Happy Is the Bride (1958)
Cecil Parker: Arthur Royd
Quotes
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Arthur Royd : Now, er David, what sort of income would you have to start with?
David Chaytor : Twelve hundred a year, Sir.
Arthur Royd : Really? What as?
David Chaytor : A Member of Parliament.
Arthur Royd : Good Lord! I'd no idea. What's the constituency?
David Chaytor : The Outer Hebrides.
Arthur Royd : Oh, that's convenient. I must talk to Henry about him. Janet's uncle carries a lot of weight at the Central Office of the Conservative Party.
David Chaytor : Well, I'm afraid that won't help very much, Sir.
Arthur Royd : Why not?
David Chaytor : It's the wrong party.
Arthur Royd : You're not telling me that you're a Labourite?
David Chaytor : Liberal, Sir.
Arthur Royd : What?
David Chaytor : Liberal.
Janet Royd : Don't you see, Daddy. As a Tory or a Socialist, he'd just be one of the gang. But as a Liberal, he's bound to be noticed. He might even be Leader of the Party.
Arthur Royd : You mean because there aren't any others?
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Arthur Royd : Tomorrow I have to spend the whole day dressed as a waiter, watching people I really don't know drinking champagne I really can't afford!