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Forsaking All Others

CastRobert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable
Year released1934
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Masseuse Bella asks bride Mary Clay, referring to Mary’s Aunt Paula, "... Hasn’t she buried three husbands already?" 
Aunt Paula: ”... I managed to hypnotize myself...” (0:02)

Mary tells her friend Jeff Williams, "Paula’s never read Ernest Hemingway." 
Paula: ”... I’m going to a sanitarium...” (0:10)

Jeff tells Mary, referring to his friend, "Shep’s been trying to get me into a paternal mood..." (0:12)

Mary tells Jeff, referring to her groom, Dillon “Dill” Todd, "... dream that Dill... you were always so sweet to me..." 
Jeff: ”... he’s your worry.” (0:12)

Dill tells Shep and Jeff, "... don’t be sober." 
Jeff: ”... don’t worry about anything else.” (0:15)

His former lover Connie Barnes tells Dill, "... I came up here to... faint... I can be honest..." 
Dill: ”... You’re as honest as...” 
”... the old idiot.” 
Connie: ”He wasn’t an idiot...” (0:18)

Man: "... couple of lunatics." (0:21)

By telephone, Jeff tells a florist, referring to Mary, "... She’s been crazy about corn flowers..." (0:23)

Eleanor: "Now don’t worry..." 
Referring to Paula: ”... She worries more about something to worry about than she worries about an actual worry.” (0:24)

Paula asks Shep, “... nervous?”
"Oh, don’t be silly." (0:25)

Jeff tells Shep, "... That’s kind of silly..." (0:26)

Mary tells Jeff, "Don’t be silly. I’m not going to faint..." (0:27)

Jeff tells Shep, “... makes a man... wise.”
Referring to Paula: "... being very brave..." (0:28)

Mary tells Shep and Jeff, ”Aw, you fools.” 
Paula, referring to Mary: ”... They think she’s crazy.” (0:29)

Jeff asks Mary, "Any suicides in your house...?" (0:32)

Mary tells Dill’s wife Connie, "... one of those silly rumors." 
Connie: ”Very silly...” (0:34)

Shep tells the others, "So one drunk on the train said to the other drunk... The other drunk... The other drunk..." (0:37)

Shep tells Mary, "... We were driving the rest of the lunatics crazy." (0:44)

Jeff tells Mary, "You’re talking like a fool." 
Mary: ”... Fools have a lot of fun...” 
Jeff beats Mary with a hair brush. (0:46)

Mary tells Dill, "Oh, you idiot." (0:56)

Dill asks Mary, "... to preserve both modesty and warmth...?" (0:57)

Dill tells Mary, "... in my dreams..." 
Mary: ”In your dreams, Dill?” 
”... We’ve had the same dreams...” 
Dill: ”... I know it was silly, and stupid and insane...” (0:59)

Dill wears a woman’s dress. (1:02)

Jeff tells Mary, "You’re an idiot..." (1:07)

Dill tells Jeff, "... we got to this mad house..." (1:09)

Mary tells Jeff, "... Fools don’t have a lot of fun." (1:11)

Jeff tells the others, "... just an error in judgment..." (1:14)

Mary tells Paula, referring to Dill, “... becoming a habit for him." (1:15)

Shep tells Jeff, "... you’re strictly bats." 
Jeff: ”... strictly bats all my life.” 
Shep: ”... You’re going to a lunatic asylum.” (1:15)

Mary tells Jeff, referring to Dill, "... he’s really thoughtful and unselfish." 
Jeff: ”... I leave you with the sincere blessing... ” (1:18)

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