Irene (1940)

May Robson: Granny O'Dare

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Quotes 

• Granny O'Dare : [to Irene, about the dress shop customers]  Don't forget that sometimes the grandest people are the greatest riff-raff.

• Irene O'Dare : Granny - am I an O'Dare?

  Granny O'Dare : Sure you are, what of it?

  Irene O'Dare : Haven't you always told me the O'Dares have second sight?

  Michael : [playing a concertina]  Second sight - that's all hooey.

  Granny O'Dare : You think about what you understand, Michael O'Dare! Hooey, is it? Let me tell you something. Brian O'Malley's wife - she was born an O'Dare. The day her husband died, saw his body floating in the air without a head...

  [waves her arm] 

  Michael : How did she know it was her husband if he didn't have a head?

  Granny O'Dare : Aw, you -

  [shoves his head, causing the concertina to let out a sharp note] 

• Granny O'Dare : [while Irene is showing Granny a ball gown that Mr. Smith gave her]  Well, now, just as a matter of curiosity, what would a dress like that be costing?

  Irene O'Dare : Oh, $450.

  Granny O'Dare : Glory be.

  [puts her hand to her face] 

  Michael : [annoyed]  450 bucks? I could see over 200 ball games in box seats for that, and a girl puts it on her back in a *dress.*

• Irene O'Dare : Granny, you don't see...

  Granny O'Dare : Oh, no, I don't see. I've only lived for 76 years keeping my eyes wide open.

• Granny O'Dare : Modeling dresses? It's the work of the devil. You'll do no such thing.