A contentious moment from A Letter to Three Wives (1949), written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Rita (Ann Sothern) and George (Kirk Douglas) are making ready for a party. She: a writer of radio serials. He: a schoolteacher. She has a question for him:
“Where’s the Scotch?”Oof.
“I didn’t buy any.”
“Why not?”
“Too expensive. Bourbon’s a better drink anyway.”
“But the Manleighs are a cinch to want Scotch. People in show business, you know what I mean, those kind always drink Scotch.”
“Well, I know what you mean, but I wish you wouldn’t say it in radio English. ‘That kind,’ not ‘those kind.’”
“There are men who say ‘those kind’ who earn $100,000 a year.”
“There are men who say, ‘Stick ’em up,’ who earn more. I don’t expect to do either.”
“Nor are you expected to pay for the Scotch.”
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