The Matchmaker

1958 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,254 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Anthony

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Overview

Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,482 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:40 Oh, hello, there. Are all of you people married?
00:06:25 and I listen and I watch, and sometimes I'm very amused.
00:09:53 Fine, fine.
00:13:50 Horace Vandergelder, the handsome business executive.
00:17:05 Mr. Vandergelder, I've had two meals from her hands
00:20:40 - I want to have dinner with Miss... - Simple.
00:24:17 These'll smell up the place, and we'll have to close the store.
00:28:00 I know. Look, we'll pretend to buy one, and then we won't.
00:31:53 Perhaps you know him. Oh, but it's always so silly
00:34:53 Well, what are we going to do when he's gone?
00:38:20 - Can I help you, Dolly? - Oh, no, no. No, Irene.
00:41:35 They get to know the people and learn all the merchandise.
00:44:51 Miss Molloy, I understand there's an awfully nice restaurant
00:48:37 - Barnaby, you call him. - Waiter!
00:53:34 You don't seem to be very happy, Cornelius.
00:57:58 And in the company of a remarkably beautiful and charming woman.
01:01:53 just to show that it can be done in a gentlemanly fashion.
01:06:06 Why untwist it? Just eat the pretzel.
01:09:12 Much too dangerous.
01:15:25 - I don't want to be charming. - But you are.
01:21:08 I'd fall off to sleep, and I was a perfectly contented woman.
01:25:14 Well, that's odd.
01:30:06 Fourteen hours a day and never a night off?
01:33:08 - You're bossy, inquisitive, scheming... - Go on. Go on.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,482
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line01:33:08

Production Record

DirectorJoseph Anthony
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,254