Wedding Rehearsal (1932)

Kate Cutler: Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster

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Quotes 

• Marquis of Buckminster : Oh, all right, I'll marry somebody.

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : "Somebody"! Do you know how many girls there are for you to choose from?

  Marquis of Buckminster : Roughly 6,000,000, aren't there?

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : Exactly 7 young women who are fit to bear our name, and your children.

  Marquis of Buckminster : Oh...

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : That is, in England.

  Marquis of Buckminster : That's right, dear, buy British, yes. Well, come on, tell me the worst.

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : My first choice, the Roxbury twins.

  Marquis of Buckminster : Both of them?

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : Either of them.

• Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : Here he is again. "Lord Buckminster will fulfill his usual role of best man." This time, at the Roxbury wedding. I do wish he'd choose a girl for himself.

  Miss Hutchinson : Do men ever do that, Lady Buckminster?

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : Of course they do; whatever do you mean?

  Miss Hutchinson : Why, the girl usually chooses the man, and then makes him think he's done it himself!

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : What a dreadful idea, and how right you are!

• Marquis of Buckminster : [looking at the list of eligible women]  Oh, Granny, after all, it's not fair. Now take Audrey Ferraby, for instance. You couldn't expect me to live with that nose.

  Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster : That nose comes straight down from the Conqueror!

  Marquis of Buckminster : I know it does, darling, but, well, it comes down such a long way