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Red Dust

Red Dust

Barbara Willis: That's a... a very polished little speech for a... barbarian.


--Mary Astor (as Barbara Willis) in Red Dust

Don Q, Son of Zorro

Don Q, Son of Zorro

Dolores de Muro: I shall see you again.
Don Cesar de Vega: You presume.
Dolores de Muro: I assume.


--Mary Astor (as ) in Don Q, Son of Zorro

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

Mrs. Anna Smith: Sure, don't mind what happens to your family. At a time like this you think about the chickens.


--Mary Astor (as Mrs. Anna Smith) in Meet Me in St. Louis

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

Sandra Kovac: "If I didn't think you meant so well, I'd feel like slapping your face"


--Mary Astor (as Sandra Kovak) in The Great Lie

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

Sandra Kovac: I'm not one of you anemic creatures who can get nourishment from a lettuce leaf - I'm a musician, I'm an artist! I have zest and appetite - and I like food!


--Mary Astor (as Sandra Kovak) in The Great Lie


Act of Violence

Act of Violence

Frank R. Enley: [desperately looking for Johnny] Where do I find him? Where does he live?
Pat: I don't know. Nobody knows!
Frank R. Enley: Well, there must be some way I can find...
Pat: Guys like him don't tell where they live!


--Mary Astor (as Pat) in Act of Violence

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Sam Spade: Haven't you tried to buy my loyalty with money and nothing else?
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: What else is there I can buy you with?


--Mary Astor (as Brigid O'Shaughnessy) in The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Brigid O'Shaughnessy: I do know he always went heavily armed, and that he never went to sleep without covering the floor around his bed with crumpled newspapers, so that nobody could come silently into his room.
Sam Spade: You picked a nice sort of a playmate.
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: Only that sort could have helped me, if he'd been loyal.


--Mary Astor (as Brigid O'Shaughnessy) in The Maltese Falcon

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

John D. Hackensacker III: You don't marry someone you just met the day before; at least I don't.
Princess Centimillia: But that's the only way, dear. If you get to know too much about them you'd never marry them.


--Mary Astor (as The Princess Centimillia) in The Palm Beach Story

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