
Lucile Watson
(as Mrs. Mary Kimball)

Lucile Watson
(as Mrs. Mary Kimball)
Mrs. Mary Kimball:
[to Jess] The world allows considerable liberty to wives it has never allowed to widows. I notice, for instance, you're no longer wearing black.

Eve Arden
(as Ginna Abbott)

Warner Anderson
(as Frank Everett)
Jessica Drummond:
How neat you are, Frank!
Frank Everett: That's what comes of being a bachelor all your life.
Frank Everett: That's what comes of being a bachelor all your life.

Barbara Stanwyck
(as Jessica Drummond)

George Brent
(as Maj. Scott Landis)
Jessica Drummond:
You know, it's amazing how I can learn to like martinis. It's an acquired taste like anchovies.
Maj. Scott Landis: Uh-huh.
Maj. Scott Landis: Uh-huh.

Lucile Watson
(as Mrs. Mary Kimball)
Maj. Scott Landis:
Can we start all over again from the beginning?
Maj. Scott Landis: No, we cannot. I can see that you're a thorough-going scalawag, young man!
Maj. Scott Landis: I'm delighted to hear you say so, madam.
Mrs. Mary Kimball: And kindly stop calling me madam!
Maj. Scott Landis: No, we cannot. I can see that you're a thorough-going scalawag, young man!
Maj. Scott Landis: I'm delighted to hear you say so, madam.
Mrs. Mary Kimball: And kindly stop calling me madam!