Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Melvyn Douglas: Ronald Brooke

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• Ronald Brooke : Is this girl a friend of yours?

  Jenny Swanson : I wish she was.

  Ronald Brooke : Good heavens, why?

  Jenny Swanson : Maybe she could tell me how to do it.

  Ronald Brooke : Do what?

  Jenny Swanson : Go to Paris!

• Ronald Brooke : You know this instant reminds me of one of old Aesop's fables - the one about the wolf in sheep's clothing, of course. Only in this instance, the wolf turns out to be an exchange professor from England. Of course, I realize how disappointed you must be that I haven't a long white beard and that however much of an old fluff I may be, it isn't apparent to the naked eye. I hope. All you have to do is to pass a rather stiff examination at the end of the term. And before I hear too many groans, let me say that I'm going to begin the course by exploring the nightlife of Cytherea - a rather high-spirited wench of ancient times. As a matter of fact, so high spirited that students have been known to take up Greek just in order to read it in the original. Well, hip-hip, dash it all, shall we carry on?

• Ronald Brooke : What happened on that train?

  Jenny Swanson : Well, we got very friendly and I slept in his Drawing Room.

  Ronald Brooke : What?

  Jenny Swanson : Yeh, Tom had to double up to get in my berth but he said he didn't mind.

• Ronald Brooke : Jenny, have you lost your flutter?

  Jenny Swanson : Oh, no. I'm fluttering something awful right now.

• Ronald Brooke : But, Jenny, don't be discouraged. Good girls go to Paris too.

• Ronald Brooke : And, Jenny, keep away from young men with large cars and small characters. And don't accept things from them.

  Jenny Swanson : Nothing?

  Ronald Brooke : Well... . flowers, fruit, and candy.

  Jenny Swanson : And hospitality?

  Ronald Brooke : Only of the right sort, Jenny.

• Ronald Brooke : Jenny, why are you running?

  Jenny Swanson : [fleeing Paul Kingston]  I always run before breakfast. It stimulates your heart, c'mon.

  [pulling him along] 

• Ronald Brooke : Oh Jenny, don't you realize how empty a loveless marriage can be?

  Jenny Swanson : Yes, I do. That's why I told Tom I couldn't Marry him.

• Ronald Brooke : Good heavens, when I told you to steer clear of Tom, that wasn't a signal to go after every other male in sight.

• Ronald Brooke : Jenny, why did you have to pick on this family to blackmail?

  Jenny Swanson : Oh, but I didn't. It was an accident.

• Ronald Brooke : That was a flutter, Jenny. That was your conscience talking.

  Jenny Swanson : Oh, does that mean I'll never be able to do anything wrong?

  Ronald Brooke : Not with your solar plexus. No Jenny, I'm afraid you're doomed to be a good girl.

• Ronald Brooke : Now look here, that's no answer. You started to say something.

  Jenny Swanson : Aesop says, "Wise men say nothing in dangerous times."

• Ronald Brooke : I suppose you didn't make yourself as pretty as possible last night. Why, you... you caught him like a rat in a trap.

  Jenny Swanson : Did I really look pretty?

  Ronald Brooke : You were wonderful. You looked radiant. You... you were positively starry-eyed. I tell you, I won't have it.

• Ronald Brooke : Well, hip, hip, dash it all, shall we carry on?