Doctor X (1932)

Preston Foster: Dr. Wells

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• Police Commissioner Stevens : [Stevens has noticed a pair of shoes drying on a radiator]  I understand, Professor, that you live just where you work. That you seldom leave the Institute.

  Dr. Wells : Not necessarily. I played truant a short while ago. I was down by the waterfront, for a breath of air.

  Police Commissioner Stevens : What time was that?

  Dr. Jerry Xavier : [Interrupting Stevens]  You're not feeling well? Your arm is troubling you?

  Dr. Wells : Yes it's, it's very annoying.

  Dr. Jerry Xavier : Well, you're foolish to sit there in discomfort.

  Dr. Wells : If you gentlemen don't mind, I...

  Dr. Jerry Xavier : Why, of course not, of course not.

  Dr. Wells : [Wells removes his prosthetic left hand]  I put it on just as I heard you coming. An empty sleeve is revolting to most people.

  Police Commissioner Stevens : [chuckling]  Well I, I think we've taken up enough of Professor Wells' time.

• Dr. Wells : Dr. Xavier is still working on his theory that strong mental repressions, phobias hidden in the darkest corners of the subconscious mind, can be brought to the surface and made to register, through certain reactions of the heart. Am I correct, professor?

  Dr. Jerry Xavier : Precisely. And tonight I hope to prove my theory.