A Kiss for Corliss (1949)

Shirley Temple: Corliss Archer

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• Corliss Archer : Dexter, you weren't with me tonight.

  Dexter Franklin : Huh?

  Corliss Archer : Well, there's no point in having Daddy tear you into little pieces. You know his temper.

  Dexter Franklin : What are you going to tell him?

  Corliss Archer : Oh, I'll think of something. Just remember, no matter what, you weren't with me tonight.

  Dexter Franklin : I can't do it. I can't let you take the rap.

  Corliss Archer : Oh, I'll figure out a story.

  Dexter Franklin : When?

  Corliss Archer : Oh, I don't know. Give me a minute to think! Oh, my mind's an absolute blank.

  Dexter Franklin : If it isn't a blank now, it will be when your old man gets through with you.

  Corliss Archer : Dexter! Not when he gets through, before he starts.

  Dexter Franklin : Huh?

  Corliss Archer : My mind's a blank. I can't remember anything. I've got amnesia, like in the movie.

  Dexter Franklin : It might work.

  Corliss Archer : Oh, it's gotta work. But Dexter, you must remember, no matter what happens, no matter what I say or do, you weren't with me tonight!

  Dexter Franklin : I weren't with you tonight.

  Corliss Archer : Wish me luck.

• Corliss Archer : Daddy, I've just got to have a dollar and a half.

  Harry P. Archer : I told you to wait outside.

  Kenneth Marquis : Rather than witness your churlish behavior, I should be most happy to advance or let's say donate the money myself.

  Corliss Archer : That's very sweet of you.

  Harry P. Archer : Don't take that money!

  Kenneth Marquis : Your poor father's ungraciousness stems partly from a natural tendency to be stuffy, and an unnatural reluctance to part with his holding money.

  Taylor : Kenneth, take it easy.

  Corliss Archer : Oh, you don't know my daddy at all. He's really very -

  Harry P. Archer : Don't speak to that man!

  Corliss Archer : Daddy, about my dollar and a half -

  Taylor : Archer, if we could get back to the business at hand -

  Harry P. Archer : [to Corliss]  I'll talk to you outside. Now. Alone.

  Kenneth Marquis : If I were in your position, I should be completely underwhelmed.

  Corliss Archer : It's been awfully nice meeting you, Mr. Marquis.

  Kenneth Marquis : Oh, and if the indignity of taking money from Daddy Dear ever becomes too great to bear, don't hesitate to call on me.

  Taylor : Stop needling Archer, or we'll never get a settlement.

  Kenneth Marquis : You know, I'm seriously considering dedicating my entire life to the needling of Harry P. Archer. Nothing gives me greater pleasure.

• Harry P. Archer : I wondered who rang. Oh, that's nice. Who sent it? Uncle George? Mmm. Good.

  Mildred : Kenneth Marquis!

  Harry P. Archer : Kenneth - Let me see that!

  [Reading tag] 

  Harry P. Archer : "May this brighten a youth blighted by parental stupidity and miserlyness. Kenneth Marquis." He did that to annoy me. I'll - I'll throw it out!

  Corliss Archer : Oh, Daddy, you can't!

  Mrs. Janet Archer : What's wrong?

  Harry P. Archer : That - that pinhead, that lowdown, shockworn Casanova Marquis sent Corliss this box of candy!

  Corliss Archer : Daddy says I can't keep it!

  Mrs. Janet Archer : Why Harry, why on earth - Kenneth Marquis? Sending candy to Corliss?

  Corliss Archer : Well, you see Mom -

  Harry P. Archer : Corliss had nothing to do with it. He's trying to irritate me by showing me up as a cheapskate.

  Mrs. Janet Archer : Well, if Miss Corliss had nothing to do with Mr. Marquis, I don't think it would hurt if she ate the candy.

  Corliss Archer : Look, Mom.

  Mrs. Janet Archer : Well, anyway, you can't return it with a piece missing.

  Corliss Archer : Oh, Daddy ate that piece.