Success at Any Price (1934)

Colleen Moore: Sarah

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• Merritt : Wait a minute. I've been on a regular merry-go-round here. I need a little relaxation. What are you doing tonight?

  Sarah : Nothing.

  Merritt : Don't you think it would be rather pleasant to take a little drive and forget about business?

  Sarah : No. I've been expecting this.

  Merritt : Are you a mind-reader?

  Sarah : You're easy. I can tell the way a man looks at me. Besides, you raised my salary and, then again, you never even touched me nor held my hand. Which alone is so unusual it makes a girl suspicious.

  Merritt : Ha-ha-ha. Still one step ahead of me. Well, you've got to give me credit. I don't do this sort of thing often.

  Sarah : Oh, yes you do. I'm your Secretary. I ought to know.

  Merritt : Well, my interests in women is just nervousness.

  Sarah : Well, then, don't get a nervous with me.

  Merritt : Ha-ha-ha, alright. But, I can't help being sorry you are a good woman as well as a good Secretary.

• Joe Martin : I'm on to that guy. Does he ever do anything but gab and drink?

  Sarah : He's terribly busy! You heard him say he was going to a conference.

  Joe Martin : Conference? Blonde or brunette?

• Sarah : Are you really jealous about me and Mr. Merritt? He's been awfully descent to me and I respect him.

  Joe Martin : Go on, let him have you. I know what's what, you know. It's what it amounts to. He's soft on you and you're eaten it up in a big way. Go on, I don't blame you. Maybe he'll raise you two bucks a week.

• Merritt : Your friend, he's a raving lunatic.

  Sarah : Oh, no he isn't. He's smart. He's ambitious and he feels everyone's against him and he's had a lot of hard knocks and he's bitter about it. He wants to get ahead.

  Merritt : I can't figure out what you see in him?

  Sarah : You don't know him. There's a side to him that other people don't see. He's, he's got a lot of imagination and he's sensitive. He pretends to be tough because things hurt him and he doesn't want to be hurt.

  Merritt : Well, for your sake, I'll take another look at this very sensitive young man. I'm going downstairs to get a rub down. Tell him he can see me there.

• Dinah : Oh, excuse me, Miss Griswold. I guess I shouldn't have talked to you about it. You used to be sweet on him yourself, didn't you? Yeah, well, you should have had your hair blonding. Might have made all the difference in the world.

  Sarah : I'm afraid your right, Dinah.

• Merritt : I've watched you. You're unhappy. Nothings worth taking too seriously.

  Sarah : I don't understand it. Really, I don't. Everybody seems to think love is just a way of passing the time.

  Merritt : Oh, well, that's just New York.

• Sarah : What good has it done you?

  Joe Martin : Nothing. Just a lot of dreams that turned into nightmares before I could touch 'em.