Tender Comrade (1943)

Patricia Collinge: Helen Stacey

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• Jo Jones : We're going to pool all of our salaries and we'll pay the rent, take care of the expenses of the house, and what's left over, we'll split five ways. You see, we're running this joint like a democracy!

  Manya Lodge : Like a democracy! Oh, that's good! That's good. Once, in Germany, we had a democracy. But we...

  Helen Stacey : You lost it.

  Manya Lodge : Nein. We did not lose it. We let it be murdered - like a little child.

• Barbara Thomas : Hey! Didn't anyone hear what I said?

  Jo Jones : What's the trouble?

  Barbara Thomas : I think there's another family living in the attic.

  Helen Stacey : It's only mice.

  Jo Jones : They were here before we were!

  Barbara Thomas : Well, why don't they pay their share of the rent?

  Doris Dumbrowski : Why don't you guys go to sleep?

  Barbara Thomas : Okay. Meow. Me-oww. That'll fix 'em.

• Jo Jones : Look, why don't we all get together and throw a party for the new bride. Initiate her into war widows local number 37.

  Barbara Thomas : In what? Nobodies got a room big enough to hold four people without using a shoe horn.

  Doris Dumbrowski : Maybe we could have it at my new place! That is, I'm hunting for a new one now. Just in case Mike gets a furlough or something. You know, a bedroom and a living room.

  Jo Jones : How much are you planning to pay?

  Doris Dumbrowski : Oh, I'm paying twenty now. I thought maybe for a thirty-five, I could get something that would be nice.

  Barbara Thomas : For thirty-five you'll still have a rabbit hutch.

  Jo Jones : You know, all of us together, we put out a lot of money each month for rent. What do you pay, Helen?

  Helen Stacey : Twenty-two Fifty.

  Jo Jones : I pay Eighteen. What about you Barbara?

  Barbara Thomas : Thirty-two Fifty. You see, I like gaudy things.

  Jo Jones : Zero. Five. Ten. One to carry. Eight. Nine. Eleven. Thirteen. Three. One. Four. Five. Seven. Nine... Ninety-three bucks! How do you like that! Ninety-three bucks for a bunch of rat holes! Well, for that kind of dough we could have a real house! With a dining room and a kitchen and a living room and a bedroom a piece! And furnished!

• Jo Jones : What do you think of the idea, Helen?

  Helen Stacey : It might work. But, it's only fair to point out that we're all different people and there might be a - clash of personalities, occasionally. We'd have to find some way of adjusting any disputes that might come up.

  Jo Jones : Well, that ought to be simple. We could take a vote. We could run the joint like a democracy!

• Helen Stacey : Headache, dear?

  Barbara Thomas : Hangover. A 14 ton hangover. I'll never learn!