
A Damsel in Distress
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- 1937
- 101 min
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HE TAPS IMPATIENTLY
Order! Order!
Ladies and gentlemen, you're
all aware of what we're here for.
This sweepstake
has been inaugurated
to provide
for the domestic staff
of Tottney Castle.
Get on with it! Why do you go on?
Order! Order! Silence!
We have come to the conclusion
that soon Lady Alyce will make
up her mind to get married,
so I've put all the eligibles
in this hat and whoever draws...
Gets the pot?
Whoever draws the happy man will become
the possessor of the total subscribed.
Well,
we will now proceed with the draw.
THEY ALL CHATTER
Thomas, the footman.
He draws..."The Hon. Wilfred
Washington Watkins."
Why couldn't I pull Reggie?
I don't know why you favour him.
With Lady Caroline backing him? Did
you ever know her not get her way?
Antoine, our respected cook.
"Sir George Belgrave."
Oh, too bad!
Now I draw.
Oh!
Mr Reggie.
THEY MURMUR UNHAPPILY
That, ladies and gentlemen,
concludes the proceedings.
Here! What about me?
What about my go at the pot?
I'm sorry.
There are no more starters, my boy.
Well, what's wrong with writing
me out a ticket for Mr X. Mr X?
Not in the field. If her ladyship
turns down Mr Reggie and the rest,
and marries some tee-total stranger,
it's my pot.
Any objections?
Very well.
There we are. Ha!
Want me to tell you something?
What?
Lady Alyce is in love with a young
American fella she met last year.
Barmy! That's what you are!
Oh, barmy, am I?
Then why has Lady Caroline appointed you
to watch her wherever she goes?
How do you know?
Listening at keyholes!
Keggs, she's running off to London.
She told me not to tell a soul.
London? What for?
To see Mr X. It's a walkover!
Lady Caroline
mustn't get a word of this.
Where you going?
FRANTIC MUSIC PLAYS
Where are you off to?
To protect my investment.
Hello...? Yes,
this is Jerry Halliday's apartment.
No, I'm his publicity.
About what?
Well, you'll have to talk
to my secretary. She's not in yet.
You'd better call about 12 o'clock.
She'll be in then to go to lunch.
Hello.
You should have been in two hours
ago. Why? What happened?
What happened? Yes. If you're not on
time, I'll get another stenographer.
Another stenographer? Do you think
there's enough work for two of us?
Look, I mean I'm going to fire YOU!
Ye... Fire me!?
Yes!
If it wasn't for my father backing
Jerry's first show in the United States...
BOTH:
You wouldn'tbe here in London now. No.
Without him, you wouldn't
work for me for two weeks.
You wouldn't
even work for me for two days!
Not even for two minutes!
Well, a girl couldn't ask
Here, sharpen this pencil.
Type that letter
I dictated last night?
Well, no, I didn't have time,
so I mailed them my notebook.
I hope they read shorthand.
Mailed your notebook!
You know, Gracie, I'm beginning
to think there's nothing up here.
Oh, George! You're self-conscious.
There.
That's it? Yes.
PHONE RINGS:
I'm not in. He's not in.
Find out who it is. Um...who?
It's a Hawaiian. A Hawaiian?
Well, he must be.
He says he's Brown
from the Morning Sun.
Look, the man's name is Brown.
Morning Sun is the newspaper he's
working for. Tell him I'm not here.
Oh, he's not here.
I tell you, he's not here.
Oh, you don't, huh?
Well, ask him if you don't
believe me. ..George...?
Hello. Mr Halliday is not in.
Mr Jerry Halliday,
the destroyer of feminine hearts...
I saw a crowd of women running.
Why were they running?
Cos you were chasing them? No, they
chased me. You and your publicity!
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