The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

Frank Morgan: Paul Held

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• Paul Held : Hello, Bill

  Bill - a murderer : Hello, Mr. Held

  Paul Held : Well, you'll be out of here soon.

  Bill - a murderer : I have been out. I broke out. KIlled the wife and her boyfriend, now I'm in for good.

  Paul Held : That's too bad.

  Bill - a murderer : Too bad, nothing. I'm happy. Wondering where that woman was all the time used to drive me crazy.

  Paul Held : Yeah, well you know where she is now.

  Bill - a murderer : I know where I hope she is!

  [he laughs] 

• Paul Held : Schultz?

  Schultz : Yes, sir.

  Paul Held : You've been drinking again.

  Schultz : Of *course.*

  Paul Held : Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

  Schultz : No. If it weren't for the alcohol I'd go to the dogs. Copying these murder papers depresses me, drops me down, and drink lifts me up.

  Paul Held : Hmm, your life must be a series of ups and downs.

• 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.