Piccadilly Jim (1936)

Robert Montgomery: James Crocker, Jr.

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• James Crocker - Sr. : Herbert is the rag king of America.

  James Crocker, Jr. : Ah, a musician.

  James Crocker - Sr. : No, he has a process.

  James Crocker, Jr. : Can't he have it lanced?

  James Crocker - Sr. : Oh, you don't understand. Herbert buys clippings from other manufacturers and converts them back into cloth again. It's netted him millions.

  James Crocker, Jr. : Millions! From rags to riches.

• James Crocker - Sr. : I don't know quite how to begin.

  James Crocker, Jr. : Suppose you begin by letting me know her name.

• Bayliss, Jim's Butler : Mr. Crocker is a fine actor too

  James Crocker, Jr. : My father is not a fine actor. My father is a ham.

  Bayliss, Jim's Butler : Ah, but a delightful ham, sir. A gentleman.

• James Crocker, Jr. : Have you, by any chance, formed the wrong impression of me?

  Ann Chester : I think not. You're a typical American - European model.

  James Crocker, Jr. : A romantic figure, I trust?

  Ann Chester : Oh, very. I think the technical term is a bar fly.

• James Crocker, Jr. : You are making the most stupid mistake in the world. You're trying to use your brain to choose a husband instead of your heart. It can't be done. It's all wrong. Marriage isn't an engineering problem, uh, like Boulder Dam.

• James Crocker, Jr. : That might be the face that launched a thousand ships that ruined the topless towers of Illium, but she's got a date .. with a horse.. on the bridal path.

• Bayliss, Jim's Butler : America - I've never been there, sir. Do you think American will understand me?

  James Crocker, Jr. : .: I think we should both make an effort, Bayliss.

• James Crocker - Sr. : It came like a bolt from the blue, my boy. I'd seen her several times in the waiting room at the dentists.

  James Crocker, Jr. : Yes, and she spotted you. Well , you always were a matinee idol - that is, when you had matinees.