Just a Gigolo (1931)
Charlotte Granville: Lady Jane Hartley
Quotes
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Roxana Hartley : That's old stuff, Mama. We're more advanced now. Schnetzenhauser said in his famous book on sex relations that...
Lord George Hampton : My dear child, however did you come across that book?
Lady Jane Hartley : What book is this? Why haven't I heard of it?
Roxana Hartley : Oh, you wouldn't understand it, Mama. Lord Hampton, if I'm going into a strange country, I need a guidebook, don't I? If you go into a jungle, you want to know what's behind the next tree. A girl of today should know everything, read everything and do everything.
Lord George Hampton : Yes, my soul, you have brought her up well, Jane - in the modern manner.
Lady Jane Hartley : Yes. I didn't mean her to be quite so modern; but, she - just turned out that way.
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Roxana Hartley : Oh, darling, I just have to think, I have a date. I'm dancing here today.
Lady Jane Hartley : Dancing? With who?
Roxana Hartley : The sweetest gigolo.
Lord George Hampton : A hired dancing partner?
Roxana Hartley : Everybody has one, darling. You hire a professional dancer, just as you would a riding master.
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Lord George Hampton : I tell you Jane, that fellow's dangerous.
Lady Jane Hartley : A gigolo. Nonsense, George.
Lord George Hampton : A gigolo - that's just it! These fellows are experts at leading girls into mischief.
Lady Jane Hartley : An English mother knows an English daughter, George.