Greatest Last Film Lines
1910s - 1930s
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Film Title
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Famous Last Lines
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The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
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(title card) "Liberty and Union, one
and inseparable, now and forever!" |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Ger.)
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(title card) "At last I understand
his delusion. He thinks I am that mystic CALIGARI! Now I know exactly
how to cure him..." |
Nosferatu, the Vampire (1922, Ger.)
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(end title card) "And at that moment,
as if by a miracle, the sick no longer died, and the stifling shadow
of the vampire vanished with the morning sun." |
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
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(end writing in the stars of a nighttime sky) "Happiness
Must Be Earned" |
Battleship Potemkin (1925, USSR)
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(title card) "Brothers!" |
Metropolis (1927)
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(title card) "THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN
HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!" |
Anna Christie (1930)
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- "Fog, fog all time. You can't
tell where you was going. Only that old devil sea, she knows."
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Little Caesar (1930)
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"Mother of Mercy! Is this the
end of Rico?"
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City Lights (1931)
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(title card) "Yes, I can see now." |
Frankenstein (1931)
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- "Well, go ahead, knock."
- "Well, well, well, what's
all this? What do you want, eh? What's this?"
- "If you please, Herr
Baron, we thought that Mr. Henry could do with a glass of his great-grandmother's
wine."
- "Fine old lady, my grandmother. Very foreseeing
of her to prevent my grandfather drinkin' this. Mr. Henry doesn't need
this. Well, as
I said before, I say again: 'Here's, here's to a son, to the House of
Frankenstein.'"
- (in unison) "Indeed, sir. We hope so, sir."
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A Free Soul (1931)
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- "Please change your mind, Jan, don't go."
- "If I
were only sure that it would make you happy always."
- "I'm sure, Jan."
- "Wait a little while, darling. I'll be in New York, working
at something."
- "I'll follow you there."
- "If you ever do, l'll follow you to the
ends of the earth."
- "That's a date."
- "Pardon me, sir."
- "The secret of my success is never say die."
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The Front Page (1931)
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"Duffy.
Listen, Duffy! What's the first stop of the 12:40 to New York? That's
right. I want you to send a wire to Chief of police there. Tell him
to stop that train and arrest Hildy Johnson. Bring him back here.
Wire him a full description. The
son of a (bitch) stole my watch."
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Monkey Business (1931)
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- "What are you doing?"
- "I'm looking for a needle in a
haystack."
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The Public Enemy (1931)
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(phone rings) - "I'll get it, Ma. Yeah.
This is Mike. When? You are? Fine. Ma, they're bringin' Tom home."
- "They
are? When?"
- "Right now. He's on his way."
- "Is, is he all right?"
- "Well, he must
be. They wouldn't be bringing him home."
- "Oh, it's wonderful. I'll get
his room ready. I knew my baby would come home."
- "Who called, Mike?"
- "One
of Paddy's boys, I guess. Didn't say who."
- "Oh."
- "Molly, Molly dear?"
- "Yes, Mother?"
- "Bring
up some clean sheets out of the linen closet. Hurry, dear."
- "All
right."
(knock on door, delivering Tom dead and wrapped up like a mummy, falling
forward face-first)
(title card) "The END of Tom Powers is the
end of every hoodlum. 'The Public Enemy' is, not a man, nor is it a character
-- it is a problem that sooner or later WE, the public, must solve."
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Back Street (1932)
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"I'm coming, Walter, I'm coming." |
Freaks (1932)
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- "But, sir, they insist
on seeing you."
- "In all these years, I've seen no one. Have I not told you
that? Send them away."
- "Very good, sir."
- "I can't see no one."
- "Excuse me, sir. You can't come in."
- "Can't I?"
- "No, sir.
I have my orders."
- "Who's gonna stop me?"
- "Well, I have my orders."
- "Well, I'm in, ain't I? Oh yes, you
can, Hansie, old boy. There's someone you've just gotta see."
-
"Why did you come here?"
