The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Luana Walters: Patricia Hunter

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Quotes 

• Dr. Foster : These young girls, whether dead or alive, are being used by Lorenz in some manner as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife in a youthful state.

  Keenan : Oh, that's preposterous.

  Patricia Hunter : It's nothing of the kind. Scientists are finding out every day that glands and hormones have a lot to do with life and health.

  Dr. Foster : The glands in our bodies help to determine the condition of our teeth, the texture of our hair.

• Patricia Hunter : Oh, Professor, do you also make a hobby of collecting coffins?

  Dr. Lorenz : Why yes, in a manner of speaking. I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed. Many people do so, my dear. Is it so strange, that I accept one while waiting for eternal rest?

• Dr. Foster : Why don't you try to go back to sleep? No one's going to harm you. I'm sure it was just a nightmare.

  Patricia Hunter : I think this whole place is a nightmare. Professor Lorenz and his wife were actually sleeping in coffins, I saw them!

  Dr. Foster : We often find it difficult to explain the peculiarities of some people.

  Patricia Hunter : I guess so.

• Dr. Foster : Good evening, Professor Lorenz, Countess. May I present Miss Patricia Hunter?

  Patricia Hunter : How do you do?

  Dr. Lorenz : We have been expecting you.

  Patricia Hunter : So you found my bag in your truck?

  Dr. Lorenz : Yes. There it is.

  Dr. Foster : Miss Hunter's a newspaperwoman.

  Patricia Hunter : I came here hoping you might grant me an interview.

  Dr. Lorenz : An interview? About what?

  Countess Lorenz : No one asked you to come here. You're not welcome!

  [She slaps Patricia] 

  Dr. Lorenz : Control yourself, my dear! I'm sure Miss Hunter meant no harm. Please forgive my wife, she is not well. Come, you had better retire.

  [the Lorenzes exit] 

  Patricia Hunter : [to Foster]  So that's what you call being eccentric. Well I have another name for it.

• Dr. Foster : [Foster finds Patricia unconscious on the floor]  Pat! Pat, Pat.

  Keenan : Is she dead?

  Keenan , Patricia Hunter : No, just scared to death.

  [She and Foster embrace] 

  Keenan : All right. Break it up, we've got headlines to write.

  Patricia Hunter : Do I get a byline?

  Keenan : After this you can have a clothesline, with my shirt on it.

• Patricia Hunter : I've been up all night with dead people.

• Patricia Hunter : What do you want?

  Countess Lorenz : Yes, you are beautiful.

  Patricia Hunter : How did you get in here?

  Countess Lorenz : So young. Such lovely skin. Sometime you too will be a bride!