It's a Date (1940)

S.Z. Sakall: Karl Ober

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• Karl Ober : I can't work in New York anyway. Is this place far from here?

  Pamela Drake : Oh, no, Mr. Ober, it's only Maine. You know where Maine is!

  Karl Ober : No.

  Pamela Drake : Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here! You could write fine there.

  Sidney Simpson : 'A few minutes'!

  Pamela Drake : [to Sidney, blithely]  Yes!

  [to Ober] 

  Pamela Drake : That's all, really.

  Karl Ober : [wagging his finger]  Then it isn't quiet enough. I have to go further away from New York.

  Pamela Drake : Oh, good - it *is* far away! Takes a whole day to get there.

  [to Sidney, brightly] 

  Pamela Drake : Really, I'm an awful liar, aren't I?

  Sidney Simpson : Yes.

• Karl Ober : The part is a 20-year-old girl.

  Sidney Simpson : But she played Juliet last year. That's a 15-year-od girl.

  Karl Ober : Romeo and Juliet was a hit even before last year. This is a new play. An actor will have to make the part, not verse visa.

  Sidney Simpson : Vice versa.

  Karl Ober : I don't know - I always avoid the word.

• Karl Ober : I can't work in New York anyway. Is this place far from here?

  Pamela Drake : Oh, no, Mr. Ober. It's only Maine. You know where Maine is?

  Karl Ober : No.

  Pamela Drake : Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here. Please come! You could write from there.

  Sidney Simpson : A few minutes!

  Pamela Drake : Yes, that's all, really.

  Karl Ober : It isn't quiet enough. I have to go farther away from New York.

  Pamela Drake : Oh, good, it is far away - takes a whole day to get there. Really.

• Pamela Drake : I always start out honestly, then if I see it's going to be a good scene, I just keep on going. I know what I'm doing, but I can't stop.

  Karl Ober : [Chuckling]  Wonderful!

  Pamela Drake : I can't understand it myself, but I figure it's good experience, don't you?

  Karl Ober : Maybe. But it must be awfully hard on your friends.

  Pamela Drake : Oh yes, I know.

• Sidney Simpson : You know, he came 4,000 miles to see you, and was seasick all the way.

  Georgia Drake : Oh, I'm awfully sorry.

  Karl Ober : I would have gladly swum the entire distance - do you say swum?

  Sidney Simpson : I don't know, Karl. I always avoid the word.

• Sidney Simpson : Karl, I wanna ask you something.

  Karl Ober : Please.

  Sidney Simpson : Do you get to be an author first and then become crazy? Or, are you crazy first and then you become an author?

  Karl Ober : Please, once more, slowly.

• Pamela Drake : [to Sidney and Karl]  Wednesday - morning train.

  Sidney Simpson : Yes, ma'am.

  Karl Ober : Yes, ma'am.