The Murder Party (1934)
Ernest Thesiger: Chiddiatt
Quotes
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Chiddiatt : Anna, Anna!
Anna Chiddiatt : Yes darling.
Chiddiatt : Your pad and pencil quickly! Quickly before I lose the inspiration.
[Dictating his latest oeuvre]
Chiddiatt : The scent of the room drifted slowly upwards as she gave him a pear-shaped look.Significant vital almond-blossom falling on guitar strings in small Italian towns came to his mind as he bent. What was that? Sordid, time-shattering, comes tap, tap, tap, a knocking on the door.
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Chiddiatt : Oh Dawson. I want you to go down to where the main switch is.
Butler : Yes sir.
Chiddiatt : And then, let me see, I'll strike the gong. You ought to hear that oughtn't you?
Butler : Should do sir.
Chiddiatt : Well, when you do, turn out all the lights in the house. Then after, let us see, about ten minutes, you turn them all up again. Get the idea?
Butler : Yes sir. Is that all sir?
Chiddiatt : Yes. That's all.
Gen. Piddington : Does that mean we play this infernal game in the dark, ma'am?
Princess Maria Amelia : All the nicest games are played in the dark, General.
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Sergeant : You cant go in there.
Chiddiatt : Flat-footed oaf!
Sir John Holland : Alright sergeant.
Chiddiatt : Oh Holland.
Sir John Holland : What do you want?
Chiddiatt : Are you aware that I'm being victimised outrageously at the hands of your minions?