What a nice compliment.
3 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:41:32.682 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Shall we do the dining room next?
- Yes.
- Say, that is a nice perfume.
- Uh-huh. It's essence of violet. I save it for special occasions.
- Exactly the kind my grandmother uses.
- There.
- I'll just turn these last two out.
- Uh, hadn't you better leave those lights on for your folks?
- I'll just turn them down dim.
- Gosh, Miss Esther. I hope I'm not too presumptuous. You don't need any beauty sleep.
- How does what go? Over the banister leans a face tenderly sweet and, and...
- Beguiling while below her with tender grace, he watches the picture, smiling.
- A light burns dim in the hall below, nobody sees them standing.
- Saying good night again soft and low halfway up to the landing.
[...]