Smart Woman (1931)

Noel Francis: Miss Peggy Preston

Quotes 

• Miss Peggy Preston : It's mother's "rubbing" alcohol.

• Billy Ross : Well, how 'bout meeting me, as long as it's a family party? I'm Bill Ross, Don's partner.

  Miss Peggy Preston : Oh, I know you. You always ran like a rabbit every time Don and I crossed your trail in town.

  Billy Ross : Well, I'll tell ya, I'm a two-way man. I can run from women and toward women.

• Sir Guy Harrington : Pretty little thing, Mrs. Gibson. I met her on the boat coming over.

  Miss Peggy Preston : Oh! I thought that *you* were her own private property.

  Sir Guy Harrington : No, dear me, no. I'm nobody's private property. I'm just a canary without a cage. And you?

  Miss Peggy Preston : Just a cage without a canary.

• Miss Peggy Preston : Well, I know what my first job as an honest, married woman will be. I'll throw out everything in this room and get something modern!

• Miss Peggy Preston : You really shouldn't leave me alone with Mrs. Gibson. She puts wicked ideas into my head.

• Mrs. Nancy Gibson : [At the bridge table]  Don plays a beautiful game.

  Miss Peggy Preston : Very comforting - when you lose the rubber!