Cain and Mabel (1936)

Ruth Donnelly: Aunt Mimi

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• Aloysius K. Reilly : Now, if you could only sing or dance or juggle or something, I could fix it up like that. Jake Sherman's putting on a show.

  Aunt Mimi : You know Jake Sherman?

  Aloysius K. Reilly : Couldn't be closer to him if I was his Siamese brother.

  Aunt Mimi : Then she works. Mabel can dance. I've been teachin' her steps ever since she was a little nipper.

• Aunt Mimi : Beware of good looking prize fighters. I knew one once. He spent so much time on the canvas, I started thinking of him as a portrait.

• Aunt Mimi : He's probably some old coot with removable hair and an apartment full of etchings.

• Aunt Mimi : You're gettin' paid for being in the show, aren't ya?

  Mabel O'Dare : Yes, as a dancer - not a sparing partner for an egotistical pug-ugly!

  Aunt Mimi : Just think, Mabel, you'll be on the front page right along with Mussolini and...

  Mabel O'Dare : I don't want to be on the front page with anybody.

  Aunt Mimi : Well, of course, if you wanna be a snob.

• Aunt Mimi : The girl had a future until you came along. What she got with a prize-fighter?

  Pat 'Pop' Walters : Garage mechanic.

  Aunt Mimi : With a garage mechanic? Thank you. Nothing but a free valve grind.