The Footloose Heiress (1937)

Hugh O'Connell: John C. Allyn

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Quotes 

• Kay Allyn : Now look what you've done. You threw him out!

  John C. Allyn : Well, that's what you wanted!

  Kay Allyn : Oh, can't you see I'm in love with him?

  John C. Allyn : But you said...

  Kay Allyn : Haven't you known me long enough not to believe what I say?

• Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : [after saving Mr. Allyn from the railroad tracks]  You're a little old to be playing on freight cars, aren't ya?

  John C. Allyn : Ah, listen, young fella, you don't have to be impudent simply because you saved my life.

• John C. Allyn : She's crying!

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : They all do.

  John C. Allyn : Yeah, but you don't understand. She hasn't cried in her whole life. The doctor said she was the strangest baby.

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : She is. How about a drink?

  John C. Allyn : Drink? Let's finish the bottle.

  [Toasts] 

  John C. Allyn : Here's to the only man who ever made my little girl cry.

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : Here's to the only father whose little girl I've ever made cry.

• Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : I'll bet she's had a bit in her teeth ever since she was born and riding you for a fare thee well.

  John C. Allyn : Yeah, you're right. She's been thrown out of four seminaries, three finishing schools and a convent. She's been engaged three times, she's tried to elope four, no, tonight was the fifth. Why, she's... Let's have a drink. I need mine straight, how about you?

• John C. Allyn : Look here. I'm open to new ideas and I like your stuff. Why not stay here and work in my radio department?

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : No, I'm afraid I couldn't use it right now. I haven't finished seeing America yet through the eyes of the forgotten man.

  John C. Allyn : Forgotten man?

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : Yeah, the hobo. I like his... his independence. No clients to get in your hair.

  John C. Allyn : Well, I'll have plenty of them in my hair if this isn't right. The directors have essentially said they're stopping here in the morning for a script. They've had no faith in our radio ideas up until now and if this isn't done right, well, I'm liable to lose one of my biggest accounts.

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : Oh. Well, is there anything I can do?

  John C. Allyn : Stay here and write this for me tonight and you can name your own figure.

  Bruce 'Butch' Baeder : I'll settle for a ham sandwich and a glass of milk.

  John C. Allyn : Ham sand...? Sit down, boy, and I'll fry the egg to go with it!