And quite a comer too, I understand. Political timber.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Philadelphia Story movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:17:26 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Say, what's this guy Haven up to?
- Yeah. What kind of a name is that anyway? C.K. Dexter Haven.
- Well, Macaulay Connor is no homespun tag, my pet.
- Yeah? Well, you just try calling me Macaulay.
- I knew a plain Joe Smith once. He was only a clerk in a hardware store, but he was an absolute rat.
- Huh?
- Huh!
- He plays polo, he designs sailboats - class boats... very upper class.
- Well, don't despair. He's out, and Kittredge, man of the people, is in.
- And quite a comer too, I understand. Political timber.
- Poor guy. I wonder how he fell for it.
- Uh-oh. Liz! What'd I tell you? Look. How do you like this?
[...]