Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Peter Graves: D'Arcy Davenport
Quotes
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Sir Henry Hazelrigg : ...and this fellow actually came to the Viceroy's party wearing suede shoes.
D'Arcy Davenport : Good grief.
Sir Henry Hazelrigg : Imagine turning up to ride an elephant wearing suede shoes.
D'Arcy Davenport : Revolting. He was asked to leave of course?
Sir Henry Hazelrigg : Of course!
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Lady Leveson : Won't you sing just one more song for me? Just a little one?
D'Arcy Davenport : Oh, my voice is so tired. You really must excuse me.
Lady Leveson : Oh, of course. We mustn't overwork that glorious organ of yours, must we?
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D'Arcy Davenport : Orchids and ermine. Exquisite! Oh, oh, I must sing.
Eileen Grahame : No, D'Arcy. Please don't sing.
D'Arcy Davenport : Not sing?
Eileen Grahame : N... no, I... I implore you not to sing.
D'Arcy Davenport : Well, why not?
Eileen Grahame : Well, you might wake people up and...
D'Arcy Davenport : Oh, darling, didn't you know. Nobody ever sleeps in Paris.
[He starts playing the piano and singing]
D'Arcy Davenport : Amour, amour...
Michael Gore-Brown : [From the hallway outside Eileen's suite door, in a very high-pitched tone] Amour, amour...
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D'Arcy Davenport : Will you stop that and behave like an Englishman?
Michael Gore-Brown : [Starts speaking in cockney] Englishman? Eyow, ah right. Miss Grahame, I wonder if you'd mind just turning around, I want...
[He turns her by the shoulders, wraps his arms around her and gives her a big kiss then walks out of the room]
D'Arcy Davenport : Gore-Brown, you're a cad.
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D'Arcy Davenport : Eileen. Did my eyes deceive me, or did that fellow actually kiss you?
Eileen Grahame : There's nothing wrong with your eyesight, D'Arcy.