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- Yeah, it was terrific.
- I'm so glad.
- No, I didn't mean it that way.
- I'm so sorry. Why?

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

You can hear this line at 00:28:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- South Bend. It sounds like dancing, doesn't it? You must have had a most happy childhood there.

- Yeah, it was terrific.

- I'm so glad.

- No, I didn't mean it that way.

- I'm so sorry. Why?

- Well, lack of wherewithal, I guess.

- But that doesn't always cause unhappiness, does it? Not if you're the right kind of man.

- George Kittredge, my fiancé, never had anything either, and he...

- Are either of you married?

- No, no. Uh, no.

- You mean you were, but now you're divorced? Well, come now, surely you're not ashamed of it.

- Of course I'm not ashamed of it.

- What?

[...]

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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