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Mrs. Duke: [singing] There are those whose social standing is constantly demanding. Every single thing we do, the public knows... Then there is a lower strata, where propriety doesn't matter. I suppose, there are those, there are those.
Aunt Mary Drexel: [singing] There are those to whom position is a natural born condition, to be worn with ease like comfortable old clothes. Though the nouveau riche deny it, all their money cannot buy it! Class will out. Goodness knows, but there are those.
Mrs. Duke: There are those who grace the pages of the blue book.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Never heard of it. Is it a new book?
Mrs. Duke: Simply anybody who *is* anybody is listed.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Oh, you mean the New York telephone directory
Aunt Mary Drexel: [singing] There are those to whom position is a natural born condition, to be worn with ease like comfortable old clothes. Though the nouveau riche deny it, all their money cannot buy it! Class will out. Goodness knows, but there are those.
Mrs. Duke: There are those who grace the pages of the blue book.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Never heard of it. Is it a new book?
Mrs. Duke: Simply anybody who *is* anybody is listed.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Oh, you mean the New York telephone directory
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There are those whose social standing
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Is constantly demanding
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Every single thing we do
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The public knows
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Then there is a lower strata
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Where propriety doesn't matter
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I suppose
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There are those
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There are those
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There are those to whom position
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Is a natural born condition
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To be worn with ease
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Like comfortable old clothes
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Though the nouveau riche deny it
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All their money cannot buy it
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Class will out
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Goodness knows
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But there are those
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Watercress on toast ma'am
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There are those who grace the pages of the blue book
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Never heard of it
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Is it a new book
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Simply anyone who is anyone is listed
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Oh you mean the New York telephone directory
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Movie Summary
Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.
