“My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm...” – Tracy Samantha Lord, The Philadelphia Story ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Philadelphia Story 1940

Tracy Samantha Lord Katharine Hepburn

[about a sailboat]

My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, bright. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.

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