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

— Don Birnam (Ray Milland), Gloria (Doris Dowling)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Lost Weekend (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:03.323 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- A fellow called me about him. Wants me to show him the town.

- Like Grant's Tomb for instance?

- Hey, ain't it amazing, how many guys come down from Albany just to see Grant's Tomb?

- 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.

- 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.

- I'd like to get your interpretation of Hamlet's character.

- I'd like to give it to you.

- Dinner later, I think. Nothing before. I want you to always see Shakespeare on an empty stomach.

- Not even a pretzel?

- Could I have a glass of water?

- Why, sure. What'll it be for a chaser?

- This is Nat's Bar, isn't it?

- That's what the man said.

- I'm looking for a young lady, name of Gloria.

- Are you Miss Gloria?

- Who, me? No, I'm not. I just live with Gloria. She's not here.

- No, she's sick.

- 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.

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Actors: Ray Milland (Don Birnam), Jane Wyman (Helen St. James), Doris Dowling (Gloria), Howard da Silva (Nat)

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