The Razor's Edge (1946)
Lucile Watson: Louisa Bradley
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Louisa Bradley : Elliott, who is this man you invited to dinner tonight?
Elliott Templeton : He's an English author.
[Referring to W. Somerset Maugham]
Elliott Templeton : He's quite alright. In fact he's quite famous. So pretend you've heard of him even if you haven't.
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Elliott Templeton : I'm afraid I haven't a very good account to give you of that young man, Louisa.
Louisa Bradley : Oh?
Elliott Templeton : When he first came over to Paris, for Isabel's sake, I asked him to lunch to meet the sort of people he ought to know. He told me he didn't eat lunch.
Louisa Bradley : Perhaps he doesn't.
Elliott Templeton : And then, when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred, I will never understand how any young man could come to Paris without evening clothes.
Louisa Bradley : Maybe he just didn't want to.
Elliott Templeton : That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.
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Elliott Templeton : [Recounting a series of rejected invitations] And then when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred I shall never understand how any young man can come to Paris without evening clothes.
Louisa Bradley : [Referring to the turning down of the invitations] Maybe he just didn't want to.
Elliott Templeton : That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.