wifebeater alcoholic

Tracy Lord

Don't tell me you've forsaken your beloved whiskey and whiskeys.

C.K. Dexter Haven

No, I've just changed their color. I'm going for the pale pastel shades. They're more becoming to me.

How about you, Mr. Connor? You drink, don't you? Alcohol, I mean.

Macaulay Connor

A little.

C.K. Dexter Haven

A little?

And you're a writer? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I thought all writers drank to excess and beat their wives.  You know, at one time I think I secretly wanted to be a writer.

1940's Academy Award winning The Philadelphia Story screenplay here.