Counsellor at Law (1933)
Isabel Jewell: Bessie Green
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Quotes
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Bessie Green : Who's calling, please? Mr. McKey? K as in kitty?
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Bessie Green : [answering a call] I thought you were dead and buried. Well sure I missed you, like Booth missed Lincoln. What do you think I've been doing, sitting around the house embroidering doilies?
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[repeated line]
Bessie Green : [at rapid-fire delivery as she operates the switchboard] Simon and Tedesco... Who's calling, please... One moment please...
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Henry Susskind : Say, kid, that's some run you've got in your stocking.
Bessie Green : Where? Oh, gee, now wouldn't that give you a pain and I just put 'em on clean this morning.
Henry Susskind : I'll buy you a new pair if you let me put 'em on for you.
Bessie Green : Hey, listen, one more crack like that out of you and you'll get a good slap in the face!
Henry Susskind : Get hot, get hot.
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Bessie Green : [on the phone] Huh? Ah, just a fresh mug in the office here, putting things down my back. Yeah, I know, they never can keep their hands to themselves.
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Arthur Sandler : Did you hear what I said, Greta Garbo?
Bessie Green : Yeah, I heard you, I heard you.