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People are talking about the high cost of living. Everything is going up: Food, rent, clothing, taxes.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Roaring Twenties (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:08:58 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- 1919. The war is over, and the people of New York are tiring of the constant triumphal procession of returning troops.

- And still not all of them are back.

- There is alarming news that women's skirts are going to become shorter already they are 6 inches above the ankle.

- Bobbed hair is introduced, but very timidly.

- A young upstart named Jack Dempsey is scheduled to meet Jess Willard for the heavyweight championship of the world.

- People are talking about the high cost of living. Everything is going up: Food, rent, clothing, taxes.

- The Prohibition amendment is ratified by the necessary 36 states and becomes the law of the land.

- People are dancing to the strains of Dardanella.

- Finally, late in the year the last detachments of the American expeditionary forces come back from policing the Rhine...

- Almost forgotten by all but their relatives and friends.

- It's Eddie Bartlett!

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The Roaring Twenties (1939) Sound Clip

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Audio clips of the most memorable quotes from the movie The Roaring Twenties (1939), which can be used for learning english, as ringtones, to give funny replies to your friends on the internet etc.

Actors: James Cagney (Eddie Bartlett), Humphrey Bogart (George Hally), Gladys George (Panama Smith), Priscilla Lane (Jean Sherman)

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