- "Please, Hans. Don't be angry. Venus
and Phroso have been so kind by me."
-
"Please go away. I can't see no one."
- "But, Hans, you tried to stop them. It was only the poison you
wanted. It wasn't your fault. Don't, don't cry, Hans. Come to me, my Liebchen.
Don't cry. Don't, Hans. Don't cry. I love you. I love you."
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Grand Hotel (1932)
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- "Grand Hotel.
Always the same. People come. People go. Nothing ever happens."
- "Grand Hotel!"
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Horse Feathers (1932)
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- "We are gathered together here to join
this man and this woman in the bonds of matrimony, which is an honorable
estate. Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?"
- "I do."
- "Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"
- "We do!"
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I Am a Fugitive From
a Chain Gang (1932)
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- "Will you write? Do
you need any money? But you must, Jim. How do you live?"
- "I steal!"
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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
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"Impossible." |
Rain (1932)
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- "No offense to you in that last crack
I made, handsome."
- "Aw, that's all right."
- "I'm going to Sydney with you, if the invitation still holds good.
Let's go."
- "I understand, Miss Thompson. I'm
sorry for him, and I'm sorry for you."
-
"I'm
sorry for everybody in the world, I guess."
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Red Dust (1932)
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- "'And the next day, when the big round sun
was high in the heaven, little Bobby Chipmunk could hardly believe
his eyes, because there across Farmer Brown's meadows he saw little
Molly Cottontail.' (whistle) A chipmunk and a rabbit! Say
I wonder how this comes out? 'But the faster he ran across the ground,
the faster she went, hippity hop hippity hop, hippity...' Fred! Stop
it!"
- "Ouch!"
- "Sorry. Once more and you get the works right there!"
- "Can't
you read anything but bedtime stories?"
- "I've read you everything four times.
Except one certain item."
- "What?"
- "Well, I didn't want to upset you. You're not well yet, you know."
- "Let me see."
- "I'll read it. Where is
it? Oh, hmm. Here: 'Sailing for San Francisco on the Mohawa Maroo,
was Mr. Gary Willis and his attractive wife of...' Look how they spelled
'Philadelphia'! 'Ffil'.
Well anyway, let's see now. Uhm. 'Way across the meadow...' Come
on Fred, shake out of it. 'Way across the meadow, as old Daddy Sun
was setting behind the purple hills, little Molly Cottontail went hippity
hop, hippity hop, hippity hop, hip...' Fred?"
- "What, Lily?"
- "You big cheese!"
- "Roquefort or
gorgonzola?"
- "Me come again, peep peep! Ha, ha, ha, ha."
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
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- "I was reading a book the other
day."
- "Reading a book!"
- "Yes. It's all about civilization or something, a nutty kind
of a book. Do you know that the guy said that machinery is going to take
the place of every profession?"
- "Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about."
- "Say, I want to sit next to Oliver! Oliver, where are you?"
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Duck Soup (1933)
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- "Hey, Trentino!"
- "Trentino,
eh. That's game."
- "Trentino!"
- "Trentino, eh. Call
me an upstart, eh?"
- "I surrender! I surrender!"
- "I'm sorry, you'll have to wait 'til the fruit runs
out."
- "Victory is ours! (singing) Hail, hail Freedonia,
Land of the brave..."
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42nd Street
(1933)
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- "Oh, these directors make me
sick. Take Marsh. Puts his name all over the program, gets all the
credit."
- "If it wasn't for kids like Sawyer, he wouldn't have a show."
- "Sawyer's a whiz!
She'll have Broadway in her pocket in a week."
- "You're right."
- "And Marsh will probably
say he discovered her. Some guys get all the breaks."
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King Kong (1933)
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- "Lieutenant, I'm Carl Denham."
- "Carl Denham?"
- "Yeah."
- "Denham? Oh, that's the man that captured the monster."
- "Well, Denham, the airplanes got him."
- "Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the
Beast."
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Little Women (1933)
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- "Would you... Oh, I have no courage to think that...
But could I dare hope that... I-I know I shouldn't make so free as
to ask. I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty
hands."
