Son of Kong (1933)

Robert Armstrong: Carl Denham

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Quotes 

• [Hilda sings Runaway Blues] 

  Carl Denham : Hey, she's got something there.

  Englehorn : It certainly isn't a voice!

• Hilda : [tries to coax her show's released monkeys out of the trees]  Tony, won't you please come down? Tony? Tony?

  Carl Denham : You'll never catch a monkey that way.

  Hilda : Did you ever catch a monkey?

  Carl Denham : Did *I* ever catch...?

  [dry chuckle] 

  Carl Denham : Lady, you'd be surprised.

• Carl Denham : Skipper, believe it or not, there's a little Kong!

  Englehorn : What? A little K -... How little?

  Carl Denham : Well, just a little one... about twelve feet high.

• Helstrom : Yeah, you're broke too.

  Carl Denham : Broke?

  [chuckles] 

  Carl Denham : I'm shattered.

• Carl Denham : Stick with me and you'll be wearing diamonds.

• Helstrom : [sees Denham and Englehorn sitting in a Dakang bar]  Carl Denham! Don't you remember me? Nils Helstrom.

  Carl Denham : Why, for the love of Mike. Helstrom! Sure I remember you!

  [indicates Englhorn] 

  Carl Denham : Oh, this is Captain Englehorn. Captain Helstrom.

  [Englehorn and Helstrom shake hands] 

  Carl Denham : Sit down.

  [to Englehorn] 

  Carl Denham : Say, do you know who this is? The man who gave me the map of Kong's Island. And he wants to know if I remember him?

  [laughs] 

  Carl Denham : Have a drink.

  [pours Helstrom a drink] 

  Helstrom : [to Englehorn]  So, that was your ship came in last night?

  Englehorn : Mine and Denham's.

  Helstrom : [to Denham]  I heard about you in Singapore. How you captured the biggest animal on earth and taken him back to New York.

• Mrs. Hudson, Landlady : [peeking out door]  There's a newsboy, and a peddler, and a taxi driver out there.

  Carl Denham : I betcha a nickel they're all process servers.

• Carl Denham : Say, that's no way to talk. "I wasn't very good. The show wasn't very good." Cut it out. You wanna tell everybody how good you are. Throw out your chest. Brag about yourself.

• Carl Denham : [excited]  Boy, look at him scrap! Just like his Old Man!

• Reporter : If I don't get a story I'll lose my job.

  Carl Denham : Alright, tell 'em this: Carl Denham, the boy who was gonna make a million dollars off King Kong, is flat broke.

• [repeated line] 

  Carl Denham : Stick to me, kid, and you'll wear diamonds.

• Carl Denham : [after little Kong has broken the rifle]  Now look what you've done, you big dummy!

• Carl Denham : Do you think he knew he was saving me?

• Carl Denham : [as Helstrom is clinging to the small boat]  Aw, Skipper, do we *hafta* bring him aboard?

• Carl Denham : [as Little Kong follows Denham and Hilda]  Come on, Baby. Some baby.

• Carl Denham : I'm the guy that knocked out your pop with a gas bomb and then carried him off to New York in chains. I've been sorry for it ever since. Yeah. You see, the poor old geezer got shot at the finish and I guess if I'd left him alone we'd all been better off. This is sort of an apology.

• Carl Denham : If you want me to, I'll give Helstrom a tip that he's too thick with the crew.

  Englehorn : Go ahead. It's bad for discipline.

  Carl Denham : [sees Charlie leading a procession of the crew]  Ha. We must be in Russia. Here comes the Committee of the Workers.

  Charlie, the Chinese Cook : Captain Englehorn!

  Englehorn : Well?

  Charlie, the Chinese Cook : Captain, I went down in the forward hold.

  Englehorn : What of it?

  Charlie, the Chinese Cook : Captain, I found something!

  Englehorn : What's the matter? Found what?

  Carl Denham : [sees Charlie reach into the crowd of sailors and pull out Hilda, who was stowing away in the forward hold]  Holy mackerel!

• Carl Denham : If I don't get out of this house I'll bite someone.

• Carl Denham : [when Hilda sneaks onboard]  You ought to be beaten to a pulp!