The Silver Cord (1933)
Joel McCrea: David Phelps
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Quotes
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Mrs. Phelps : I used to watch David and Robert's photographs, just as I did their weight. I felt that I wanted a record of the development of their little minds and souls, as well as, their bodies. So, they were photographed every three months until they were 12 years old.
Hester : Good heavens! What an awful lot of photographs.
David Phelps : Now mother will be getting out the old family album. I remember one of me sitting in a shell.
Christina Phelps : In the nude?
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Christina Phelps : Oh, Dave, it looks as though this experiment's really coming out right. Aren't you happy?
David Phelps : You bet I am. Say, how about a slight demonstration of affection?
[Christina gives him a long kiss]
David Phelps : Mmm. Not bad for a cold blooded scientist.
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Hester : Hello. You're David and Christina, aren't you? I'm Hester.
David Phelps : You're not. Well. Look, Chris. Here's Hester, who's going to marry my brother, Rob.
Christina Phelps : Isn't she lovely.
[reaches out to hold Hester's hands]
Hester : I think you're dears, both of you.
[kisses Christina on the lips]
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David Phelps : Isn't it about time you let go of mother's apron strings?
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David Phelps : I hope you're going to behave. You ought to be ashamed - when you know how much my mother means to me.
Christina Phelps : Your mother! Your mother! Always your mother!
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Mrs. Phelps : Now, isn't your mother your best friend?
David Phelps : You bet you are, Mommy.
Mrs. Phelps : Oh, how long its been since you've called me that. Bless you my dear, dear boy
[leans down to David lying in his bed and kisses him on the lips]
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David Phelps : The whole purpose of this visit was to bring you and mother together. To prove to mother that a lady scientist may not be as bad as she sounds.
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Christina Phelps : You won't listen. You can't even hear me.
David Phelps : I can hear you and a worst line of hooey I've never listened to in all my life.
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David Phelps : What do you expect me to say?
Christina Phelps : I don't know. I've never known. That's been the thrill of it.
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David Phelps : If you'd only leave things be, they'll be all right, you may believe it or not.
Christina Phelps : I can't believe it and I can't leave things be.
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David Phelps : You scared me to death.
Mrs. Phelps : I scare myself sometimes.