The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Olivia de Havilland: Amy Lind

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• Amy Lind : You're not a very easy person to get to know, Mr. Grimes.

  Biff Grimes : Well, that's the kind of a hairpin I am.

• Biff Grimes : I uh, I guess a little kiss is harmless if it's all in fun.

  Amy Lind : Even if it isn't in fun.

  Biff Grimes : You mean - -?

  Amy Lind : Exactly.

  Biff Grimes : Well, wouldn't you like a nice, young man to marry you someday?

  Amy Lind : No, not particularly.

  Biff Grimes : So you don't believe in the institution of marriage!

  Amy Lind : An outmoded, silly convention started by the cavemen and encouraged by the florists and jewelers. After all, what's marriage?

  Biff Grimes : Wouldn't you like to have a home and kids?

  Amy Lind : Certainly I would, but that doesn't mean you have to go through all the...

  Biff Grimes : You mean - -?

  Amy Lind : Exactly.

  [she winks] 

• Amy Lind : I learned an awful lot while I was away...

  Biff Grimes : You know, Amy. There's an awful lot of good in people if you just look for it. Trouble is, we don't look for it.

  Amy Lind : We just go through life saying, I'm all right and the other fellows all wrong.

• Amy Lind : [Virginia is disappointed that Amy didn't change]  I'm proud of my uniform. It's a sign to the men that women not only have the same right to work as the men, but that in the eyes...

  Virginia Brush : Ooh hush, Amy. You're not at a suffragette meeting now!

  Amy Lind : [continuing her tirade]  The tyranny for man or for woman. The stupid convention that says a woman will wear such and such. The outmoded...

  Virginia Brush : Please, Amy, just tonight, try to be a woman not a pamphlet.

  Amy Lind : [she stands up, looking at the sky]  Women throughout the ages... oh, it's a lovely night!

  Virginia Brush : Who cares if we ever get to vote.

• Biff Grimes : I'm gonna have a smoke.

  Amy Lind : May I have one too, please?

  Biff Grimes : Oh, sure. Hey! Don't tell me you smoke!

  Amy Lind : Only when I'm bored.

  Biff Grimes : Well, your mother's a bloomer girl, you're a nicotine fiend, are there any more at home like you?

  Amy Lind : I have an aunt who's an actress.

  Biff Grimes : Well, that completes the picture. I've been around, they can say an awful lot of things about Biff Grimes, but not that he ever gave a cigarette to a girl.

• Amy Lind : There's something about the country air.

  Biff Grimes : Hm?

  Amy Lind : I said, there's something about the country air.

  Biff Grimes : I like city air.

  Amy Lind : Well... there really isn't any difference between city air and country air. They're both hydrogen, and oxygen, and -...

  Biff Grimes : Air! You can't even see it, so why talk about it?

• Virginia Brush : I don't want him to think I am staring at him. You look at him and tell me what you think of him.

  Amy Lind : Well, the only one I can see clearly from here is the horse,

  [hesitates] 

  Amy Lind : and I'm disappointed in him.

• Amy Lind : [as Hugo and Biff speed by] 

  Amy Lind : Here they come.

  Virginia Brush : [excitedly]  They're just trying to make an impression.

  Amy Lind : [bewildered]  Do you think we'll ever see them again?

  Virginia Brush : [excited whisper]  The street runs in a circle; they should be back any minute.

• Amy Lind : Oh for goodness sake, Virginia, cut out the nonsense. This is a pre-arranged date and we all know it. I've got to get back on duty by 11, so come on, let's shake our tootsies.

  Virginia Brush : Amy!

  Amy Lind : Oh 'Amy!' my Grandmother's hot water bottle!

  Biff Grimes : [muttering to Hugo]  She's fast.

  Hugo F. Barnstead : [under breath]  Yeah.

• Amy Lind : [Amy winks at a man in the park] 

  Virginia Brush : Amy!

  Amy Lind : Yes, dear.

  Virginia Brush : If there's something in your eye, Amy, I'll help you get it out.

  Amy Lind : Oh, bosh. There's nothing in my eye, I just plain and simple winked at him that's all.

  Virginia Brush : No, Amy. Either he's an old friend of the family's or there's something in your eye.

  Amy Lind : I never saw him before in my life until a few minutes ago when I passed Fisher's drug store.

  Virginia Brush : [excited]  Oh, Amy. He followed you here?

  Amy Lind : No. I followed him.

  Virginia Brush : Oh, Amy.

• Virginia Brush : [Biff and Hugo arrive in the park] 

  Virginia Brush : Now listen. We won't say a word to them. Just let them pass. Of course if they say something, we'll say something.

  Amy Lind : And if they don't say anything, we won't say anything.

  Virginia Brush : No. Just drop your eyes.

  Amy Lind : Drop my eyes?

  Virginia Brush : Yes. That'll show them we're good girls and they can't trifle with us.

  Amy Lind : Well, for goodness sakes, what did we come here for if not to be trifled with.

• Amy Lind : [Amy accuses her of asking Hugo out without being properly introduced] 

  Virginia Brush : Why I never did any such thing! I simply happened to mention that I was in habit of taking walks in the park with my girlfriend. And besides in moral I didn't wink.

  Amy Lind : Don't be a hypocrite, Virginia. Spiritually, you winked.

• Amy Lind : [Amazed at the chandelier]  I just can't gt over that electric light. Isn't it dangerous?

  Hugo F. Barnstead : [Amusing himself]  Oh, not if you pay the bills.

• Virginia Brush : [waiting to meet their dates]  Now listen. We won't say a word to them. Just let them pass. Oh, of course, if they say something, we'll say something.

  Amy Lind : And if they don't say anything, we won't say anything.

  Virginia Brush : No, just drop your eyes.

  Amy Lind : Drop my eyes?

  Virginia Brush : Yes. That'll show them we're good girls and they can't trifle with us.

  Amy Lind : Well for goodness sakes what did we come here for if not to be trifled with?

• Amy Lind : Are you still playing that silly game? I'm almost ready.

  Biff Grimes : Why, don't break a bustle, I'll be in in a minute.

• Virginia Brush : [Amy winks at a stranger]  Will you stop that. What will people think of us?

  Amy Lind : Virginia, be sensible. That's the way men behave towards women. There's no reason why women shouldn't behave that way right back. The single standard of morals...

  Virginia Brush : I refuse to listen to advanced ideas.

• Biff Grimes : How is that you haven't got a date tonight?

  Amy Lind : Free thinkers have a lot of time on their hands.