Bride for Sale (1949)

Robert Young: Steve Adams

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• Steve Adams : But I'm sure that this junior in your office here can handle it much better.

  Nora Shelley : Oh, no, Mr. Adams. Now that I've seen your tax picture more clearly, I think I'll handle you myself.

  Steve Adams : You do? Oh, but you're so busy, these corporations.

  Nora Shelley : Oh, there's always room for one more.

• Steve Adams : [to his chauffeur:]  Edward!

  Chauffeur : Yes, sir?

  Steve Adams : The Abdullanah Club.

  Chauffeur : Very well, sir.

  Nora Shelley : The Abdullanah Club? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

  Steve Adams : Not many people have.

• Nora Shelley : You must know some fascinating things about the ancient civilizations.

  Steve Adams : Some things I know fascinate me.

  Nora Shelley : I'm sure they would me too. I, I , uhm, trying to think of that famous head, uh, some queen. I saw it in Berlin. They're trying to get it back to Cairo.

  Steve Adams : Nefertiti.

  Nora Shelley : Oh, it's beautiful.

  Steve Adams : Yes, it is.

  Nora Shelley : So royal, so queeny. This is an irreversible trust, isn't it Mr. Adams?

  Steve Adams : You mean uh? Yes, to me, and my family.

  Nora Shelley : Of which there is none.

  Steve Adams : That's right.

  Nora Shelley : Oh, yours must be a wonderful life.

  Steve Adams : A little dull, perhaps.

• Nora Shelley : You're not a married man, but perhaps you're planning on it?

  Steve Adams : No. No plans. I, I'm quite content with my work, my books and music, and a night on the town now and then.