The Age of Innocence (1934)

Helen Westley: Granny Mingott

Quotes 

• [Applauding after a violinist's performance] 

  May Welland : Lovely, wasn't it, Granny?

  Granny Manson Mingott : Yes, I couldn't hear much of it, but I like to see him make faces. I'm gonna sit closer the next time... so that I can see more of him.

• Granny Manson Mingott : I'm not prepared to die. I've been neglecting my bible lately.

  Julius Beaufort : Oh, come now. You know you want to go where I'm going.

• Mrs. Welland : Couldn't you drop her a little hint?

  Granny Manson Mingott : Hint? I told her in the plainest terms!

  Mrs. Welland : What his reputation was?

  Granny Manson Mingott : I told her he didn't have much reputation. I told her no nice woman would be seen walking up Fifth Avenue in broad daylight with Julius Beaufort. And what do you think she said?

  [laughs] 

  Granny Manson Mingott : She said, darling, would you rather I walk with him at night?

• Newland Archer : What's this I hear about you having an affair of the heart? I thought I was the only one who could make it flutter?

  Granny Manson Mingott : Well, when a girl of my age will eat chicken salad at night, what can you expect?

• Granny Manson Mingott : Run along and fetch her, Newland, like a good grandson. May and I have a lot to say to each other. She's going to tell me all the secrets of the honeymoon.

• Granny Manson Mingott : I don't know what your old Granny is going to do without you, child? Not that I blame you. Life will be a good deal gayer for you over there. If I were you're age and had the whole world to chose from, I'd do the same.

• Granny Manson Mingott : Hello, Beaufort. Where's Regina?

  Julius Beaufort : Oh, she's about. Of course, it's hard for a man to keep track of his wife these days.

  Granny Manson Mingott : Are you sure you try?