The Sin Ship (1931)

Louis Wolheim: Captain Sam McVey

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Quotes 

• Charlie : I think in the first part you should have said, "Dear Madam."

  [Captain McVey starts to chase after Charlie] 

  Charlie : I didn't mean nothin'! That's what you say when you're writin' to a dame. Sure, that's right, that's right.

  Captain Sam McVey : Say, how do you spell Madam?

  Charlie : M-A-D D-U-M.

  Captain Sam McVey : Yeah!

• Charlie : She was nice.

  Captain Sam McVey : Nice? She's swell!

• Captain Sam McVey : A woman's a woman, ain't she? That's the kind I like!

• Captain Sam McVey : Listen, Charlie, why don't you take my advice and be like me. I don't say no prayers, I don't hit no cripples, and I *don't* fall in love.

• Captain Sam McVey : Don't be so innocent. Say, I've been dealing with women all my life, all over the world. And I ain't never found one different than another.

• Frisco Kitty : Why don't you go to your own kind?

  Captain Sam McVey : Oh! You're one of them dames who thinks that you're better than other ones.

  Frisco Kitty : Yes! Better than your kind.

• Captain Sam McVey : Did you think that I was lettin' you and that husband of yours ride free cause I'm gettin' holy? You know you're swell lookin', don't ya? You know I'm Capt'n of this boat too, don't ya?

• Captain Sam McVey : She's like one of them - Red Cross Nurses. Clean like!

• Captain Sam McVey : Do you think I ought to send somethin'? A present like? What do you think?

  Charlie : Bananas?

  Captain Sam McVey : [ponders]  Mmm, no. Not bananas.

  Charlie : Flowers?

  Captain Sam McVey : That's it Charlie. Flowers. Go and get some flowers. Somethin' nice! Somethin' - wife like.

• Smiley Marsden : What's this?

  Captain Sam McVey : That's mine!

  Smiley Marsden : What's yours is mine.

• Captain Sam McVey : Don't you even care what might happen to me?

  Smiley Marsden : I care what happens to me!

• Captain Sam McVey : I guess guys with kissers like ours don't stand much chances with dames.

  Charlie : What do mean? Say, I know I ain't so hot; but, you're a swell lookin' guy.

  Captain Sam McVey : Charlie, you're the best liar I know.

• Captain Sam McVey : Charlie, this is what I call a spread!

  Charlie : That's swell. That's swell! I think we shoulda had a coupla dames for ourselves.

  Captain Sam McVey : Floozies like we know? When *she's* here? I oughta punch you in the nose.

  Charlie : Well, I only thought we could make it more like a party like.

• Captain Sam McVey : You should see how swell it is in Honolulu. The beaches is as white as chalk. And the sea is green like a - like a parrot's feathers.

• Charlie : You know I ain't no squealer. But, we're sittin' on a keg of dynamite that's liable to blow up any minute.

  Captain Sam McVey : Go on. What do you want to say?

  Charlie : Well, maybe - maybe some of the guys on this boat might have taken that part; so, you would have to go to the lagoon and leave the lady all alone. You, they're sore at you. And, of course, they don't see no white women like her down here.