Following on from last week, here’s a whole bunch more quotes taken from the films of the 1930s. You may recognize some of them and others may be new to you, but please enjoy:
Cropped screenshot of William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld from the trailer for The Great Ziegfeld (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Great Ziegfield (1936):
“I’ve got to have more steps. I need more steps. I’ve got to get higher, higher!”
Cover of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Remastered)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936):
“And I say the fellas who can make the hill on high should stop once in a while and help those who can’t. That’s all I’m trying to do with this money. Help the fellas who can’t make the hill on high.”
End Shot of Modern Times
Modern Times (1936):
“…a practical device which automatically feeds your men while at work. Don’t stop for lunch. Be ahead of your competitor…the feeding machine will eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease your overhead.”
English: L. to R. : William Powell, Carole Lombard & Jean Dixon in My Man Godfrey – cropped screenshot (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
My Man Godfrey (1936):
“Oh, Money, money, money! The Frankenstein Monster that destroys souls.”
Rose Marie (1936)
Rose Marie (1936):
“Your dream prince, reporting for duty!”
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937):
“I wouldn’t go on living with you if you were dipped in platinum.”
A Day at the Races
A Day at the Races (1937):
“Emily, I have a little confession to make. I really am a horse doctor. But marry me and I’ll never look at any other horse.”
Snow white 1937 trailer screenshot (8) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937):
“Magic Mirror on the Wall. Who is the fairest one of all?”
Laurel & Hardy in Way Out West
Way Out West (1937):
“Now that you’ve got the mine, I’ll bet you’ll be a swell gold digger.”
Errol Flynn as Robin Hood. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938):
“Overtaxed, overworked and paid off with a knife, a club or a rope.”
“Why, you speak treason!”
“Fluently.”
Cover of Boys Town
Boys Town (1938):
“In a pinch I can be tougher than you are, and I guess maybe this is the pinch.”
You Can’t Take it with You
You Can’t Take It With You (1938):
“Well, sir, here we are again.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939):
“Elementary, my dear Watson.”
Gone With The Wind Scene 1
Gone With The Wind (1939):
“Lawdy! We got to have a doctor! I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ babies.”
Gone With The Wind Scene 2
Gone With The Wind (1939):
“I’ll think about it tomorrow. Tara! Home. I’ll go home, and I’ll think of some way to get him back! After all, tomorrow is another day!”
Scene from Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939):
“…a pity I never had children. But you’re wrong…I have…thousands of them…thousands of them…and all boys!”
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939):
“I wouldn’t give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn’t have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a – a little looking out for the other fella, too…”
Scene from Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939):
“…It’s midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.”
Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1939):
“Well, they’re saved from the blessings of civilization.”
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939):
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
The Women
The Women (1939):
“There’s a name for you ladies, but it isn’t used in high society – outside of a kennel.”
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1939):
“I killed you. Haunt me then. Haunt your murderer. I know that ghosts have wandered on the Earth. Be with me always. Take any form. Drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this dark alone where I cannot find you. I cannot live without my life. I cannot die without my soul.”
Cover via Amazon
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939):
“No, I think I might go on a piece. Maybe to the top of that hill. ”
Frankenstein (Photo credit: twm1340)
And that’s that for this week. I think you’ll agree that there is quite a lot of memorable quotations from some vintage classic films of the Golden Age of early film making. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and sure I’ll be back next week with some quotes taken from the movies of the 1940s. So Goodbye for now!
Posted by Michael ‘Charlie’ McGee
