Ladies of Leisure Page #5

Synopsis: Jerry Strong is the son of a rich businessman, but wants to be a painter. He hires Kay Arnold, a good girl with a bad past, as a model. They fall in love, and plan to get married. But Jerry's parents raise strong objections.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Frank Capra
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.8
PASSED
Year:
1930
99 min
64 Views


I should worry. If I get too fat

I'll get married and retire.

Marry? Who's gonna marry you?

Say, do I look like

a cripple or something?

I read somewhere in a book that you

can't have your cake and eat it too.

Aw, baloney.

Sure you can have your cake and eat it.

Yeah, how?

Have two cakes.

Well, look who's here.

Bon-fire, bon-gallery.

Good morning, how are you, Jerry?

How did you happen to get up before noon?

The most amazing alibi in the world.

I've been up all night.

And I thought our old friend Napoleon

might still be at home.

So, if so, I thought I'd spend this

beautiful Sunday morning swigging Nappy.

You will not.

You're gonna get out of here.

You can take that bottle with you,

but I've got some work to do.

Work? Brrrr.

Work!

Have you, er...

Good!

Have I what?

You haven't given up Hope, have you?

Ah, never give up hope, no.

You know... I've been thinking.

I've been thinking of that young lady.

You know, Jerry, she's a minor.

Well, you're a liar.

She's over 18.

I don't mean that kind of a minor.

I mean a gold miner.

I don't agree with you.

See this?

What's that got to do with it?

I missed this wallet

the first time I met Kay.

This morning I found it on my dresser.

Does that sound like gold-mining?

She probably gave it back

because there wasn't enough in it.

I refer you to a chapter in the Bible

that says about a...

It says an Ethahopian, an Othahep...

well, anyway, some guy who's full of Ether

had to change his color

and a leopard always takes off

his own spats.

I know a leopard can't change its spots.

And there's something in the same book...

about people who live in glass bottles,

er... houses.

All the way up, brother.

- Now, my next lecture...

- Never mind the bedtime story...

- There's a little red school...

- I'm over 18 years old, you know.

Most men never get to be 18.

And most women are over 18

when they're born.

The man who understands all about women.

It cost me a fortune, but I am he.

Now, listen, Jerry,

I don't want to butt in,

but I have noticed certain symptoms

in that young lady. She's dynamite.

I knew a girl like that once...

Go ahead talking, I'm listening.

But she had a certain quality that...

Thank you for your gentlemanly attention.

Well, I'll tell it to you, Nappy.

Taking a little nippy with Nappy.

Josephine was your water hoses,

and you know it, wasn't she?

Well...

Good morning, Josephine.

Drunk again.

Congratulations. So am I.

Where's the boss?

He's dressing.

Oh, you've been dressing up

since I saw you the last time, eh?

Hm-hm.

My, you're smart. Why,

it's changed you completely.

Hm-hm.

But you haven't changed much,

have you?

I've heard rumors...

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David Belasco

David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage, and he launched the theatrical career of many actors, including Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism. more…

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