- Why, I called you bowlegged.
- Oh, well, yeah, I know. And I was going to prove to you that I wasn't. I was going to go out to the street and pull up my trousers.
- Yes. Well, would you mind very much if I asked you to pull them up now?

— Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan), Alfred Kralik (James Stewart)

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13 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:37:34.875 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, dearest, sweetheart Klara, I can't stand it any longer. Please take your key and open post office box 237 and take me out of my envelope and kiss me.

- Mr. Kralik, you must...

- Dear friend.

- You? Dear friend?

- Are you disappointed?

- Psychologically, I'm very confused, but personally, I don't feel bad at all.

- Oh, Klara.

- Tell me, when you came to the cafe that night... Oh, I was pretty rude, wasn't I?

- Oh, no. No.

- Yes, I was. Don't you remember? I...

- Why, I called you bowlegged.

- Oh, well, yeah, I know. And I was going to prove to you that I wasn't. I was going to go out to the street and pull up my trousers.

- Yes. Well, would you mind very much if I asked you to pull them up now?

[...]

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