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

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:33.795 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What is all this?

- You see, I wanted to buy an encyclopedia.

- Encyclopedia? What are you talking about?

- Well, you come to a time in your life when you get tired of going to cafes, dance halls every night, and you want to improve yourself.

- 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.

[...]

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Sound Clip

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) poster

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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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