The Girl in the Show (1929)

Raymond Hackett: Mal Thorne

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Quotes 

• Hattie Hartley : Will you get off the stage? Don't you see we're bringin' up.

  Mal Thorne : Gee, Hat, you look swell!

  Hattie Hartley : Not now, Mal! This is a death scene, not a love scene.

• Hattie Hartley : Is there any money in the house?

  Mal Thorne : Yeah, about enough for a cup of coffee.

  Hattie Hartley : Oh, tough!

• Connie Bard : Say, that hound's getting so touchy, you can't go near her!

  Mal Thorne : I guess you'd be touchy too if you were going to be having pups.

  Connie Bard : Well, I guess I would at that.

• Oriole : Here I am!

  Hattie Hartley : You know, I should give you a lickin'! How many times must I tell you not to feed that dog while the show's going on?

  Mal Thorne : Oh, lay off. She's all right.

  Oriole : She won't hit me.

  Hattie Hartley : Oh, I would if I didn't love you so much!

• Mal Thorne : Oh, Ed, could you let me have a little advance?

  Ed Bondell : What for?

  Hattie Hartley : Oriole's gotta have some more cod liver oil.

  Ed Bondell : What does she do? Bathe in it?

• Hattie Hartley : Oh, hello, Mal. Is the kid all right?

  Mal Thorne : Yeah, a lot you care - running off in a pleasure buggy with a stranger.

  Hattie Hartley : Well, just lay her down in the bunk. I'll be in and undress her.

• Mal Thorne : You know, luxury is really a necessity once in awhile.

• Hattie Hartley : Oh, Mal, don't make me do something I don't want to do!

  Mal Thorne : All right, honey, I won't. Gee, all I want to do is just to make you happy. You know that, don't you?

  Hattie Hartley : Yes, dear.

  [long kiss] 

• Mal Thorne : He's always pawing you! And didn't I catch him now trying to kiss ya?

• Mal Thorne : Can you imagine what that'd be like? Married to a guy like that? Sittin' up nights, readin' the Sears Roebuck catalog?

• Mal Thorne : Oriole, in that deathbed scene, don't forget what I told you, now, about being on your elbow and smile sad. Sad!

• Mal Thorne : Say, will you stand still! You're worse than a grasshopper.

• Mal Thorne : Come on, baby. Drink it all - right down.