy Pringle : Now just a moment, Janet. As I understand it, the whole idea originated with Corliss.
Corliss Archer : As a matter of fact, it was Dexter who started it all.
Dexter Franklin : Me?
[hits his head on the top of the car]
Dexter Franklin : Ow. Holy cow, you must be crazy!
Raymomd Pringle : I think it's all very dumb. What does it matter whose idea it was?
Dorothy Pringle : You be quiet. It matters a great deal.
Raymomd Pringle : No kidding, Mrs. Archer, selling kisses is recognized as a perfectly legitimate -
Janet Archer : I don't want to discuss it, Raymond.
Corliss Archer : Mother, if you'd only listen.
Mildred Pringle : It was for a very noble cause.
Raymomd Pringle : I think it's all very dumb.
Janet Archer : When we get home, Dorothy, if you'd care to come in where we can thresh this out properly -
Dorothy Pringle : No, thank you, Janet. I have no desire to intrude where my daughter is considered a contaminating influence.
Mildred Pringle : Mother, please!
Janet Archer : Why, Dorothy, I never said -
Dorothy Pringle : Oh, yes, you did. Those were your very words, Janet. And I, for one, am not likely to forget them.
Raymomd Pringle : Let's turn on the radio, this conversation's getting nowhere fast.
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Corliss Archer : Were you treating Betty Campbell to a Coke? That frizzed-out blonde?
Dexter Franklin : I was--well, we just happend to meet. I mean, gee, well, well as a matter of fact, it was a root beer.
Corliss Archer : Dexter Franklin, kindly leave this property at once.
Dexter Franklin : Well, holy cow, I tell you...
Corliss Archer : If there is one thing I will not stand for, it's fragrant infidelity!
Mildred Pringle : The word is flagrant, Corliss.
Corliss Archer : Well, what did I say?
Dexter Franklin : You said fragrant.
Corliss Archer : Well, I meant it. Your behavior stinks! Now get out!
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Dexter Franklin : [entering after Corliss says that Dexter is the father of her baby] Hi, everybody.
Harry Archer : Get out of my sight, you vile, unspeakable, shameless, filthy little swine!
Dexter Franklin : [thinking he's referring to the previous day when he slapped Corliss on the arm] Gee whiz, I'm sorry. It'll never happen again.
Janet Archer : Harry, please, I implore you, control yourself. Murdering him isn't going to do any good.
Dexter Franklin : Holy cow. It was Corliss' fault as much as it was mine.
Harry Archer : You filthy little cad!
Corliss Archer : Oh, Dexter! Dexter, you don't know what you're saying!
Dexter Franklin : [to Corliss] Holy cow, I asked you not to tell him. But--but Mr. Archer, it was all in fun.
Corliss Archer : Oh, Daddy, please. Please, don't kill him!
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Corliss Archer : Dexter, you've got to take an oath in blood not to breathe a word if I tell you the truth.
Dexter Franklin : OK, I swear -
[hits his head on a tree branch]
Dexter Franklin : Ow!
Corliss Archer : You can take it sitting down.
Dexter Franklin : All right. I swear in blood. Look, here's blood on my chin. I just shaved.
Corliss Archer : Well, in the first place, Mildred and Lenny are married.
Dexter Franklin : What! Married!
[Corliss shushes him]
Dexter Franklin : Holy cow.
Corliss Archer : And in the second place, Mildred's gonna have a baby.
Dexter Franklin : She is?
Corliss Archer : But her parents and my parents don't dream they're married, so of course they can't know she's gonna have a baby. See? I'm the only one who knows.
Dexter Franklin : Well, go on.
Corliss Archer : Well, I've been going with Mildred to see her doctor, Dr. Fabling in the Professional Building.
Dexter Franklin : And then what?
Corliss Archer : And evidently, someone saw me coming out of his office, and must have phoned Mrs. Pringle, and well, she came tearing over here, and now everybody seems to have jumped to the conclusion that I'm going to have the baby.
Dexter Franklin : [laughing] Oh, boy! You *are* in a jam!
Corliss Archer : Well, for a while, everybody thought Jimmy was to blame, and Daddy was just calling the C.O. to have him executed.
Dexter Franklin : Gee whiz!
Corliss Archer : Yes. Then--then Daddy was just demanding to know who it was, and then you came in, and for some reason, they all seem to think it's you!
Dexter Franklin : What? No wonder your father tried to kill me! Holy cow! I'm a dead duck!
Corliss Archer : Dexter, would you mind not denying it for a little while? I've got to have time to think.
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Uncle George : Corliss, I have a bone to pick with you. How dare you get married without letting me perform the ceremony?
Corliss Archer : But Uncle George -
Uncle George : It isn't everybody that has a chaplain right in the family, you know.
Corliss Archer : Yes, Uncle George -
Uncle George : Ever since you were that high it's been understood that it was to be my privilege.
Corliss Archer : Yes, Uncle George, but -
Uncle George : It's all right. Don't worry. We've been discussing it all, and we're going to give you children a real home wedding right now.
Dexter Franklin : Holy cow.
Janet Archer : That's right, Corliss.
Mary Franklin : Won't that be lovely?
Corliss Archer : But Uncle George, that's awfully sweet of you, and everything, but - but we don't need to get married anymore.
Uncle George : Now look, eloping to a justice of the peace is all very modern, but there's nothing like an old-fashioned wedding ceremony if you want the marriage to last. Isn't that true, Janet?
Janet Archer : I think Uncle George is perfectly right. Now run along upstairs, dear, and put on your new dress.
Corliss Archer : Mom, I don't want to .
Janet Archer : Why, Corliss!
Dexter Franklin : Sure, Corliss, go on. I think it's a swell idea.
Corliss Archer : Dexter Franklin, you keep out of this!
Dexter Franklin : [to Uncle George] Yes, sir. I wouldn't feel properly married to Corliss unless you did it.