Baby Face (1933)
Donald Cook: Ned Stevens
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Quotes
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Stevens : Have a drink?
Lily Powers : No thanks. I never touch it.
Stevens : Oh, you don't want me to drink alone?
Lily Powers : Well, maybe just a sip.
[Pours herself a slug of whiskey and downs it in one gulp]
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Stevens : [Lily seen putting on lipstick after her boss is reprimanded and fired for having followed her into the Ladies Rest Room] Young woman! We have no place here for a girl of your sort. You're through, tonight.
Lily Powers : Why, Mr. Stevens, it wasn't my fault. He followed me in there. What could I do? He's my boss and I have to earn my living. Oh, I'm so ashamed. It's the first time anything like that has ever happened to me.
[Starts to cry]
Stevens : Well, I'll think it over. Report tomorrow as usual.
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Stevens : Lily, don't do this to me. I can't stand it. Its been brutal not seeing you.
Lily Powers : Yeah? Well, you better get used to it. Listen, I don't owe you a thing. Whatever I do is my own business. You never had but one idea about me. That's all I ever meant to you.
Stevens : Oh, but, Lily...
Lily Powers : You made your choice. Now, what do you want?
Stevens : You mean - I can't - see you anymore?
Lily Powers : [Sarcastically] How did you guess it?
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Stevens : [Lily sashays into Mr. Stevens' office] Haven't I told you never to come beyond the front of this desk.
Lily Powers : Oh, but I get so lonesome out there all by myself.
[Runs her hands through Mr. Stevens' hair]
Stevens : Don't do that! How do you expect me to get any work done.
Lily Powers : Hold me close.
[They embrace as Mr. Stevens' fiancée walks in. Mr. Stevens chases after her. Lily lights up a cigarette]
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Lily Powers : That's all there is to it. If you fire me, we're through. It isn't the job, I don't mind that. But, it just goes to show me how much you care.
Stevens : Well, you know how much I...
Lily Powers : How much you what?
[Moves in close]
Lily Powers : Are you letting me go?
[Kiss]
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Lily Powers : Wait a minute, you're kinda mixed up, aren't you? I thought you left town?
Stevens : Well, what else could I do? I was in a...
Lily Powers : Jam? Well, I won't let you get in another. See what I mean?