- "Not empty now."
- "Oh, hearts dearest."
- "Welcome home." |
Morning Glory (1933)
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"...Nellie, I could
make him happy."
- "Of course you can, my dear."
- "And he could make me happy
too."
- "Certainly he can."
- "Nellie, they've all been trying to frighten me.
They've been trying to frighten me into being sensible, but they can't
do it. Not now. Not yet. They've got to let me be as foolish as I wanna
be. I-I wanna ride through the park. I want a, I want to have a white
ermine coat. And I'll buy you a beautiful present. And Mr. Hedges, I'll
buy Mr. Hedges a little house. And I'll have rooms full of white orchids. And
they've got to tell me that I'm much more wonderful than anyone else,
because, Nellie - Nellie, I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid of being just
a morning glory. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. Why
should I be afraid? I'm not afraid."
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Only Yesterday (1933)
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"My father?" |
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933, UK)
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"Six wives, and the best of them's the worst!" |
Queen Christina (1933)
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- "The wind is with us."
- (off-screen) "All hands on deck. Let the gangway fall." |
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
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- "Where'd you get that, dark and handsome?"
- "You Bad-Girl."
- "Mmm, you'll find out."
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Sons of the Desert
(1933)
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- "What did Betty say?"
- "Betty
said that 'Honesty was the best politics.' (He holds up
a cigarette) Look! (coughs) (singing) Honolulu Baby! Won't
you close those eyes..."
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The Gay Divorcee (1934)
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- "Egbert and I are going to be married
too."
- "Yes. Why, darling, why, what's
the mat...? We
were married last night, on our way back from London."
- "Last night?
Were we? Why, of course, sir, we were. Darling, I'd forgotten about
it. Isn't it wonderful? I'll tell you what we'll
do. We'll all hurry back to London to have a big celebration."
"Oh, Scusi! Scusi! I'm
also very good at parties!"
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It Happened One Night
(1934)
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- (reading a telegram) "'What's
holding up the annulment, you slowpoke. The walls of Jericho are
toppling.' Send him a telegram right away. Just say, 'Let 'em topple.'"
- "Funny
couple, ain't they?"
- "Yeah."
- "If
you ask me, I don't believe they're married."
- "They're married, all
right. I just seen the license."
- "They made me get 'em a rope and
a blanket, on a night like this. What do you reckon that's for?"
- "Blamed
if I know. I just brung 'em a trumpet."
- "A trumpet?"
- "Yeah, one of them
toy things. They sent me to the store to get it."
- "But what in the world do they
want a trumpet for?"
- "Dunno." [Trumpet sounds]
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The Scarlet Empress (1934)
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- "Why are those bells ringing? Why
are those bells ringing?"
- "I don't know, Peter."
- "How dare you address me
like that! Who are you?"
- "My name is Orloff, and I'm on duty as guard."
- "I'll have your head for this insolence! You're addressing the emperor!"
- "There is no emperor. There is only an empress."
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
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"If we shadows have offended, think but this and
all is mended. That you have but slumber'd here while these visions did
appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but to dream.
Gentles, do not reprehend, if you pardon, we will mend. Else the Puck,
a liar call, so good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be
friends and Robin shall restore amends!" |
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
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- "Are we really free, Percy?"
- "Not you, darling. Chauvelin said you'd be free the moment I died.
It won't be a moment sooner."
- "Land ahead!"
- "Look, Marguerite,
England."
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
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"It's a far, far better thing I
do than I have ever done. It's a far, far better rest I go to than
I have ever known."
(title card) "I am the Resurrection and the Life: he that believeth in
me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
(1935)
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- "Mr. Memory, what was the secret formula
you were taking out of the country?"
- "Would it be all right, me telling
you, sir? It was a big job to learn it, the biggest job I ever
tackled, and I don't want to throw it all away."
- "It'll be quite
all right."
