Stormy Weather (1935)
Ralph Lynn: Mr. Raymond Penny
Quotes
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Office Boy : This is General Retailers, Cuttlebury.
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Office Boy : Eh?
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Office Boy : Eh?
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Office Boy : Mr Penny's office? Yes.
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Office Boy : Eh?
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Office Boy : Eh?
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Office Boy : Eh?
Mr. Penny : Don't keep saying "A" like that. Use another letter occasionally.
Office Boy : Oh.
Mr. Penny : That's better. What do they want?
Office Boy : You.
Mr. Penny : I? Why?
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Mr. Penny : Don't argue with me. Attend to your job. What are you supposed to be doing?
Office Boy : Sticking these bits of paper into this here book.
Mr. Penny : Oh. What are they?
Office Boy : I don't know. I thought you did.
Mr. Penny : Don't be impertinent. Of course I do.
[Addresses secretary]
Mr. Penny : What are all these things he's got here, Miss Corker?
Secretary : I suppose they're entries for the ledger.
Mr. Penny : Don't be absurd. The Leger was run last month.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : Do you know the disreputable kind of people who go there?
Mr. Penny : Well, I've often been there.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Have you? I've never seen you.
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Sir Duncan Craggs : Oh, rubbish. You don't kidnap ladies in England. You don't have to.
Mr. Raymond Penny : Perhaps she's being blackmailed.
Sir Duncan Craggs : How dare you suggest that my wife's done anything that she could be blackmailed about.
Mr. Raymond Penny : Ah, but perhaps she's being blackmailed by somebody who's found out something you've done.
Sir Duncan Craggs : Good lord, I never thought of that. Come on, get a taxi.