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- What about her?
- Well, what's her leading characteristic?
- She has a horror of men who wear their hats in the house.

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:45 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- That's the girl's father, huh?

- What a coincidence.

- How'd he meet her?

- Heaven brought them together, I imagine.

- Yeah. 'Seth Lord. See Banker's Annual, Directory of Directors.'

- Is there a library in town?

- Yes.

- I suppose you wouldn't know where that is.

- Well, roughly. My grandfather built it.

- Now, about this girl... Tracy Samantha Lord.

- What about her?

- Well, what's her leading characteristic?

- She has a horror of men who wear their hats in the house.

- Leading characteristics to be filled in later.

- I can fill them in right now.

- The young, rich, rapacious American female. No other country where she exists.

- And would I change places with Tracy Samantha Lord, for all her wealth and beauty? Oh, boy, just ask me.

- Well, tell four footmen to call me in time for lunch, will you?

- Oh! How do you do? Friends of my brother Junius, are you not?

[...]

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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