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James B. Elcott:
[His bank has been trying to contact her regarding an inheritance]
I've written you 9 times in the last 2 months... You're certain you never received any of my letters? Penelope:
Ah, I know what happened... You see, I never open my mail. James B. Elcott:
Oh. Who does it for you? Penelope:
Nobody. James B. Elcott:
What happens to it? Penelope:
Well, usually I stick it away in a drawer someplace, and then I always forget it. Or, it gets lost. James B. Elcott:
Don't you lose a lot of friends that way? Penelope:
Oh, no. Just the opposite! You see, if you write me a letter, and I answer it, then you have to answer mine. Then I answer your second letter, and you have to write me a third in answer to my second, and then I have to write you a third, and you have to send me a fourth. And pretty soon we're so busy writing letters to each other, we haven't got time to be friends. Isn't that true?
[His bank has been trying to contact her regarding an inheritance]
I've written you 9 times in the last 2 months... You're certain you never received any of my letters? Penelope:
Ah, I know what happened... You see, I never open my mail. James B. Elcott:
Oh. Who does it for you? Penelope:
Nobody. James B. Elcott:
What happens to it? Penelope:
Well, usually I stick it away in a drawer someplace, and then I always forget it. Or, it gets lost. James B. Elcott:
Don't you lose a lot of friends that way? Penelope:
Oh, no. Just the opposite! You see, if you write me a letter, and I answer it, then you have to answer mine. Then I answer your second letter, and you have to write me a third in answer to my second, and then I have to write you a third, and you have to send me a fourth. And pretty soon we're so busy writing letters to each other, we haven't got time to be friends. Isn't that true?
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But I've written you nine times in the last two months
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Oh you really love folk songs do you
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Not exactly No this is business
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City federal has accepted trusteeship of a modest estate
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left to you by your mother's cousin
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Are you sure you've got the right Penelope Gordon
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Absolutely
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The income from the estate won't be much
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but there are papers to sign
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You're certain you never received any of my letters
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Ah I know what happened
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You see I never open my mail
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Oh who does it for you
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Nobody What happens to it
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Well usually I stick it away in a drawer some place
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and then I always forget it or it gets lost
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Don't you lose a lot of friends that way
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Oh no just the opposite
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You see if you write me a letter and I answer it
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then you have to answer mine
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Then I answer your second letter and you have to write me a third
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and answer to my second
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And then I have to write you a third
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and you have to send me a fourth
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And pretty soon we're so busy writing letters to each other
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we haven't got time to be friends
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Isn't that true
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Movie Summary
Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000.
Actors
James B. Elcott
Penelope
