Moontide (1942)

Claude Rains: Nutsy

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• Bobo : She doesn't seem to be very grateful.

  Nutsy : You'd be surprised, Bobo, how very often most men say that about most women. Almost as often, in fact, as most women say it about most men.

• Bobo : All my life, others have attached themselves to me, like, uh - like Tiny and the dog here. But I've attached myself to nobody. No place. I'm free. I'll never be tied down. Never.

  Nutsy : Perhaps.

• Anna : Gee. It's pretty snazzy, huh?

  Nutsy : Well, I can only point out that when Mildred wore it... she didn't lack a certain popularity. I'll bet.

• Nutsy : Consider this: when day is done and the weary husband wends his way homeward, do you imagine for a moment he is looking forward to a demonstration of outstanding modesty to take his mind off his troubles? I don't think so. The average man's day is stuffy with modesty. At home, it should be different. Otherwise, he might be tempted to go out somewhere where it wasn't so highly esteemed...

• Nutsy : Anna, the most overrated item in the whole catalog of marital virtues is modesty.

  Anna : Yeah?

  Nutsy : There's no doubt whatever about it. Modesty's for the outside world - for the streets, for the marts of trade, not for the home.