- "The first feature of the new engine is its greatly
increased ratio of compression represented by R minus one over R to
the power of gamma where R represents the ratio of compression
and gamma. Seen in end elevation, the axis of the two lines of
cylinders. Angle of 65 degrees. Dimensions of cylinders as follows.
This device renders the engine completely silent. Am I right, sir?"
- "Quite right, old chap."
- "Thank
you, sir. Thank you. I'm glad it's off my mind. Glad."
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Top Hat (1935)
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- "And in order to put you off the scent,
I thought of many little disguises. This evening, I met Mr. Beddini
and Miss Tremont, and fearing that they might recognize me, I turned
my collar around, like this. And very cleverly, I became a clergyman."
- "You are the one who married us!?"
- "Yes, sir."
- "Then we've never been
really married?"
- "Precisely, Miss."
- "Well, well, well. Mr.
Beddini, what are you doing in this young lady's room?"
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After the Thin Man (1936)
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- "Nora!"
- "What's the matter, Nick?"
- "It isn't
true."
- "What isn't true?"
- "Shh! Pinch me."
- "Why?"
- "Pinch me. It
is true!"
- "What?"
- "We're alone. No family, no friends, no reporters, no police, no
nothin'. Good."
- "I suppose we ought to decide where we're going."
- "Why? Do you care?"
- "No. But I haven't any clothes."
- "Well, what's the
difference? Saves you the trouble of packing. And I don't need anything
in the world, darling, but you and a toothbrush. What's that?
Hmm? Hmm. Looks
like a baby's sock. Hmm!"
- "And you call yourself a detective."
- "Why, Mrs.
Charles."
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Dracula's Daughter (1936)
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- (gunshots) "Can it... Is she?"
- "She's all right."
- "And
Countess Zaleska?"
- "Out there. Janet, open your eyes."
- "Oh, Jeffrey!"
- "There's your vampire, Sir Basil. The arrow, a wooden shaft
through her heart, just as I drove the stake through his."
- "The
woman is beautiful."
- "She was beautiful when she died...a
hundred years ago."
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
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- "Mr. Ziegfeld. Mr. Z--"
- "Hello. Is Dr.
Hassel still in the building, please? Would you ask him to come up
to Mr. Ziegfeld's apartment at once? Yes. Hurry, please."
- "I've
got to have more steps. I need more steps. I've got to get higher,
higher!" |
Libeled Lady (1936)
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- "What is this? What's going on here?"
- "Oh, Hello, Father."
- "I got your telephone call. Now what is the meaning of this?"
- "Now be calm, please."
- "Mr. Allenbury,
I
can explain everything."
- "Well, you'd better explain fast! You mean to
tell me that you married him?"
- "Yes, Father."
- "Well, who is this woman?"
- "Well, that's
Bill's wife."
- "What?"
- "Quiet, will you please be quiet!"
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
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- "May I come in?"
- "Oh, Mr. Courtney."
- "Mr. Gray said there were a couple of people over here who wanted
to get married. Are you it?"
- "Yes, we're it. Can you marry us without a license?"
- "Without a... It may
get me into a lot of trouble, but, uh, I guess I've known your family
long enough to take a chance. Who are you going to marry?"
- "Godfrey. Oh, this is Godfrey."
- "Oh. How do you do, uh, Godfrey? Does your father know about
this?"
- "Oh, everybody
knows about it, except Godfrey."
- "Well, I guess we better have a witness."
- "Oh, we can use, Clarence. Clarence, you can be the witness.
Come down here. Come, stand right down here. That's fine. Right there.
Come on, Godfrey. Right there."
- "Well, now, uh, join hands, please.
No, the right hand."
- "Oh. Stand still, Godfrey, it'll all
be over in a minute. (giggles)"
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The Petrified Forest (1936)
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"Thus in your field
My seed of harvestry will thrive
For the fruit is like me that I set
God bids me tend it with good husbandry
This is the end for which
We twain are met."
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The Plainsman (1936)
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- "There's your prisoner,
General Merritt."
- "We won't forget what Bill Hickok has done, Cody.
We'll remember."
