Movie-Sounds.org > Old-Time Radio Quotes

A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 18

A Tale of Two Cities book coverListen to memorable quotes of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities", as brought to life by Orson Welles in this rare 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play, featuring sound clips.

Actors: Orson Welles (Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Martin Gabel (Jarvis Lorry)

[Amazon link] #ad

171 Have you no remembrance of the occasion? -None. None. My mind is a blank.

— Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette (Orson Welles)

172 Have you seen her, doctor? -I have seen her. -She is my sister, doctor.

173 Have you written 'forget them?' -I have.

174 He can come close, guard. There's nothing wrong. -I hope there ain't.

175 He has greatly changed? -Changed?

176 He has lived so long locked up that he'd be frightened, rave, tear himself to pieces, die, if his door was left open.

177 He put his hand to the wound in his breast and with his forefinger drew a cross in the air.

178 He stood for an instant with a finger yet raised, and as it dropped, he dropped with it, and I laid him down, dead.

179 He told me that he was traveling on business of a delicate and difficult nature, which might get people into trouble, and that he was therefore traveling under an assumed name. He said that in England my father...

— Lucie Manette (Mary Taylor)

180 He was not improved in habits, or in looks, or in manner. His air of debauchery was as if, well, even more pronounced.

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Thumb Superman (1948)
1319 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb The Hunt for Red October
940 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Black Belt Jones (1974)
458 Sounds / Quotes

Poll

You are using film sounds: