Personal Property (1937)
Marla Shelton: Catherine Burns
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Quotes
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Catherine Burns : But, Crystal, darling, haven't you been well? You look so tired.
Crystal Wetherby : Oh, no, I've been all right. But, needless to say, you're the picture of health! You've gained, haven't you? It's very becoming though.
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Mrs. Burns : Catherine, dear, just where did we see "Ferguson" before? His face is so familiar.
Catherine Burns : Not to me it isn't.
Mrs. Burns : You never have any memory for faces.
Raymond Dabney : Could it have been in Cairo, Madam?
Mrs. Burns : Yes, of course, that's it. Cairo.
Catherine Burns : Just a minute, Mother, you've never been to Cairo.
Mrs. Burns : Oh, haven't I? I thought I had.
Raymond Dabney : Well, now that I think of it, I've never been to Cairo myself, Madam.
Mrs. Burns : That's funny. Have you ever been to Cairo, dear.
Catherine Burns : Not that I can remember, I haven't.
Mrs. Burns : Well, then, it can't have been in Cairo!
Catherine Burns : What a coincidence.
Raymond Dabney : It's a small world.
Mrs. Burns : We must get to the bottom of this, "Ferguson".
Raymond Dabney : By all means, Madam.
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Catherine Burns : Tell me, have you always been a butler?
Raymond Dabney : Oh, yes, Madam, for generations.
Catherine Burns : Oh, I see. The family profession?
Raymond Dabney : Yes. Handed down from father to son.
Catherine Burns : How would you like to work in America?
Raymond Dabney : America?
Catherine Burns : Oh, yes. All the best American families have English butlers. They are sort of handed down from mother to daughter.