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Marriage may not be perfect, but it's the only solution for the average woman.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Moon's Our Home (1941) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:32:36 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh. Oh, listen, that - that man you told me about in the carriage that day! Is he the reason?

- Maybe.

- Oh! Well, that - that... I feel better. Well, that's all settled.

- You aren't gonna marry him, you're gonna marry me!

- Well, is that a proposal or a threat?

- No, it's just a statement.

- Well, it's quite impossible.

- Why?

- Well, for one thing, I don't believe in marriage.

- You don't? Well, now who's been putting those half-baked ideas into your head?

- Marriage may not be perfect, but it's the only solution for the average woman.

- I am not an average woman.

- What makes you think so?

- Would you have fallen in love with an average woman?

- Mmmmm... No, I wouldn't, but would you have fallen in love with an average man?

- Well, what makes you think I have? Well, no. No, of course not.

- Well, there you are. The only thing left for us to do is get married.

- I don't even know your name.

- Sam Smith.

- Sam Smith? Oh, that's awful.

[...]

The Moon's Our Home (1941) Sound Clip

The Moon's Our Home (1941)Quotes from The Moon's Our Home, Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1941, adapted after Faith Baldwin's novel, featuring sound clips.

Actors: James Stewart (Anthony Amberton / John Smith), Carole Lombard (Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown), Clara Blandick (Lucy), Verna Felton (Boyce)

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