Easy Living (1937)
Ray Milland: John Ball Jr.
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Quotes
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John Ball Jr. : You know, there's something awfully phony about this.
Mary Smith : You're just beginning to find that out?
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Mary Smith : I mean your father.
John Ball Jr. : Did I say he was dead?
Mary Smith : Well, well, you said: "Poor old Father."
John Ball Jr. : Well, you don't have to be dead to be "poor old father." You don't even have to be poor
Mary Smith : I suppose you don't have to be old, either.
John Ball Jr. : Not so, apparently.
Mary Smith : Well, I wouldn't go around saying "Poor old father," squeezing sympathy out of people.
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Mary Smith : [reading the Wanted Ads] "Cocktail waitress. $12 and tips."--Oh, must have curves.
John Ball Jr. : Well, you've--got them, haven't you?
Mary Smith : Well, thank you, Johnny.
John Ball Jr. : "Let us teach you tattooing." No.
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Mary Smith : You know, I think I'm kinda dumb sometimes, myself.
John Ball Jr. : You're awfully sweet.
Mary Smith : Do you think so, Johnny?
John Ball Jr. : Yes.
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John Ball Jr. : [looking at employment want ads] Well, there must be something for somebody that can't do anything.
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John Ball Jr. : [Mary is broke at the Automat] I'll put the nickels in when I get paid and you can pay me back sometime.
Mary Smith : I'm not that hungry.
John Ball Jr. : Don't be a sucker, sister. That beef pie is a wow!
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Mary Smith : You know, he did say something about telling somebody something or other; but then he said he shouldn't mention names and he was sorry or something. I don't know.
John Ball Jr. : Who?
Mary Smith : Mr. Louis, you know, I think the guy's crazy.
John Ball Jr. : No-no-no-no-no. What name did he mention that he said you shouldn't mention?
Mary Smith : Well, he said - B-B-Bull.
John Ball Jr. : Bull?
Mary Smith : Yeah.
John Ball Jr. : That's funny. My name's Ball.
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John Ball Jr. : That's one of the finest suppers I ever supped. What? That's not right. Yes, it is to. Supped.
Mary Smith : You know, it's just like Arabian Nights or something. Except you don't look much like a Prince Charming.
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John Ball Jr. : I remember there was a fellow in college called Underdunk who had the longest...
Mary Smith : Oh, shut up.
John Ball Jr. : Come to think of it, it wasn't Underdunk. It was Overdunk.
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John Ball Jr. : Why'd you take the coat?
Mary Smith : I didn't want to! But your father kept saying I shouldn't be a smarty and that I shouldn't know all the answers and, besides, you don't know what a fur coat means to a girl who never even had a tippet.
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John Ball Jr. : I'm gonna make you eat those words.
J.B. Ball : That's all you'll be eating.
John Ball Jr. : Possibly!
J.B. Ball : Probably
John Ball Jr. : Right!
J.B. Ball : Right! Yeah.
John Ball Jr. : Yeah!
Butler : Yes, sir!
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John Ball Jr. : Have I seen you somewhere?
Mary Smith : I don't think so. I didn't get to the Waiter's Ball this year.
John Ball Jr. : Oh, neither did I. Uh, were you at the Junior League dance?
Mary Smith : Were you in Mrs. Allison's on Thursday?
John Ball Jr. : No, I couldn't get away...
Mary Smith : Oh, too bad. It couldn't have been nicer.
John Ball Jr. : Really? Were you in Palm Beach in February?
Mary Smith : Were you in Saint Moritz Christmas?
John Ball Jr. : No, I couldn't make that either.
Mary Smith : Well, I couldn't make it either, so I guess we haven't met.