- 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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:01.721 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Yes, Mr. Matuschek.

- Just go across the street to the drugstore, and get me some bicarbonate of soda.

- Allow me, Mr. Matuschek. May I help? There we are, Mr. Matuschek.

- Wanna hear something nice?

- Yes. What is it?

- A letter from a girl.

- My heart was trembling as I walked into the post office and there you were, lying in box 237. I took you out of your envelope and read you... read you right there... Oh, my dear friend.

- 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.

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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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