Beyond the Forest (1949)

David Brian: Neil Latimer

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Quotes 

• Neil Latimer : [laughs]  How did you know I was coming?

  Rosa Moline : Well, sending a telegram to Moose is not exactly the best way to keep a secret... in a small town.

• Neil Latimer : You're terrific.

  Rosa Moline : [Sexily]  You said that the first time, too.

• Neil Latimer : [Taking Rosa in his arms]  Rosa, you're terrific. I'm crazy about you. You had my number all along. You're what I do need. Someone I can always be myself with. Not putting on an act. A society act like that dame I was soft in the head about. You remember what you said about her? A book with nothing on her pages? Well, there was something on them, all right. Lies. Nice, ladylike lies. But I'll show them. I'll doll you up, Rosa. Hang diamonds on you like a Christmas tree. And then I'm going to trot you out and say, "Look, this is the kind of a woman I want. A woman with guts." And you can wipe your feet on them all.

• Neil Latimer : What's your game, Rosa? What do you want?

  Rosa Moline : You.

  Neil Latimer : You're a married woman.

  Rosa Moline : You didn't make those millions by having scruples.

  Neil Latimer : I just don't want your husband taking a pot-shot at me.

  Rosa Moline : [laughs]  Louis? He couldn't hit the side of a barn. I'm the shot of the family.

• Rosa Moline : You could get me out.

  Neil Latimer : Sure I could. But why should I?

  Rosa Moline : I'm the kind of woman you need.

  Neil Latimer : Rosa, you're a scream. Don't you know that half the society dames in Chicago trot their daughters out for my inspection? Like fillies at a racetrack. Girls with beauty, breeding, accomplishments. Girls who 've been places. Speak languages.

  Rosa Moline : [Indignant]  Not yours.

  Neil Latimer : Maybe I want to learn theirs.

  Rosa Moline : You can't teach an old dog new tricks. I want you to marry me.

  [He laughs at her and then she slaps him. They kiss passionately] 

• Rosa Moline : After all the things you said.

  Neil Latimer : You had me in a spin. I would've said anything. I'm sorry.

  Rosa Moline : You're sorry. What good does that do me? I left Louis for good.

  Neil Latimer : You just walked out without knowing how things were with me?

  Rosa Moline : I know how things were when you left!

  [They kiss passionately]