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The Awful Truth  (1937)

"You've come home and caught me in a truth, and it seems there's nothing less logical than the truth." 
- Irene Dunne as Lucy Warriner in The Awful Truth (1937)

Baby Face  (1933)

"J.P. Carter: Did somebody in your home play the piano?
Lily Powers: Anybody that had a nickel."

— Henry Kolker and Barbara Stanwyck  in Baby Face  (1933)

Best Foot Forward (1943)

"Lucy: Did anyone ever tell you you were brilliant and charming?

Dutch: No.

Lucy:
 Then whatever gave you the idea?"
- Lucille Ball and Kenny Bowers in Best Foot Forward (1943)

Border Incident  (1949)

"Bearnes: How do I know you won't double-cross me?

Parkson: You don't. It's dealer's choice and I'm the dealer."
— George Murphy (Bearnes) and Howard DaSilva (Parkson) in Border Incident  (1949)

Brother Orchid  (1940)

"Sometimes the littlest items [in the paper] make the biggest funerals."
- Ann Sothern as Flo in Brother Orchid (1940)

Captains Courageous (1937)

"Punching someone isn't talking to him, is it?"
- Freddie Bartholomew's uncredited classmate in Captains Courageous

Caught  (1949)

Leonora: He wasn't like this before we were married.

Franzi: He was a bachelor.


Leonora: He was a human being.

- Barbara Bel Geddes and Curt Bois in Caught (1949)

The Children's Hour  (1961)

Aunt Lily: But you know the theater has changed,there's no question of it. They simply will not accept a serious play on the road.
Martha: Isn't that interesting. Is it a trend, will it pass?
— Shirley MacLaine as Martha Dobie to Miriam Hopkins as Lily Mortar in The Children's Hour  (1961)

Clash by Night  (1952)

"You want my life story, Joe? I'll give it to you in four words: Big ideas; small results."
— Barbara Stanwyck  as Mae Doyle in Clash by Night  (1952)

Cry 'Havoc' (1943)

"I'm so nervous, I feel like a bubble dancer with a slow leak." 
— Joan Blondell as Grace Lambert in Cry 'Havoc.'

Dawn Patrol  (1930, 1938)


"Hoorah for the next man that dies!"
— Everybody in both versions of The Dawn Patrol (1930, 1938).

Design for Living (1933)

A thing happened to me that usually happens to men." 
— Miriam Hopkins as Gilda Farrell in Design for Living  (1933)

Duck Soup  (1933)

Chicolini (answering the phone): Hello, yes? No, he's not in yet. All right good-bye. That was for you again."

Firefly: 
"I wonder what ever became of me. I should have been back here a long time a go."  
- Chico to Groucho Marx in Duck Soup  (1933).

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

"Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight I want to ask you for the most precious thing you own: your vote."
- Loretta Young as Katie Holstrom in The Farmer's Daughter (1947) 

The Fortune Cookie  (1966)

"I love you, Harry, but I don't want to love somebody dumb."  
- Judi West as Sandy Hinkle to Jack Lemmon as Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie (1966).

Freaks (1932)

"I'm not going to have my wife lying in bed half the day with one of your hangovers."
- Rosco Ates to Daisy and Violet Hilton in Freaks  (1932)

Gaslight (1940)

"Knife? What knife? Do you see a knife in my hand? Have you gone mad my sane husband?" 
- Diana Wynyard as Bella Mallen in Gaslight (1940)

Hitler's Children (1943)

"Karl: You're a German. If you'd only give our way of living a chance.

Anna: You can't give evil and rottenness a fair chance."

— Tim Holt to Bonita Granville in Hitler's Children (1943)

Holiday  (1938)

"What's the use of having all this jack around if it's not going to get us a superior kind of man?"

- Katharine Hepburn as Linda Seton in Holiday  (1938)

Hot Millions (1968)

Smith: "No greatness is possible without a little intelligent madness.
Klemper: You put that beautifully. Let me write that down.
Smith: Oh no, give credit where credit is due, sir. I believe it was Hitler who said that, sir.
Klemper: (writing it down) Just goes to show. There's nothing new under the sun."
- Peter Ustinov and Karl Malden in Hot Millions (1968)

There's a lot of living to do in this world. And if you're worthwhile, you get hurt
- Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle in Kitty Foyle (1940)

Imitation of Life  (1934)

"Bea: Peola's smarter than Jessie.

