- Oh, I see. The woman's place is in the home. Hallelujah.
- That's quite true!
- Oh, no, it's not.

— (James Stewart), (Carole Lombard)

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

You can hear this line at 00:47:13 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- We did have fun, didn't we?

- Loads. And we'll have lots more.

- Lots.

- And with this - this inane career of yours... Without that to worry ya, why, think how happy we'll be.

- What?

- Ah, y'see, we'll travel the world's highways, we'll explore every hidden byway, we'll do crazy ridiculous things. We'll.. we'll live on the moon!

- But I'm not retiring from the screen.

- Oh, yes, of course you are... that's all settled.

- Well, are you giving up writing and exploring?

- Oh, no. No, certainly not.

- Oh, I see. The woman's place is in the home. Hallelujah.

- That's quite true!

- Oh, no, it's not.

- Well, she certainly has no place on a movie screen, making faces for a living. You don't call that 'acting,' do ya?

- Well, I hope you don't cherish any illusions as to your ability as a writer.

- Oh, so you've read my books?

- I tried one. I couldn't finish it.

- I don't believe it. Which one?

- The one where you slide down the six pyramids.

- There are nine pyramids!

- Six!

- Nine!

[...]

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