Unfaithfully Yours Page #6

Synopsis: Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines three different ways of dealing with the situation. When the concert ends, he tries acting out his fantasies, but things do not go as well in reality as they did in his imagination.
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Director(s): Preston Sturges
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
APPROVED
Year:
1948
105 min
515 Views


392

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May I?

393

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Oh. Excuse me.

394

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j&j& [ Continues ]

395

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- So sorry, my darling.

- Ah.

396

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- Thank you so much, Tony, for bringing her.

- Not at all, Sir Alfred.

397

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- Thank you.

- I was simply famished, sweetie love. I had to eat.

398

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And you were awful to buy me those dresses,

and I adore you for it.

399

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Tell me about the fire. Did you burn

down the whole thing or only the back half?

400

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27:19,404 -- 00:27:22,168

Sorry to disappoint you - it was just

a curtain and part of a venetian blind.

401

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27:22,273 -- 00:27:24,867

I think they broke the leg off a piano.

It was very unimportant.

402

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27:24,976 -- 00:27:27,570

Why aren't Barbara and August sitting with you?

403

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I haven't the slightest idea.

They seemed quite cool.

404

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- They seemed or he seemed?

- They both seemed.

405

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- What's she got to be cool about?

- What's he got to be cool about?

406

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That's another matter. He may have misunderstood

something I said, taken it the wrong way.

407

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27:40,225 -- 00:27:42,125

- ByJove.

- What's the matter, darling?

408

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Excuse me one second, darling.

I'll be right back.

409

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Excuse me, Barbara, I'vejust had a-sit down-

revolting thought, August.

410

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Would those people who shall be nameless

be apt to have additional copies...

411

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of that which I did you know what with

this morning?

412

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- 'Cause I will not have them around.

- Uh -

413

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If you can figure that out,

you're smarter than I think you are.

414

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Why not forget the whole thing, Alfred,

and concentrate on your music?

415

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I will tell them to dispose

of those things at the earliest opportunity.

416

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I'll tell them myself.

Give me one of their cards.

417

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- I suppose you carry them around with you

in case of emergency.

- I -

418

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[ Barbara ]

What's all the mystery? Did he-

419

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The mystery is you're married to a square from

Delaware, if you're familiar with the appellation.

420

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That's no mystery.

The whole world knows it.

421

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- There you are, Alfred, but I still think that -

- Thank you very much indeed.

422

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Thank you.

423

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Well, what's the matter with him?

He's getting nuttier than you are.

424

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You weren't challenging August to a duel,

were you, darling?

425

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- I saw you passing cards around.

- A duel?

426

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I'll take him by the back of the neck

and drop him into a dustbin.

427

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I've just remembered something I've got to

attend to at once, so if you'll excuse me -

428

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- Take care of lunch, Tony.

- But you haven't had anything to eat, darling.

429

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I don't want anything to eat at the moment.

430

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Perhaps you'll have

a sandwich for me at the hotel later.

431

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Of course I will. You're all nervous, darling.

It's that plane flight.

432

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I feel a lot better already.

I'll see you in a little while, my love.

433

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All right, dearest.

434

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[ Car Horn Honking ]

435

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[ Car Door Closing ]

436

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[ Buzzer Buzzes ]

437

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- You are Mr. Sweeney?

- Who me?

438

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Why not O'Brien?

What do you want to see him about?

439

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About business, I suppose.

I suppose you'd call this a business.

440

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- Well, what would you call it?

- I'd call it a criminal invasion...

441

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of the rights of decent people-

442

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an assault upon the very privacy

which is the cornerstone of self-respect-

443

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an infamous pursuit

without shame or ethics-

444

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a vile calling, masquerading

in the cloak of respectability...

445

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but actually sprung

from the cesspools ofhumanity.

446

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- Look, mister-

- Seepage of civilization.

447

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- Does that answer your question?

- Look, mister, I'm the tailor from next door.

448

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I'm just here to eat my lunch.

449

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I mean, I was trying to eat my lunch

and answer the telephone.

450

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A favor, that's all.

451

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With much of what you got to say-

and believe me...

452

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whatever you are doing,

you are wasting your time...

453

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you should be in Congress -

confidentially I agree...

454

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but what good is that going to do you?

455

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About a blue serge suit,

my opinion is worth something.

456

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- But from ethics -

- Then where is the director of this enterprise?

457

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Here he is now climbing. Tell him.

458

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- Good day.

- Good day.

459

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[ Buzzer Buzzes ]

460

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A gentleman to see you, Ed.

461

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[ Buzzer Buzzes ]

462

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- You at last are Mr. Sweeney, I trust.

- And you are Sir Alfred de Carter.

463

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How I've looked forward

to this moment, Sir Alfred.

464

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I was at your maiden concert in this country-

your " de-butt'' - down there at Aeolian Hall.

465

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People said, " What do you want

to hear that limey for?

466

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" What does he know about music?

467

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It takes an Italian or a Russian

or a Dutchman to bring it out good.''

468

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But something inside of me said,

"Give the limey a chance.''

469

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- And I did.

- Did you?

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Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film The Great McGinty, his first of three nominations in the category. Sturges took the screwball comedy format of the 1930s to another level, writing dialogue that, heard today, is often surprisingly naturalistic, mature, and ahead of its time, despite the farcical situations. It is not uncommon for a Sturges character to deliver an exquisitely turned phrase and take an elaborate pratfall within the same scene. A tender love scene between Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve was enlivened by a horse, which repeatedly poked its nose into Fonda's head. Prior to Sturges, other figures in Hollywood (such as Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Frank Capra) had directed films from their own scripts, however Sturges is often regarded as the first Hollywood figure to establish success as a screenwriter and then move into directing his own scripts, at a time when those roles were separate. Sturges famously sold the story for The Great McGinty to Paramount Pictures for $1, in return for being allowed to direct the film; the sum was quietly raised to $10 by the studio for legal reasons. more…

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