Where the Boys Are (1960)

George Hamilton: Ryder Smith

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• TV Thompson : Nice kids, aren't they?

  Ryder Smith : Yeah, maybe a little too nice.

  TV Thompson : Yeah, funny thing about women, if you don't make a big pitch for them, they get mad. If you do, they get mad. How can you win?

  Ryder Smith : You can't, you're not playing for the same stakes.

  TV Thompson : Boy, I know what you mean. While you're seeing stars, they see a wedding ring. They're so darn, practical.

  Ryder Smith : You know something? I don't think they realize what a risk marriage is for men.

  TV Thompson : Well not so much for a rich guy like you. You can afford to be wrong. I can't even afford to be right.

• Ryder Smith : [talking about them getting intimate]  Don't be frightened.

  Merritt Andrews : I'm not frightened and I'm not being coy. It's just that I've... I've never done anything like this before.

  Ryder Smith : You certainly had me fooled. All that talk.

  Merritt Andrews : That's all it was is talk, and unless you love me the way I love you...

  Ryder Smith : I love you, Merritt, I love you.

  [they kiss] 

• Merritt Andrews : Do you love me Ryder?

  Ryder Smith : I think so.

  Merritt Andrews : Do I love you Ryder?

  Ryder Smith : I hope so.

• Ryder Smith : Sophistication isn't a matter of where you come from or even what your family does. It's the way you - the way you think, your outlook on life, what you've experienced.

• Merritt Andrews : I divided boys into three types: sweepers, the strokers...

  Ryder Smith : Educate me. What's a sweeper?

  Merritt Andrews : The ones that sweep you off your feet - or try to. Often leaving large bruises.

  Ryder Smith : The, eh, judo experts?

  Merritt Andrews : Right! Then, there are the strokers. They use the soft caress, usually accompanied by the soft words, the soft lighting and soft music.

  Ryder Smith : They, eh, set the stage, huh?

  Merritt Andrews : Um-hum. And if a girl gets too interested in the drama, act three is over before she even knows the curtain is up.

  Ryder Smith : What's that, eh, third classification?

  Merritt Andrews : Aw, the subtles. The ones with the subtle approaches. They have a lot of different techniques: discussions of erotic literature, Freud, the coming of age in Samoa.

• Merritt Andrews : No girl enjoys being considered promiscuous, even those who might be.

  Ryder Smith : Now, that's a pretty old fangled notion, Merritt.

  Merritt Andrews : Oh?

  Ryder Smith : Sex is no longer a matter of morals. That idea went out with the raccoon coat. Sex is a part of personal relations.

  Merritt Andrews : Oh, really?

  Ryder Smith : It's a pleasant, thrilling thing. Like, like, like shaking hands! Or, making sure you'll catch a person's name when you're introduced.

  Merritt Andrews : I hadn't realized.

  Ryder Smith : It's like contributing to a charity or working on a civic committee. As a matter of fact, it's actually serving your fellow man.

• Ryder Smith : Are you going to blame me for what somebody else did to her?

  Merritt Andrews : I blame all of you who think of a girl as something cheap and common, just put here for your personal kicks.

• Merritt Andrews : I was angry. More than that, I was just plain scared. I kept thinking, it could have been me. It could have been, Ryder.

  Ryder Smith : You'd never lose your grip. You're a pretty strong girl Merritt.

  Merritt Andrews : Not really. No girl is when it comes to love - what she thinks is love. How do you know the difference?

• Ryder Smith : Experience! That's what separates the girls from the Girl Scouts.

• Merritt Andrews : Ooo! What's in that, anyhow?

  Ryder Smith : Oh, a love potion. I tried everything else and now I'm trying to get you blotti - eh - blottoed.

  Merritt Andrews : You know something Ryder, you just may succeed.

  Ryder Smith : In what?

  Merritt Andrews : In getting me blottoed!

• Ryder Smith : Look, she got mixed up with the wrong people.

  Merritt Andrews : Have you met any right ones, lately?

• Merritt Andrews : I'm not much for the drinking bit.

  Ryder Smith : Good girl.

  Merritt Andrews : I'm not being prudish. I just don't believe in getting smashed. It's sort of juvenile. Not really worth the effort.