- "All of us will. All of us."
(she kisses him) "That's one kiss you won't wipe off."
(epilogue title card): "It shall be as it was in the past... Not
with dreams, but with strength and with courage... Shall a nation be molded
to last."
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Poppy (1936)
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- "Pop, I've got something wonderful
to tell you."
- "Have you, dear?"
- "Pop, whaddya think? I'm really the heiress."
- "Wonderful. You've finally gotten some sense, eh?"
- "Isn't it grand? Now, we have a beautiful home and we can settle down."
- "That's marvelous. And if we should ever separate, my little plum, I
want to give you one little bit of fatherly advice."
- "Yes, Pop."
- "Never give a sucker an
even break."
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Things to Come (1936)
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-
"What they've done is magnificent."
- "Will they come back?"
- "Yes, and go again and again until the landing is made
and the moon is conquered. This is only a beginning."
- "And if they don't
come back - my son and your daughter, what of that, Cabal?"
- "Then
presently others will go."
- "Oh, God! ls there never going to be any age
of happiness? Is there never to be any rest?"
- "Rest enough for the
individual man. Too much and too soon, and we call it death. But
for man, no rest and no ending. He must go on, conquest beyond conquest.
First this little planet and its winds and waves and then all
the laws of mind and matter that restrain him. Then the planets about
him and, at last, out across immensity to the stars. And
when he has conquered all the deeps of space and all the mysteries
of time, still he will be beginning."
- "But, we're such little creatures. Poor humanity's so fragile, so weak.
Little, little animals."
- "Little animals. And if we're no more than animals, we must snatch
each little scrap of happiness and live and suffer and pass, mattering no more
than all the other animals do or have done. It is this, or that? All the universe
or nothingness? Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?"
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A Day at the Races
(1937)
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"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."
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The Good Earth (1937)
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"O-lan, you are the earth."
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Grand Illusion (1937, Fr.)
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- "We've got to end this damn war, and
make it the last!"
- "What an illusion! Come down to earth. What if we meet
a patrol?"
- "We split up, and try our luck."
- "Just in case, cheerio and
so long!"
- "So long, you 'dirty Jew'!"
- "So long, 'old
mate'!
- "Don't shootthey're in
Switzerland."
- "All the better for them."
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In Old Chicago (1937)
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"Aye, that's the truth. We O'Learys are a strange
tribe. There's strength in us. And what we set out to do, we finish." |
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
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"Let us not mourn him. Let us rather salute
that bright spirit of his, which will live forever. And, like a torch,
enlighten a younger generation inspired to follow him. You who are
enjoying today's freedom take to your hearts the words of Zola. Do
not forget those who fought the battles for you and bought your liberty
with their genius and their blood. Do not forget them and applaud
the lies of fanatical intolerance. Be human. For no man in all the
breadth of our land more fervently loved humanity than Zola. He had
the simplicity of a great soul. He was enjoying the fruits of his
labor, fame, wealth, security when suddenly, out of his own free
will, he tore himself from all the peaceful pleasures of his life,
from the work he loved so much because he knew that there is no serenity
save in justice, no repose save in truth. At the sound of his brave
words, France awakened from her sleep. How admirable is the genius
of our country. How beautiful the soul of France which for centuries
taught right and justice to Europe and the world. France is once
again today the land of reason and benevolence because one of her
sons, through an immense work and a great action, gave rise to a
new order of things based on justice and the rights common to all
men. Let us not
pity him because he suffered and endured. Let us envy him. Let us
envy him because his great heart won him the proudest of destinies:
He was a moment of the conscience of man."
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Lost Horizon (1937)
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"Yes. Yes, I believe it. I believe
it because I want to believe it. Gentlemen, I give you a toast. Here's
my hope that Robert Conway will find his Shangri-La. Here's my hope
that we all find our Shangri-La."
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
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- "Oh, Tom."
- "Yes, your Highness?"
- "Come
here."
- "Yes, sire."
- "They're gone. Sit down."
- "Are you sure it's all
right?"
