Tanned Legs (1929)

Edmund Burns: Clinton Darrow

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• Clinton Darrow : Well, dear me, this is one pleasure I hadn't looked forward to.

  Peggy Reynolds : I-I hadn't either.

  Clinton Darrow : You were just following that impulse, eh?

  Peggy Reynolds : What impulse?

  Clinton Darrow : Whatever impulse it is that attracts a man and a girl.

  Peggy Reynolds : Oh, its all a mistake.

  Clinton Darrow : A mistake? An indiscretion, maybe. But, a mistake - never.

  Peggy Reynolds : Oh, I feel so ashamed.

• Clinton Darrow : Why, you're trembling like a frightened child.

  Peggy Reynolds : Well, you're leaving out the whole preface. Don't you know the hero always locks the door and produces a couple of drinks.

  Clinton Darrow : Pardon me for overlooking such important details.

  [Produces a bottle and shows it to Peggy] 

  Clinton Darrow : Finest Sherry on the market. Pre-Chinese war, every bit of it. And the label's imported all the way from Europe. Now, if you'll wait, I'll lock the door.