Life Begins at Forty
1935 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 206 VOTES · DIR. George Marshall
Overview
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,170 lines
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00:01:40 [Bird Screeching]
00:04:47 I'm gonna tell the old man to look for a new teacher.
00:07:52 At 40, we're sure it doesn't think of us."
00:10:47 and you wanna control 'em after you're dead.
00:13:32 Well, that's great- great stuff.
00:17:19 And the deliciousness will just ooze out of'em.
00:20:05 Come on. Hustle around here and help fix up-Wait on her there now.
00:23:21 ~ [Singing]
00:26:50 What do you mean, a horse?
00:29:45 That's pretty poor pay for writing.
00:32:47 your flaunting him in the face of the decent...
00:36:01 ‘‘In our midst" don't get you anywhere.
00:38:50 Well, he's asked me to marry him if that's any proof of love.
00:41:38 - What's the matter? Is this town getting soft? - [Whip Cracks]
00:44:46 Anytime your father wants to get a new teacher, it's all right with me.
00:47:26 the character and person of the candidate...
00:50:54 Wish I had a memory like that.
00:54:50 I'm gonna meet that old bird, and I'm gonna fight him.
00:58:37 - [Scraping Ground] - Are you ready, gentlemen?
01:02:54 - Hey, Lee, quit that! - Aw, cut it out!
01:05:41 Oh, how could I ask her to marry me? Wouldn't be fair.
01:08:29 How could you be in Chicago when you and Wally Stevens was in Louisville?
01:12:03 - He said he'd get Joe. - Somebody call the colonel.
01:15:45 Cut it out and listen a minute, will ya? Hold on!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,170
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:01:40
Final line01:15:45
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Marshall
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes206