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Dear Papa and Mama aren't allowing any reporters in. That is, except for little Mr. Grace who does the social news.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Philadelphia Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:50 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yeah, that was our idea.

- I'm so glad that it occurred to you.

- The house is in rather a mess, of course. We'll all have to huddle here and overflow onto the porch.

- I hope your rooms are comfortable.

- Is your father sick?

- What a cunning little camera.

- I'm afraid I'm an awful nuisance with it.

- But you couldn't be. I hope you'll take loads.

- Dear Papa and Mama aren't allowing any reporters in. That is, except for little Mr. Grace who does the social news.

- Can you imagine a grown-up man having to sink so low?

- Ah, it does seem kind of bad.

- You're a kind of, um, a writer, aren't you, Mr. Connor?

- Sort of.

- A book?

- Yes.

- Under what name do you publish?

- My own. Macaulay Connor.

- What's the Macaulay for?

- Well, my father taught English history. I'm Mike to my friends.

- Of whom you have many, I'm sure.

- English history. It's always fascinated me: Cromwell, Robin Hood, Jack the Ripper.

- Where did he teach? I mean, your father.

- Oh, a little high school in South Bend, Indiana.

[...]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Sound Clip

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Discover the best lines from the classic film "The Philadelphia Story" with our collection of quotes featuring sound bites from the movie.

Actors: James Stewart (Macaulay Connor), Cary Grant (C.K. Dexter Haven), Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord), Ruth Hussey (Elizabeth Imbrie), Virginia Weidler (Dinah Lord), Roland Young (Uncle Willie)

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