A scene from The Philadelphia Story 1940
Tracy

I thought you were low, but I never thought you'd sink to...Who the heck do they think they are, barging in on peaceful people?

Dexter

Now, shush, shush, they'll think you don't want them.

Tracy

I want them out and you too.

Dexter

Yes, yes your Majesty, but first, could I interest you in some small blackmail?

Tracy

No!

Dexter

[as he removes an article from his coat pocket]

Well, it's an article, complete with snapshots, details, and insinuations. And it's ready for publication in Spy and it's about your father and that dancer in New York.

Tracy

[grabbing the article]

About father and Tina Mara?

Dexter

Now quiet, Dinah...

Tracy

But they can't. Well they can't, even if it's true. Where did you get these?

Dexter

From Sidney Kidd. The editor and publisher...

Tracy

He's got to be stopped.

Dexter

Well he is, temporarily. That is, if you'll allow those two to turn in a story on your wedding. And when Kidd says a story, he means a story!

Tracy

I'm gonna be sick.

Dexter

Yes, dear. 'An Intimate Day with a Society Bride.'

Tracy

I am sick.

Dexter

Well, it's tough, but that's the way it seems to be.

Tracy

So I'm to be examined, undressed, and generally humiliated at fifteen cents a copy. And you, you ---. You're loving it.

Dexter

Am I, Red?

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