I know those ads. The papers are full of them.

2 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:47.014 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I've heard you want to study something about art and literature and history... how people live in Brazil.

- Well, tell me what has all this to do with the letter?

- Well, you know I can't afford a new encyclopedia, so I was looking through the ads in the Sunday paper and I got on the wrong page and I came across this ad, and it... Wait a minute, I have it right here. Here, read that.

- Modern girl wishes to correspond on cultural subjects anonymously with intelligent sympathetic, young man.

- Address, Dear Friend Post Office 15, Box 237.

- I know those ads. The papers are full of them.

- How long has this been going on?

- Well, we've exchanged four letters.

- Four letters?

- And she's no ordinary girl. Now listen to this.

- Are you tall? Are you short? Are your eyes blue? Are they brown? Don't tell me. What does it matter so long as our minds meet?

- That's beautiful.

- It is, isn't it?

- Mm-hmm.

[...]

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: James Stewart (Alfred Kralik), Margaret Sullavan (Klara Novak), Frank Morgan (Hugo Matuschek), William Tracy (Pepi Katona)

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