Yes, operator, I'd like the Happy Dale Sanatorium, Happy Dale, New York. Come on,...
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Mortimer Brewster:
[on the telephone]
Yes, operator, I'd like the Happy Dale Sanatorium, Happy Dale, New York. Come on, operator, what's taking so long? They're just across the river. I could swim it faster! No, I don't want the Happy Dale Laundry. I want the Happy Dale Sanatorium. Sanatorium, Sanatorium, sanatorium. Yes, yes, like a broken record. Hello - what? They're busy? Busy? Look, they're busy and you're dizzy. No, I am not drunk, madam, but you've given me an idea. [throws down the phone in disgust]
[on the telephone]
Yes, operator, I'd like the Happy Dale Sanatorium, Happy Dale, New York. Come on, operator, what's taking so long? They're just across the river. I could swim it faster! No, I don't want the Happy Dale Laundry. I want the Happy Dale Sanatorium. Sanatorium, Sanatorium, sanatorium. Yes, yes, like a broken record. Hello - what? They're busy? Busy? Look, they're busy and you're dizzy. No, I am not drunk, madam, but you've given me an idea. [throws down the phone in disgust]
Full Transcript
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Operator? Give me long distance, please.
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And this is my sister.
Another Miss Brewster.
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-My name's Gibbs.
-Well, do sit down.
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I'm sorry,
we're just setting the table for dinner.
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Now, this would be
a nice comfortable chair.
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Long distance? I want the Happy Dale
Sanitarium, Happy Dale, New York.
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-ls Brooklyn your home?
-I live in a hotel. Don't like it.
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Are your family Brooklyn people?
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-Haven't got any family.
-All alone in the world?
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-Well, Martha....
-No, Happy Dale.
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Well, you've come to just the right house.
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-Do sit down.
-Dale.
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"D" like in "dig," when you dig a lock.
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That's right.
"A" like in "arsenic." Got that?
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Is there always this much noise?
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He doesn't live with us.
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I can see the headlines now. Please.
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I'd like to see the room.
I don't think I'll like it.
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The room's upstairs.
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Won't you try a glass of our wine
before we start up?
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Movie Summary
A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Actors
Mortimer Brewster
