The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Ethel Barrymore: Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle")
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Quotes
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : What are you thinking? Are you wondering whether I'm a witch?
Tommy: aged 11 : Suppose you are a witch?
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : Suppose I am.
Tommy: aged 11 : Would you do a guy a favor?
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : I've been waiting for twenty years to do a guy a favor.
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : [Mrs. Pennicott drops her purse] How awkward of me!
[Madamoiselle reaches down and gets it for her]
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : Thank you. Thank you, my dear. You're kind... and very pretty too. Are you smiling or crying?
[No answer]
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : Maybe both. Did you bring someone to the station, or are you waiting for someone?
[No answer]
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : Maybe both? Somebody gone... somebody expected. But if you're waiting, don't wait too long, because when one is as young as you are, one doesn't have to wait for anyone. They'll find you wherever you are. I know. My name is Hazel Pennicott.
[She walks away]
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Tell me, boy, what do they tell you about me? Oh, I know my reputation in this place. Do you think I'm a witch?
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : I'm not a baby.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, it's not the babies who believe in the supernatural. It's rather the mature mind that believes there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy. That's Shakespeare.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Sure.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, I'm glad you're conversant with Shakespeare. He's fun! Double, double, toil, and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Now you're trying to scare me. That's childish.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, you disappoint me. I wasn't trying to scare you; I was simply trying to carry on a literate conversation.
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Twist this ribbon around your finger. Then, you place it against your forehead. And you must pronounce my name. I love to have my name pronounced. Hazel Pennicott. That's my name.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Hazel Pennicott.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, I could hear it over and over again. It *intoxicates* me. Hazel Pennicott.