Duchess of Idaho (1950)

Esther Williams: Christine Riverton Duncan

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• Ellen Hallet : I don't want him to go. I want him to stay.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : What?

  Ellen Hallet : You can live your own life if you want to, but leave - mine - alone.

• Ellen Hallet : He decided it wouldn't look right if we went to Sun Valley together. He said it wasn't quite ethical.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : Ethical? The way that scheming Romeo operates and he's worried about ethics?

• Christine Riverton Duncan : You know, mother always said if you're gonna catch a man you may have to catch cold too.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : [on the phone]  Sun Valley! With him! Oh, Ellen, this is wonderful. It'll give you a chance to show him those legs you've been hiding under your desk for two years. Now, listen Ellen, you go right out and buy that evening dress. You know, the one you told me about. The one with the low, *wicked* neckline. Well, of course it's low! That's the idea.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : I've got an idea.

  Ellen Hallet : Chris, your ideas are wonderful; but, they never work.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : This one will, honey.

  Ellen Hallet : You said that before. Remember our furlough in Persia - the Shah's palace?

  Christine Riverton Duncan : How did I know what kind of a market that was? I'm from Kansas City. They don't sell women in markets in Kansas City.

• Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : If you leave now, I might never see you again. Trains are always undependable. People are always getting off.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : Well, I won't be getting off until Sun Valley.

• Dick Layn : Now, just tilt your head back and relax and above all: keep calm.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : I'm perfectly calm.

  Dick Layn : I can't do it if you talk. Please, just look up. Now, look down. Now, you know, you're very pretty when you roll your eyes.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : I don't care if you play all night - and don't call me baby!

• Dick Layn : Don't get lost, again. Remember, all these compartments look alike.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : Yes, I know. That's why they put the letters on the door.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : You have no idea what sort of girl I am.

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : A lurid past?

• Christine Riverton Duncan : She's probably very attractive.

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : I wouldn't know.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : I can just see you giving dictation and - staring at her *beautiful* legs.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : It's been a lovely evening, Douglas.

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : Then why end it so soon?

  Christine Riverton Duncan : Why, in deed. Won't you come in?

• Christine Riverton Duncan : [turns off the overhead light]  There. It's much cozier, don't you think?

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : Oh, definitely. Cigarette?

  Christine Riverton Duncan : No, thank you. But, I'll be happy to light yours.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : Mr. Layn, if you care anything about a person, you - well - well, you trust them.

  Dick Layn : Miss Duncan, I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw Mount Baldy.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : I'm in love with you, you big dope.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : Men are just dopes.

  Ellen Hallet : Yeah, dopes.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : Get out of here.

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : I get the feeling we're not wanted.

  Dick Layn : How do you like that for gratitude.

  Christine Riverton Duncan : Out!

  Dick Layn : She's been swimming around in a cool tank all day and we've been slaving over a hot stove.

  Douglas J. Morrison Jr. : Working our fingers to the bone.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : They can't do this to us. We're not licked yet.

• Christine Riverton Duncan : Dick! Come back!