The Youngest Profession
1943 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 408 VOTES · DIR. Edward Buzzell
Overview
Best friends Joan and Patricia are teenage autograph seekers who spend most of their day bumping into and having tea with movie stars like Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on disinformation from a meddling governess, Joan also devotes some time to working on the no-problem marriage of her parents.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,555 lines
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00:00:01 - Subtitles - Luís Filipe Bernardes
00:05:17 Far be it from me to upset any plans you've made.
00:08:42 Where, if you will allow me, I hope to finish my work.
00:12:05 I have to hear this all the time...
00:15:01 - Oh, and, um... - And this is Miss Drew, my assistant.
00:18:36 - Patsy, really! - Who's Schuyler?
00:22:15 - Did I hurt you? - No, you couldn't hurt me, Mr. Pidgeon.
00:25:24 Isn't even my food safe from your meddling, Miss Feather?
00:28:35 Don't swear, Joan, don't swear. But listen.
00:31:51 I thought it was Hedy Lamarr you came to see.
00:35:44 Please, Burt, what about Joan?
00:39:29 Yes, I am.
00:42:37 ...and told my mother that Robert Taylor was on the flight
00:46:02 Mr. Taylor, this is Vera Bailey, our newest member.
00:49:55 I knew from the minute I found he was buying her nightgowns.
00:53:27 Now then, what can I do for you?
00:56:39 I'll join the Salvation Army...
01:00:30 Junior's so fussy... after all it's his mother and father too.
01:04:27 - No! - Is that possible?
01:07:56 - Done to myself? - Yes, that dress, where did you get it?
01:11:21 A slip of the lip may sink a ship.
01:14:43 Doctor, please.
01:17:38 If you'll just allow me to question her, Mr. Lyons.
01:21:41 - Subtitles - Luís Filipe Bernardes
Cast & Characters
Virginia Weidler
Joan Lyons
Edward Arnold
Burton V. Lyons
John Carroll
John Carroll
Ann Ayars
Susan Thayer
Marta Linden
Edith Lyons
Dick Simmons
Douglas Sutton
Agnes Moorehead
Miss Featherstone
Jean Porter
Patricia Drew
Raymond Roe
Schuyler
Dorothy Morris
Secretary
Scotty Beckett
Junior Lyons
Marcia Mae Jones
Vera Bailey
Sara Haden
Sister Lassie
Beverly Tyler
Thyra Winter
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Drew
Thurston Hall
Mr. Drew
Jessica Grayson
Lilybud
Lana Turner
Lana Turner
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor
William Powell
William Powell
Hazel Dohlman
Governess (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,555
Dialogue density19.0 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:21:41
Production Record
DirectorEdward Buzzell
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes408
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