A Lady Takes a Chance Page #4

Synopsis: A New York bank clerk,Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), in the late 1930s, finds that her cherished dream of making a 17-day all-expenses-paid bus trip to the Pacific Coast and back, isn't all she thought it would be...until she reaches Oregon and a bucking broncho tosses a rodeo performer on top of her and knocks her flat. Duke Hudkins (John Wayne), by way of apology, shows her the sights of Fairfield, Oregon, and she misses her bus, quarrels with the bewildered Duke, hitchhikes across a lot of desert...and a romance is born.
Director(s): William A. Seiter
Production: RKO Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
PASSED
Year:
1943
86 min
100 Views


Well, you got something there.

Where is she? I took all his

dough and flew the Coop.

What's you say? I said she took

all my dough and flew the Coop.

W... why don't you

lend me...

That lucky girl of yours

for a few minutes?

I'd like to win something.

You don't want to do that.

You want to go out and find

your own little old lucky girl.

That's just what I said. Why don't

you lend me that lucky girl?

You can't lose.

Whew! Oh, he's all right.

Just having a good time.

So am I, Duke.

So am I.

Well...

Ahh!

Well...

What's the matter?

Yaah!

Whoo!

- Are you all right?

You want a glass of water?

Jeepers!

What was that?

Cactus milk.

Well, jeepers!

What was in it?

Tequila, applejack,

gin and cactus milk.

Jeepers! Gosh, you

really had me scared.

Shaking like a leaf. Give

me another shot of Irish.

Right. Anything for you, lady?

Cactus milk.

- Huh?

- Make it snappy.

Well, here's your fortune,

you little old lucky fella.

I'll show you that

little old lucky girl.

Come on. Blow some luck

on these for me.

Come on. Hey. That's enough.

Are you all right, honey?

See you later.

Thank you.

We're not leaving, are we?

Think we'd better.

Liable to be some rough

stuff here tonight.

Heads up!

You all right, Duke?

Okay.

My better half.

Well. Well, I think

this is just about...

The most interesting

evening I've ever spent.

Oh, it was nothing.

You got the time?

You're okay.

You, uh, married?

Well, if I was, do you

think I'd be doing this?

Why?

What are you doing?

Well, this.

You're not married?

Of course not.

I don't want you

to get the idea...

That I've never been asked,

because I have.

What happened?

Oh, I just never met the

right fella, that's all.

Oh.

- You married?

- No.

'Course, I don't want to give the

impression I ever asked anybody.

Why not?

Don't believe in it.

Well, lots of people are married.

They seem to like it fine.

No, they don't. They just

make out they like it...

'Cause they're ashamed

to admit they made a mistake.

Ohh...

I was...

Just been thinking.

I wish instead of this old

hay wagon being here,

I wish it'd been your horse.

Hmm? We'd have landed on him...

And gone riding someplace.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Riding through the night

like the wind.

What's your horse's name?

Sammy.

Sammy.

Well, that's a wonderful

name for a horse.

Heigh-ho, Sammy.

Heigh-ho, Sammy.

I got a horse too.

No foolin'?

What's his name?

Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn?

Must be a mighty fancy animal.

Oh, she is.

She's white.

White all over,

except for a little

splotch right here.

Nice.

Yeah.

You should see her go

riding through the night.

Yeah?

I never seen an eastern

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Robert Ardrey

Robert Ardrey (October 16, 1908 – January 14, 1980) was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s.As a playwright and screenwriter Ardrey received many accolades. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937, won the inaugural Sidney Howard Memorial Award in 1940, and in 1966 received an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for his script for Khartoum. His most famous play, Thunder Rock, is widely considered an international classic.Ardrey's scientific work played a major role in overturning long-standing assumptions in the social sciences. In particular, both African Genesis (1961) and The Territorial Imperative (1966), two of his most widely read works, were instrumental in changing scientific doctrine and increasing public awareness of evolutionary science. His work was so popular that many prominent scientists cite it as inspiring them to enter their fields. more…

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