Unfaithfully Yours Page #9

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


637

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42:59,276 -- 00:43:03,235

It is remarkable how many people

will pay out good money for this sort of thing.

638

00:
43:03,347 -- 00:43:06,214

Give me the quiet fireside

and an overstuffed chair.

639

00:
43:06,317 -- 00:43:09,047

- It isn't quite so quiet when you start snoring.

- Barbara.

640

00:
43:09,153 -- 00:43:11,121

Five and six.

641

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43:22,499 -- 00:43:26,162

[ People Chuckling ]

642

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43:30,774 -- 00:43:33,937

- You ever been in love,Jules?

- Oh, devotedly, sir.

643

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43:34,044 -- 00:43:35,944

Hmm.

644

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43:36,046 -- 00:43:38,606

What would you do if you discovered

that your wife had, uh -

645

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43:38,716 -- 00:43:40,775

this is purely hypothetical, of course -

646

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43:40,884 -- 00:43:43,785

had, uh -

I wish I could think of a softer word -

647

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43:43,887 -- 00:43:45,821

uh, been untrue to you?

648

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43:45,923 -- 00:43:49,222

Untrue to me, sir?

Oh, I think it's most unlikely.

649

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43:49,326 -- 00:43:51,920

First of all,

where would she find anybody, sir?

650

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43:52,029 -- 00:43:54,930

And in the second place, if she'd wanted

somebody better looking than me...

651

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43:55,032 -- 00:43:56,932

she could've had him easy enough.

652

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43:57,034 -- 00:43:59,229

- I was awful ugly when I was young, sir.

- [ Knocking ]

653

00:
43:59,336 -- 00:44:02,169

- Three minutes, Sir Alfred.

- Thanks, Herbert.

654

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44:02,272 -- 00:44:04,263

[ Door Closes ]

655

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44:04,375 -- 00:44:06,309

Look! Look!

656

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44:21,825 -- 00:44:24,555

- j&j& [ Orchestra Tuning ]

- [ No Audible Dialogue ]

657

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44:27,665 -- 00:44:30,691

Why don't you be more careful?

Why don't you look what you're doing?

658

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44:39,777 -- 00:44:42,337

Thank you,Jules.

Here we go.

659

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44:53,357 -- 00:44:55,621

[ Applause ]

660

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45:30,494 -- 00:45:33,554

- [ Applause Subsides ]

- [ Clapping ]

661

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45:47,344 -- 00:45:50,905

j&j& [ Classical ]

662

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46:39,596 -- 00:46:42,622

j&j& [ "Jingle Bells'' ]

663

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46:48,038 -- 00:46:50,165

j&j& [ Cranks, Stops ]

664

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46:55,712 -- 00:46:59,648

j&j& [ Classical Continues ]

665

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47:15,065 -- 00:47:17,465

I, uh, trust you enjoyed the concert.

666

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47:17,568 -- 00:47:19,502

I thought you were wonderful, darling.

667

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47:19,603 -- 00:47:22,868

Thank you.

I felt quite inspired tonight.

668

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47:22,973 -- 00:47:25,874

I know it sounds absurd,

but did you have a peculiar feeling...

669

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47:25,976 -- 00:47:29,878

that you were watching me conduct

for the last time?

670

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47:29,980 -- 00:47:31,880

For the last time?

671

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47:31,982 -- 00:47:33,950

Women get premonitions

about things sometimes -

672

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47:34,051 -- 00:47:36,747

such as if their husbands

are going to die or-

673

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47:36,854 -- 00:47:40,085

or even that they are going to, uh,

pass on, I believe it's called...

674

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47:40,190 -- 00:47:42,283

in refined circles,

or things of that nature.

675

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47:42,392 -- 00:47:44,656

Why should I have any thoughts like that?

676

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47:44,761 -- 00:47:48,925

Well, it could have been the music,

which does strange things sometimes.

677

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47:49,032 -- 00:47:51,330

- Very strange things.

-j&j& [ Classical Continues ]

678

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47:51,435 -- 00:47:53,369

You know, after all this

somber music of mine...

679

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47:53,470 -- 00:47:56,439

I think you ought to hear something

a little lighter, something gayer...

