Beauty and the Boss (1932)

Mary Doran: Olive 'Ollie' Frey

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• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Well, you dictate so fast, I never know where my skirt is.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Don't you think his heart beats faster when I leaned against him by accident.

  Susie Sachs : By accident?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : By intentional accident. And how men love it! It's like this. A quick movement! Your hand touches his for a breathtaking second. You pull away and say naively, "Oh, pardon me." He murmurs something.

  Susie Sachs : I wonder...

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : The air is charged with electricity! He struggles for his self-control. Just as he almost has it...

  Susie Sachs : Yes?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You start all over again and then his arms begin to ache to hold you. They steal around and if you're a smart girl you say, "Oh, no, you mustn't."

  Susie Sachs : And then he stops?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Stops? Of course he doesn't stop. He goes on! He pulls you closer. You struggle! But, not much.

  Susie Sachs : What does he say?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, it doesn't matter. You don't care! You're head begins to whirl. A delicious faintness sweeps over you. His eyes burn into yours.

  Susie Sachs : His eyes!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : His mouth comes closer. You are limp. You resist no more. Your eyelashes flutter down. You can see no longer. All you know is the wonderful strength of his embrace!

  Susie Sachs : And then?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : He kisses you!

  Susie Sachs : And then?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : And then - say, just how far do you want me to go?

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Can't you see? I'm hanging over your head like a ripe peach. If you'd only give the tree a little shake.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : You're very charming. Very.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Am I? Oh, I know I'm nothing much out of the ordinary. A little bit pretty. A little bit wise. A little bit willing. A little bit absentminded.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Are you absentminded tonight?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, very!

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I thought it made men happy at their work to see a pretty woman about?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Men don't come here to be happy. They come tarn their daily bread. Women are for non-working hours. And you're much too pretty and soft and seductive! You distract me!

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : Miss Frey, you're much too pretty to be caged in a bank.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Can I help it if I'm pretty?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : No woman should look pretty who works in a bank. It disturbs the bankers. Takes the eyes of the tellers away from the bills and currency. The clerks become confused with their columns. It's dangerous. Invites disaster.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : How old are you?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Twenty-one.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Engaged?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Not yet.

  Count Von Tolheim : A sweetheart?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, no!

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Poor child. Twenty-one and and no sweetheart? Addicted to "Love at Dawn" perfume. Smartly dressed. Silk stockings over perfect legs. An exquisite pair of shoulders. In short, a very distracting young woman.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : [giggles]  Oh, Baron!

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Miss Frey, you'll please report yourself to the head of the Personnel Department.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : What for?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : To tell the manager that you are no longer employed here. Your career as a woman - is too promising for me to wreck.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : Yes! I see it! But, I've seen better!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Why, I didn't think you could see my, eh...

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : No. Of course not! But, leave your skirts down - during office hours.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : Why do you always repeat after me, Miss Frey?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Pardon me, Baron. I do that in order to keep up with you. You dictate too rapidly.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : I do everything rapidly!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, Baron.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : I say, Miss Frey, why do you wear your dress so low?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Is it low?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Is it low - you know perfectly well it's low!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Well, I'm sorry if my shoulders annoy you.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : It's not only your shoulders, it's the whole area. You're, eh - I don't like it!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You mean, eh...

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Low necks, bare shoulders in bank hours - don't mix! Make a note: all female employees at this establishment must wear long sleeves and high necks.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : All women rob men of their time.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Here, Miss Frey, you are not a woman!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : What am I then?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Just a writing machine and don't forget it again.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : What are you doing here? Well?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I, eh, I thought you might want me to go on with the dictation.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You didn't really mean that I was to go, did you?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : I never say anything I don't mean.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : It was wonderful taking dictation from you.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, Baron! You're very dear to me.

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : And I suspect, before we're finished, you're going to be dear to me.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : Go to the cashiers office. Tell him to give you six months salary. And leave your telephone number with Ludwig. I'll call you when I'm in a proper - or, rather, an improper mood.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You're a darling. I'm so happy!

• Susie Sachs : Do you wish to make an appointment to see the Baron?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Don't bother. I'll call him on the telephone.

  Susie Sachs : I answer the telephone.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I'll call him in his room, late. You won't answer it then, will you?

  Susie Sachs : Of course not.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I didn't think you would.

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : Tell me, what brings you to Paris?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I thought you might like to see me. Remember what you said about a weak moment? Well, you feel weak enough now?

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Where will we go?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : We'll have cocktails at The Ritz.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : And then?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : We'll dine and dance at the Perroquet.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Then?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Visit several places in Montmartre.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : And then, Baron?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : [laughs]  Well, you won't need your typewriter.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : What a child you are! Not to know that the minute a man is told he can't see a woman, he lets nothing keep him from her. Tonight, you turned me into a sort of a forbidden fruit. And you remember what happened to Adam?

  Susie Sachs : Yes, he got mixed up with a snake.

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Well, you've thrown him right into a snake's arms.

  Susie Sachs : How vulgar you are!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You think it's vulgar to be in a man's arms? If it is, I hope I never get refined.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Since you're tossing around bouquets, I'll hand you one. You're a very pretty girl yourself. Quite a decent figure. Really, a sweet little shape. But, it's no use to you. You don't know what to do with it.

  Susie Sachs : What do you mean by that?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I mean you don't know how to make men realize you have "it". Your one ambition is to be a perfect machine. But, you've never learned how to be a woman.

• Susie Sachs : I don't understand what he sees in a creature like you!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : He sees a woman that's warm and human. Who's skin is soft and perfumed. Who isn't afraid to let herself go! A woman who understands all his little weaknesses.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You're just a well oiled and regulated machine. You'll probably marry another machine and have a flock of little typewriters.

  Susie Sachs : Even that would be better than to be like you! All you think about is lovemaking!

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Well, what else is there to think about?

• Baron Josef von Ullrich : What would you do if a thief crept into your room? Would you call for help?

  Olive 'Ollie' Frey : [laughs]  I don't need any help. Why don't you ask me what I'd do if a bank president tiptoed in?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : I'd rather be surprised.

• Olive 'Ollie' Frey : It's dear of you to pretend I have a reputation. Is it good night? Or, shall I see you later?

  Baron Josef von Ullrich : Little girls shouldn't ask so many questions.