Slightly Married (1932)

Evalyn Knapp: Mary Smith

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  Judge : Well, Mary Smith, I've heard some funny alibis, but yours takes the prize. You were waiting on a street corner for a man who is going to marry you. Are you sure he knew which corner you were going to be on?

  Mary Smith : Well, you see, I had been standing on the corner some time, when a man came along and asked me if I could use some money. He smiled so kindly that I thought that he perhaps realized that I needed some. You see, I've been out of work a long time.

  Judge : But if you knew you were going to be married what did you want money for?

  Mary Smith : Well, I had waited so long I was beginning to think that he wasn't going to come.

  Judge : How long have you been doing this sort of thing?

  Nellie Gordon : Don't answer that. Tell him you got a sick mother in Kansas.

• Judge : Mr. Martin, did you by any chance ever play a game called poker?

  Jimmy Martin : Often, Judge. Oh, anyway, two or three times.

  Judge : Well, I'm ready to call your bluff. Are you ready to marry this girl?

  Jimmy Martin : Certainly, Judge, certainly. If she'll have me. Mary, will you marry me?

  Mary Smith : Yes, Jimmy.

  Nellie Gordon : Well, I'm a dirty so-and-so.

• Mary Smith : Why were you in that courtroom?

  Jimmy Martin : Well, I'll tell you. I was out on a bender, see. I was going to a party, and the taxi got a flat tire right outside the courthouse. So I sort of wandered in, sat down.

  Mary Smith : Why did you marry me?

  Jimmy Martin : To get you out of a jam. You can get a divorce right away, you know.

• Jimmy Martin : Say, you got a whole kitchen, stove and everything here. Let's have dinner.

  Mary Smith : All right, but I...

  Jimmy Martin : Oh, sure. I understand. I'll go to the store and get something. What would you like? T-bone steak, salami, and dill pickles?

  Mary Smith : And potato chips?

  Jimmy Martin : Yes, sure. The kind that don't bend. Oh please, have you got a comb?

  Mary Smith : Oh, sure. Help yourself.

  Jimmy Martin : Oh, you like chocolate eclairs?

  Mary Smith : Yeah. I like the custard ones, not the cream ones.

  Jimmy Martin : Thank you. Say, you don't know what you're talking about. The cream ones are much better. All right, I'll get both kinds. I won't eat the custard ones.

• Mary Smith : No woman's going to marry my baby's father.