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Mother. How do you get smallpox?

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- She's sort of... Well, you know... Hard, isn't she?

- Certainly not.

- Tracy sets exceptionally high standards for herself, that's all. And other people aren't always quite apt to live up to them.

- But don't you think it's stinking not at least to want Father?

- Yes, darling, between ourselves, I think it's good and stinking.

- Oh, I wish something would happen. Nothing ever possibly in the least ever happens here.

- Mother. How do you get smallpox?

- Oh, Dinah, please go. Go.

- This is Uncle Willie's favorite. Complete Surrender.

- Where'd you get this idiotic thing anyway? Hey!

- Never play with fire, child, particularly on the eve of your wedding.

- You're really a wicked old man, aren't you, Uncle Willie?

[...]

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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