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- I fail to see the humor in this situation.
- I can appreciate that. It was hard for me too, at first.

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

You can hear this line at 01:43:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Doubtless. Without a doubt.

- You mean to say that was all there was to it?

- I do.

- Why? Was I so unattractive, so distant, so forbidding or something that you...?

- Well, this is fine talk too.

- I'm asking a question.

- You were extremely attractive, and as for distant and forbidding, on the contrary. But you also were a little the worse, or better, for wine, and there are rules about that.

- Thank you, Mike. I think men are wonderful.

- The little dears.

- I fail to see the humor in this situation.

- I can appreciate that. It was hard for me too, at first.

- Oh, it's all right, Tracy. We all go haywire at times, and if we don't, maybe we ought to.

- You see, it really wasn't Tracy at all. It was another girl. A Miss Pommery 1926.

- You'd had too much to drink, Tracy.

- That seems to be the consensus of opinion.

- Will you promise me never to touch the stuff again?

- No, I don't believe I will.

- There are certain things about that other girl, that Miss Pommery '26, I rather like.

[...]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Sound Clip

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Poster

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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