My Favorite Wife (1940)

Mary Lou Harrington: Chinch Arden

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Quotes 

• [Ellen speaking with her children, whom she hasn't seen since they were babies] 

  Chinch : Are you a lady or a man?

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Well, I used to be a lady...

  Tim : Are ya a sailor?

  Chinch : A lady sailor?

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Well...

  Tim : My mother was practically a sailor - she went down in a shipwreck.

  Chinch : Oh, he's always boasting.

• Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : [nervously attempting to break the ice and prepare them for the news that she is actually their mother]  Listen, suppose your mother didn't drown. Suppose she came back.

  Tim : You mean like a miracle?

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Yes. Suppose she were right here in

  [Chinch starts to laugh and Scotty motions to her to shush] 

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : ... what would you... look here, you know don't you.

  Tim : Sure.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Aha.

  [excited and warmly overjoyed] 

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Well...

  Tim : [endearingly shakes her hand]  How do you do, mother.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : How do you do.

  Chinch : [endearingly courtesies]  How do you do.

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : Well uh, don't you think uh... it's about time somebody started kissing somebody?

  [joyously embraces with Chinch and Tim] 

  Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve : How did you find out? Go on, tell me, go on. Ahahahaha.