680

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47:56,540 -- 00:47:59,065

something a little nearer your age

as a sort of antidote.

681

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48:00,110 -- 00:48:02,135

How would you like to go dancing?

682

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48:02,246 -- 00:48:04,305

Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful.

683

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48:04,414 -- 00:48:06,439

Yes. Wouldn't it?

684

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48:06,550 -- 00:48:09,610

I've got to talk to Hugo about

the South American tour for a while.

685

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48:09,720 -- 00:48:13,281

I might be able to join you later.

Certainly I'll try very hard.

686

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48:13,390 -- 00:48:15,290

Join who later?

687

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48:15,392 -- 00:48:18,293

Oh, you and whoever's

fortunate enough to take you dancing.

688

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48:18,395 -- 00:48:20,295

At my expense, of course.

689

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48:20,397 -- 00:48:22,297

I insist upon paying.

690

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48:22,399 -- 00:48:25,425

Oh, I don't think I should like

to go dancing without you.

691

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48:25,535 -- 00:48:28,868

I can't think of anyone

I'd care to go out with.

692

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48:28,972 -- 00:48:30,872

Think hard.

693

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48:30,974 -- 00:48:35,138

I am thinking hard, but I -

I can't think of anybody.

694

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48:36,980 -- 00:48:38,880

What about Tony?

695

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48:38,982 -- 00:48:40,882

Tony?

696

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48:40,984 -- 00:48:43,248

- Oh, you mean Tony.

- [ Chuckles ]

697

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48:43,353 -- 00:48:46,550

Well, why should I want to

go out with Tony?

698

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48:46,657 -- 00:48:51,651

I merely suggested Tony because

he's my secretary and therefore convenient...

699

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48:51,762 -- 00:48:55,755

'cause he's a fine-looking young man

and you must look well together, especially dancing...

700

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48:55,866 -- 00:48:57,766

and because, uh, being seen with him...

701

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48:57,868 -- 00:49:01,395

since it's well known that he is my secretary,

would cause no raised eyebrows...

702

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49:01,505 -- 00:49:03,473

or remarks behind the napkins...

703

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49:03,573 -- 00:49:06,770

and finally because he has

my complete confidence.

704

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49:06,877 -- 00:49:09,004

Oh, but he's such a bore.

705

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49:09,112 -- 00:49:11,512

Oh, he's obviously not as amusing as I am.

706

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49:11,615 -- 00:49:13,515

[ Laughs ]

707

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49:13,617 -- 00:49:16,347

I'm not asking you

to fall in love with the young man.

708

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49:16,453 -- 00:49:19,945

I'm only asking you

to let him take you dancing.

709

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49:20,057 -- 00:49:22,048

Well, if you really want me to.

710

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49:22,159 -- 00:49:24,286

I really want you to.

711

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49:24,394 -- 00:49:27,488

I don't suppose there could be

much harm to it.

712

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49:27,597 -- 00:49:29,497

How could there be?

713

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49:29,599 -- 00:49:31,624

I'll go and call him then.

714

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49:31,735 -- 00:49:35,501

- Do you know his room number?

-j&j& [ Classical Continues ]

715

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49:35,605 -- 00:49:39,132

I could get it

from the operator, I guess.

716

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49:39,242 -- 00:49:41,210

Oh, yes. Of course.

717

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49:42,579 -- 00:49:44,479

Now, what will you wear?

718

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49:44,581 -- 00:49:47,311

Oh, do you think I should change

just for Tony?

719

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49:47,417 -- 00:49:50,750

Tony's a very handsome young man.

You mustn't talk about him in that way.

720

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49:50,854 -- 00:49:54,381

- I never noticed it.

- I'm sure you haven't.

721

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49:54,491 -- 00:50:00,054

Nevertheless, I'd wear something younger,

something a little less conservative.

722

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50:00,163 -- 00:50:04,099

It's not as though you were

going out with, uh, me.

723

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50:04,201 -- 00:50:08,194

Oh, you mean like that purple one

with the plumes at the hips?

724

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50:08,305 -- 00:50:11,934

Yes. Why not the one

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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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