Charley's Aunt (1941)

James Ellison: Jack Chesney

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• Jack Chesney : Yes, an income can be a wonderful thing.

  Sir Francis Chesney : It certainly can.

• Jack Chesney : She, she isn't what she seems.

  Sir Francis Chesney : No?

  Jack Chesney : No, she isn't. She... she's a woman with a past.

  Sir Francis Chesney : A past? You can't have a past with a face like that, Jack. It's impossible.

• Jack Chesney : I hate to mention this, Auntie, but you need a shave.

  Babbs Babberley : I shaved this morning.

• Jack Chesney : Now, come on. Be a good girl and whisk off those whiskers. You can use the razor in my room.

  Babbs Babberley : Why can't I be a bearded lady?

• Jack Chesney : Kitty, you know I like you enormously.

  Kitty Verdun : Yes. Some people might even construe it as love, mightn't they?

  Jack Chesney : Yeah... Yes! And, uh, well, when two people love each other, they, they...

  Kitty Verdun : They become engaged, don't they?

  Jack Chesney : Yeah... Yes! And I thought that if you...

  Kitty Verdun : Oh you are a dear to ask me, Jack.

• Kitty Verdun : I'm much too fond of you to let money stand in the way.

  Jack Chesney : You are, Kitty? Then... then...

  Kitty Verdun : Then, will I marry you, Jack? Yes.

  Jack Chesney : Oh, Kitty... I did it! I did it!

  [He stands up, looking amazed at himself] 

  Kitty Verdun : [Stands up]  I don't see how. If I were a man, I'm sure I'd never have the courage to propose.

• Jack Chesney : What do you think you're doing?

  Babbs Babberley : I'm gonna change my clothes and be what nature intended me to be - a man.

• Sir Francis Chesney : Now that I have come into the family title, I have also come into the family debts.

  Jack Chesney : Debts?

  Sir Francis Chesney : Mmm. You know - red ink and all that sort of thing.

• Jack Chesney : How are the sheep in New Zealand?

  Sir Francis Chesney : Pretty bad. Rather smelly too.

• Sir Francis Chesney : Uh, how old is this, uh, Charley's aunt?

  Jack Chesney : Oh, I don't know. Probably 90, like most aunts.

  Sir Francis Chesney : Well, at 90 they don't bother you much. And you say she's very wealthy?

  Jack Chesney : They say she has millions.

  Sir Francis Chesney : I'm sure your mother would understand.