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Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper
(as Stephanie)

Roger: That's la conga.
Stephanie: La conga. Come on, everybody do la conga.

Elaine Barrie

Elaine Barrie
(as Simone)

Simone: Well, where in the world did you get THAT hat? It looks positively moldy!
Customer in hat store: Well, I bought it from you three days ago.

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert
(as Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny)

Marcel: Madame? A word with you.
Eve Peabody: With me?
Marcel: Yes, with you.
Eve Peabody: I thought so. Well, all right, let's get it over with.

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper
(as Stephanie)

Stephanie: [In Simone's hat shop] Oh, dear! If ever a woman needed a new hat, it is I. I'm being SUED - for fifty thousand francs.
Helene Flammarion: [Shocked] No!
Simone: By whom?
Stephanie: By the Archduchess of Mendola. You know that creature I had thrown out last night? And I thought it was that "Eve Peabody"? Ha! It really WAS the Archduchess of Mendola.

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert
(as Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny)

Jacques Picot: [Trying to describe Helene's hat] Well, it's...
Eve Peabody: Oh, I think it's a dream on you. You know, it does something for your face. It gives you a chin.


Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert
(as Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny)

Jacques Picot: I'm terribly sorry. It's difficult to concentrate on cards... sometimes.
Eve Peabody: [Referring to Jacques' dislike of Helene's feathered hat] Naturally, when you're worrying about the future of the ostrich plume.
Helene Flammarion: I don't think that's very funny.
Jacques Picot: I do.
Eve Peabody: Well, thanks.

Mary Astor

Mary Astor
(as Helene Flammarion)

Jacques Picot: You're wonderful.
Eve Peabody: You're magnificent.
Helene Flammarion: You're talking across the board.

Rex O'Malley

Rex O'Malley
(as Marcel Renaud)

Helene Flammarion: Odd, her coming here alone.
Marcel: I notice she didn't go home alone.

Rex O'Malley

Rex O'Malley
(as Marcel Renaud)

Helene Flammarion: Poor Jacques! Oh, my soul, this is heaven. Baroness Czerny indeed! Of all the impudence. The consummate impudence! We'll take this with us.
Marcel: Now, Helene, don't let's hush this up and don't let's wait until tomorrow. Go on, let's have a lovely scandal!

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert
(as Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny)

Eve Peabody: [at the ball] Don't forget, every Cinderella has her midnight.

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