Well, there's an opening on the Philadelphia Inquirer... the book section and Don wrote them, he wired them and I think this morning he just took an early train.

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

You can hear this line at 00:44:39.360 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, he was supposed to meet us for lunch, then he telephoned he'd be late.

- Mother's beginning to think I just made him up.

- Do you suppose something happened to him?

- Nonsense.

- Oh. But surely he'd have called back if her were all right.

- Where did he call you from?

- I don't know.

- I think I have got an idea. He called from out of town.

- Out of town? Where?

- Philadelphia.

- What's he doing in Philadelphia?

- Well, there's an opening on the Philadelphia Inquirer... the book section and Don wrote them, he wired them and I think this morning he just took an early train.

- Oh. Why, he didn't tell me a word about it.

- I'm not supposed to tell you either. He wanted it to be a surprise.

- He did?

- Yes.

- He probably couldn't meet the right people right away, missed a train. You know how it is.

- Oh, it would be just wonderful if he got the job and started working. Or would it, Wick, with him in Philadelphia and me in New York?

- Don't ever tell him I said that though, will you?

- Of course not.

- I can never understand why somebody like Don, a person with such talent, such flashes of real brilliance...

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

Two bottles of rye. -What brand? -You know what brand, Mr. Brophy. The cheapest. None of that twelve year old, aged-in-the-wood chichi. Not for me. Liquor is all one, anyway.
You know the circle is the perfect geometric figure. No end, no beginning...
Do you know what I'm going to call my novel? The Bottle...that's all. Very simply, The Bottle. I've got it all here in my mind. Let me tell you the first chapter.
Save your saliva. I've had enough of you. Def, but def.
If we let you guys go home alone a lot of you don't go home. You just hit the nearest bar and bounce right back again. What we call the Quick Richochet.
The Lost Weekend (1945) Sound Clip

The Lost Weekend (1945) poster

Listen to memorable quotes from The Lost Weekend (1945) freely downloadable in MP3 / WAV format.

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

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Thumb The Lost Weekend (1945)
658 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Holiday (1938)
968 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
722 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
447 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
485 Sounds / Quotes

Poll

You are using film sounds:







 Results

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy