The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

Jean Dixon: Hilda Frey

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• Maria Held : You're a funny creature. What are you, a lawyer, or a new kind of woman?

  Hilda Frey : By day I'm a lawyer. At night... well, you might be surprised.

  Maria Held : Why don't you get married?

  Hilda Frey : Being single has its points... at least no one will ever murder me.

• Paul Held : You may take the afternoon off, Hilda.

  Paul Held : Ohh, thank you. I'll make the most of it.

  Paul Held : Doing what, Hilda - I'm curious to know what a lady lawyer does with her spare time.

  Hilda Frey : Probably forgets that she *is* a lawyer... and sometimes forgets that she's a lady.

• Paul Held : [Hilda enters the room]  Sit down, Hilda. Tell me, how do you think the case looks?

  Hilda Frey : Not too good. So many wife murderers have been acquitted on the same defense I fear reaction. The jury is liable to doubt the existence of enough lovers to go around.

  Paul Held : No, you're wrong, Hilda. No matter how low a woman may fall, there's always a man waiting for her.

  Hilda Frey : Then there's still hope for me.