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Well, you got more than you bargained for... more pain, more success, even more personal happiness... and maybe more unhappiness.

13 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:48:45 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But I'm going home. I sent you a wire yesterday.

- Sit down. Now, is it true that you're going to quit the movies?

- I never want to hear of them again.

- What are you running away from, child?

- I'm not running away. It's just that - I can't go on. My heart isn't in it any more.

- Do you remember I told you once if you got what you wanted you'd have to give your heart in exchange? And you said you were willing. Do you remember that?

- I remember.

- Well, you got more than you bargained for... more pain, more success, even more personal happiness... and maybe more unhappiness.

- But you did make a bargain! And now you're whining over it.

- I wouldn't be very proud of myself if I were you, Esther.

- I'm not, granny, but my mind's made up.

- Oh, well. Then I'm very sorry I lent you that money to come here. It was just thrown away, wasted.

- I know. Oh, I want to be strong, but I can't go on. I can't!

- But you must!

[...]

A Star is Born Sound Clip

Janet Gaynor on the microphone recording for A Star is BornAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "A Star is Born" (1937), based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, first aired on September 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Janet Gaynor (Esther Blodgett), Robert Montgomery (Norman Maine), Lionel Stander (Libby)

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