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

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Look, our research department didn't give us much data.

- This fiancé of this girl, George Kittredge, age 32. You know him very well?

- Well enough.

- He's general manager of Quaker State Coal, controlling interest in the company owned by Seth Lord.

- 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.

[...]

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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