Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

Verree Teasdale: Martha Borden

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• Mrs. Borden : [after being questioned about her extramarital affairs]  At any rate, I have a right to lead my own life.

  [Scoffs] 

  Mrs. Borden : I'm not a child.

  Katherine Borden : You're old enough to be my mother.

• Mrs. Borden : Why, the situation is intolerable! I can't stay here another minute. I'm going to a hotel at once.

  Tim Borden : That will be swell and there'll be a nice little item in tomorrow's paper asking what Fifth Avenue matron has been run out of her home by what young blonde.

  Mrs. Borden : I'm not a matron!

  Tim Borden : You can't run out on us. Suppose she marries father?

  Katherine Borden : What's wrong with that? She's young and pretty.

  Mrs. Borden : Are you implying that I'm old and ugly!

• Mrs. Borden : Did you have a nice time at the office, dear?

  Tim Borden : If anybody mentions the word pump to me again, I'm going to slaughter them.

  Mrs. Borden : We owe a great deal to pumps.

• Mrs. Borden : Well, look at the sacrifices I'm making... I don't go anywhere. I don't see anyone. I've given up all my friends.

  Katherine Borden : Or vice versa.

• Mr. Borden : You sure I'm not keeping you from an engagement?

  Mrs. Borden : No. I was going to stay home tonight.

  Mr. Borden : You're all dressed up.

  Mrs. Borden : What? This? It's just a little informal thing I wear around.

  Mr. Borden : Well, it's very pretty.

  Mrs. Borden : It, eh, shows off my figure, doesn't it?

  Mr. Borden : It shows a lot of it, if that's what you mean.

• Mrs. Borden : Well, the young people today are very irresponsible.

• Mrs. Borden : All modern women have escorts. You know these horrible newspapers ruin more marriages than I care to mention.

• Mrs. Borden : Do you know what I've been doing in my spare time?

  Mr. Borden : What?

  Mrs. Borden : Learning to Rhumba.

  [laughs] 

  Mrs. Borden : I knew you'd be pleased.