The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
Tristram Coffin: Dr. Foster
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Quotes
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Dr. Foster : These young girls, whether dead or alive, are being used by Lorenz in some manner as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.
Keenan : Oh, that's preposterous.
Patricia Hunter : It's nothing of the kind. Scientists are finding out every day that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health.
Dr. Foster : The glands in our bodies help to determine the condition of our teeth, the texture of our hair.
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Dr. Foster : Why don't you try to go back to sleep? No one's going to harm you. I'm sure it was just a nightmare.
Patricia Hunter : I think this whole place is a nightmare. Professor Lorenz and his wife were actually sleeping in coffins, I saw them!
Dr. Foster : We often find it difficult to explain the peculiarities of some people.
Patricia Hunter : I guess so.
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Dr. Foster : Good evening, Professor Lorenz, Countess. May I present Miss Patricia Hunter?
Patricia Hunter : How do you do?
Dr. Lorenz : We have been expecting you.
Patricia Hunter : So you found my bag in your truck?
Dr. Lorenz : Yes. There it is.
Dr. Foster : Miss Hunter's a newspaperwoman.
Patricia Hunter : I came here hoping you might grant me an interview.
Dr. Lorenz : An interview? About what?
Countess Lorenz : No one asked you to come here. You're not welcome!
[She slaps Patricia]
Dr. Lorenz : Control yourself, my dear! I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm. Please forgive my wife, she is not well. Come, you had better retire.
[the Lorenzes exit]
Patricia Hunter : [to Foster] So that's what you call being eccentric. Well I have another name for it.
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Dr. Foster : [Foster finds Patricia unconscious on the floor] Pat! Pat, Pat.
Keenan : Is she dead?
Keenan , Patricia Hunter : No, just scared to death.
[She and Foster embrace]
Keenan : All right. Break it up, we've got headlines to write.
Patricia Hunter : Do I get a byline?
Keenan : After this you can have a clothesline, with my shirt on it.
