Dark Victory (1939)
Geraldine Fitzgerald: Ann King
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Michael O'Leary : [on the phone] Hello there. Is this the house? I've been trying to get you.
Miss Wainwright : Michael, do you realize it's 5:30 in the morning?
Lucy - a Servant : Who is it, Agatha?
Miss Wainwright : [to Lucy] That Michael.
[agitatedly to Michael as a different phone line rings]
Miss Wainwright : We had a party last night and the last guest hasn't driven out of the driveway yet.
Lucy - a Servant : [answering the other ringing line] Hello, kitchen. Lucy speaking... Yes, Miss Ann.
Ann King : [irritatedly in bed] What's that racket? The telephone's been ringing all over the house... I'll talk to him.
[picks up the other phone]
Ann King : Michael, what do you mean at this unholy hour of the morning?
Michael O'Leary : Oh, well good morning, Miss Ann. Cheerful morning now isn't it? I was wondering if I might talk to Miss Judith.
Ann King : No you may certainly might not! She hasn't had two hours of sleep yet, I wouldn't disturb her for the world... oh...
[obviously gives in, and the scene fades to Judith waking up in bed to answer her ringing phone with Michael on the line]
Judith : This is Miss Judith Traherne of the sleepy Trahernes.
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Dr. Frederick Steele : [Out to dinner, after Judith has inadvertently learned the truth about her health] Would you mind telling me what this is all about?
Judith : Why don't you tell me? Why *didn't* you tell me?
[looks at the menu briefly]
Judith : Well I, I think I'll have a large order of *prognosis negative*!
Ann King : What do you mean?
Judith : You know, monsieur, s'il vous plaît. 'Prognosis negative'. You know what 'prognosis negative' means, doctor? Explain to her, or have you? It means a few months of pretending you're well, then blindness, then...
Ann King : Wait, Judith, we can't talk in here.
Judith : Oh yes we can. It was a question of humoring the patient, wasn't it? Give the poor dear anything she wants - time's so short, marry her if necessary. I know now why you went to his office that day: to beg him to marry me out of pity. You're kind, Dr. Steele, you're *both* so kind. So long my friends!
[Frederick and Ann try to stop her, but she storms out of the restaurant]