Finishing School (1934)

Beulah Bondi: Miss Van Alstyne

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• Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff : Do you know what time it is?

  Miss Van Alstyne : It's 4:30.

  Mrs. Helen Crawford Radcliff : Precisely 4:30. One hour from New York and a date for cocktails. I must run. You will forgive me. Take good care of my little girl, won't you? But, you will. I'm always late.

• Miss Van Alstyne : The aim of our school, and we like to believe the achievement, is to prepare young ladies to meet graciously all social demands. You have a sweet smile, my dear, but, another one of our pesky rules: we don't allow lipstick. And we don't smoke. And, naturally, we don't drink.

• Miss Van Alstyne : You'll find we have quite a few rules, my dear. And when you're a little older, you'll understand how necessary they all are.