Delilah: Yas'm. We all starts out that way. We don't get dumb til later on."

- Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers in Imitation of Life (1934)

Ladies They Talk About  (1933)

"Linda[Pointing out a mannish cigar-smoking inmate in the prison ladies' room]: Watch her; she likes to wrestle."
— Lillian Roth to Barbara Stanwyck in Ladies They Talk About  (1933)

Little Big Man  (1970)

"Sometimes the magic work. Sometimes it doesn't."
— Chief Dan George as Old Lodge Skins in Little Big Man

The Lost Patrol  (1934)

"Pity. Decent boy in some ways. No soldier though."
- Brandon Hurst as Corporal Bell clucking over his fallen Lieutenant in The Lost Patrol (1934).

Meet John Doe (1941)

"Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork."
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- Gary Cooper as John Willoughby in Meet John Doe (1941)

Murder, My Sweet  (1944)

"Look, Marlow, we're arraigning you. It ain't personal. We don't like you, but it ain't personal." 
- Paul Phillips as Detective Nulty to Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet (1944).

Night (Curse) of the Demon (1957)

"It would be easier to stop a demon than a woman who has her mind made up." 
— Dana Andrews as John Holden in Night of the Demon (1957)

Peeping Tom (1960)

"I don't trust a man who walks quietly." 
— Maxine Audley as blind Mrs. Stephens in Peeping Tom (1960)

The Purchase Price (1932)

"Joan: So long, pal.

Eddie: So long, chump."
- Barbara Stanwyck and Lyle Talbot in The Purchase Price (1932)

Rosemary's Baby  (1968)

"Oh, shut up with your 'Oh, Gods' or we'll kill you, milk or no milk!"
- Patsy Kelly as Laura-Louise McBirney in Rosemary's Baby  (1968)

Separate Tables  (1958)

Charles: Even the Old Girls know the facts of life.

Jean: They may know them, but they don't like them.

- Rod Taylor to Audrey Dalton in Separate Tables (1958)

Seven Samurai  (1954)

Farmer: "Show me a samurai who'll fight for farmers in return for food!"

Old Man Gisaku: 
Find hungry samurai. Even bears come down from the mountain when they're hungry."  
- Uncredited farmer to Kokuten Kodo in Seven Samurai  (1954)

The Shop Around the Corner  (1940)

"Why, Miss Novak... although I'm the victim of your remark I can't help admiring the exquisite way you have of expressing yourself."
— James Stewart as Alfred Kralik to Margaret Sullavan (Klara Novak) in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Three Strangers (1946)

"Crystal: I told you I was sorry.

David: I don't suppose you could help it. Emotions as violent as yours aren't apt to be very stable." 
- Geraldine Fitzgerald and Alan Napier inThree Strangers (1946)

Too Late for Tears (1949)

"Jane: You're drunk.
Danny: Takes one to know one."
— Lizabeth Scott to Dan Duryea in Too Late for Tears (1949)

Topper  (1937

"Say, if I'm in the way, you folks could leave."
— Cary Grant as the late George Kerby in Topper (1937)

Torchy Blane Series

"Dixie: Ain't he masterful?

Torchy: Yeah, all he needs is a leopard skin."   — Jane Wyman and Glenda Farrell in Smart Blonde (1937)

The Under-Pup (1939)

"Pip-Emma: What's your father's social security number?
Cecilia: He doesn't need one. My father's rich.
Pip-Emma: Ha! Wait 'til he pays his taxes!"
-  Gloria Jean and Shirley Mills in The Under-Pup (1939).

The Visit​ (1964)

"INGRID BERGMAN as the woman...Corrupting the morality of a town to buy the death warrant of the man she loved."
- Movie poster for The Visit  (1964) 

Way Down East  (1920)

"If there is anything in this story that brings home to men the suffering caused by our selfishness, perhaps it will not be in vain." 
- Portentous opening title card from Way Down East  (1920)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?  (1962)

"I didn't bring your breakfast, because you didn't eat your din-din."
— Bette Davis as Baby Jane Hudson in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?  (1962)

The Women (1939)

"I suppose a man could do over his office, but he never thinks of anything so simple." 
— Lucile Watson as Mrs. Moorehead in The Women  (1939)

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