Doris Dowling Movie Quotes & Lines – 9 Classics (+ Audio)

Updated: Jan 6, 2026

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1 Don't be ridic.

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

2 There is now being presented at a theatre on Forty-Fourth Street, the uncut version of Hamlet. Now, I see us as setting out for that. Do you know Hamlet? -I know Forty-fourth Street.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Doris Dowling as Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

3 Dinner later, I think. Nothing before. I want you to always see Shakespeare on an empty stomach. -Not even a pretzel?

Ray Milland as Don Birnam; Doris Dowling as Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

4 She went to the hospital. Ruptured appendix. Middle of last night. Went like that! It scared the life out of me. -Oh, that's terrible.

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

5 Save your saliva. I've had enough of you. Def, but def.

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

6 Say, you out of your mind? Don't be ridic. Get out of here. Make with those stairs, go on!

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

7 Sometimes I wish you came from Albany. -Yeah? Where would you take me? -Lots of places. The Music Hall, then the New Yorker Roof, maybe.

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

8 Oh. You're welcome, I'm sure. -Don't mensch.

As Gloria in The Lost Weekend (1945)

9 Oh, is our engagement definite? -You meant it, didn't you? -Oh. Surely, surely. -Well, I've gotta get a facial, a fingerwave, the works. Right now.

Doris Dowling as Gloria; Ray Milland as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945)