Georgy Girl (1966)

James Mason: James Leamington

Quotes 

• Ted : Your wife is at peace, Mr. James. A quick and merciful death. I don't suppose she ever knew what hit her.

  James Leamington : Something hit her?

• James Leamington : [taking Georgy into his study]  Now, Georgy, I want you to sit quiet and listen for a moment. I'm 49 today.

  Georgy : [nonchalantly starts singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"]  For he's a jolly good fellow...

  James Leamington : Shut up! I'm 49. Notice that: not 50 yet. When I first met your dad, I was 27 and just got married. Your dad was unemployed and couldn't afford to marry your mother. I took him on. She came along as housekeeper, and they got married. Ellen and I have never been blessed with children. As a result, I've tended to look upon you as my daughter. I've always been sorry that you weren't. But now I'm glad.

  Georgy : Because of what I did out there?

  James Leamington : No. I brought you in here to make you an offer.

  Georgy : You want to adopt me?

  James Leamington : Georgy, please! No, something quite different. I want you to be my mistress.

• [last lines] 

  Georgy : Well, say it properly then.

  James Leamington : Georgina...

  Georgy : [over song]  Oh my god! Mother! Wait! Mother! Wait! Mother!

• James Leamington : [talking about his late wife]  She was a beautiful woman... *beautiful*. Tolerant. Civilized... and about as exciting as a half brick.

• James Leamington : How's the pregnancy going?

  Georgy : Oh, lumping along.

  James Leamington : Still at the flat?

  Georgy : That's right.

  James Leamington : The three of you?

  Georgy : Four, soon.

  James Leamington : That's not very fair on you. The wife, the husband, too.

  Georgy : We share.

  James Leamington : You share? Share what? Him?

  Georgy : The flat.

  James Leamington : Well, it all seems very offbeat, if you ask me.

  Georgy : [sarcastic]  Ooh, it is. It's dead kinky. We all dress up as Boy Scouts and beat each other with our woggles.

• James Leamington : [talking about Georgy]  I never see her these days. Doesn't it worry you sometimes, the danger she runs?

  Ted : Danger?

  James Leamington : The people she mixes with. She's not more than a child.

  Ted : She's as tough as old boots! Do you know when she was eight, she could crack a walnut with her fist?