- "You sat down all the time you were King, so I suppose it won't
matter now. This one's about you."
- "Me?"
- "It makes you my ward."
- "Ward?"
- "That means that as long as you live, you'll have
money to live on. And if anybody's unkind or cruel to you, they've committed
an offense against the Crown."
- "Oh, your Majesty."
- "What's the matter?"
- "I just
don't know what to say."
- "Oh, just say thank you."
- "This is good for cracking nuts.
Isn't it?" (laughter)
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Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs (1937)
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(title cards) "...so beautiful,
even in death, that the dwarfs could not find it in their hearts
to bury her...they fashioned a coffin of glass and gold, and kept
eternal vigil at her side... the Prince, who had searched far and
wide, heard of the maiden who slept in the glass coffin."
[Song: "One
Song"]
"Goodbye. Good-bye, Grumpy. Good-bye. Oh, Dopey. Good-bye!"
(title card) "...and they lived happily ever after."
[Song: "Some Day My Prince Will Come"]
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Stage Door (1937)
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- "Good evening. Who do I see about
accommodation?"
- "Miss Orcutt! She'll take care of you."
- "Thank you."
- "Come in."
- "Hello? Hello,
Bill."
- "Don't be sentimental. Remember, you're a ham at heart."
- "No,
that wasn't me. That was a friend of mine. Uh, how's the new job coming
on?"
- "Would you like me to carry a message to your late lamented
Aunt Susan?"
- "Hold on. Gangrene just set in. No message. I don't use that
kind of language."
- "I just thought I'd ask."
- "I just wanted to know if maybe..."
- "I think you'll be interested in this. It is one of the features
of the Footlights Club. It's the chair Bernardt sat in when she read Queen Elizabeth over
here. I was in the company. I think you'll like it here. We're one great
big family. I'll show you your room. I hope you don't mind sharing."
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A Star is Born (1937)
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- "Miss Lester. This microphone is on
an international hook-up. Throughout the world, your fans are hoping
you will say a few words to them."
- "Hello,
everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."
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Stella Dallas (1937)
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"All right, folks, you've seen
enough. Come on. Move along. Now, come on, clear the sidewalk."
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Topper (1937)
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- "Oh, darling. I was so afraid I was going to lose
you."
- "Oh, you can't lose a bad penny like me, you know."
- "You're not
a bad penny. You're just the dearest, sweetest husband a woman
ever had."
- "Darling, you amaze me. You look so differently, and you, you
act so differently."
- "I am different. And I've been praying you'd
come back, so I could prove it. Will you promise not to laugh if
I show you something?"
- "I promise. I'm, I'm too astonished to laugh."
- "You do understand, don't you?"
- "Oh, darling, I understand. Why, I
love you."
- "Cosmo."
- "But I wonder if you knew everything. If you knew..."
- "I don't want to know anything. I'm just going to love you,
and never question."
- "So long, Toppy. We're on our way."
- "We won't be seeing you
anymore, Toppy. So long."
- "What was that? I thought I heard voices."
- "No. Remember, darling, love me and never question."
- "Bless our happy home."
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The Adventures of Robin
Hood (1938)
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- "What about you, Robin?"
- "My sword is
yours, sire, now and always."
- "Is there nothing England's king can grant the outlaw who showed
him his duty to his country?"
- "Yes, your Majesty, a pardon for the men of Sherwood."
- "Granted
with all my heart."
- "Long live Richard the Lion-Heart!"
- "But, is there nothing
for yourself?"
- "There's but one thing else, sire."
- "And, uh, do you too wish...
?"
- "More than anything in the world, sire."
- "Kneel, Robin Hood. Arise, Robin,
Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham, and Lord of
all the lands and manors appertaining thereto. My first command to you,
my lord Earl is to take in marriage the hand of the Lady Marian."
- "Long live Robin Hood! Long live Robin Hood! Long live Lady
Marian!"
- "And
what say you to that, Baron of Locksley?"
- "May I obey all your commands with
equal pleasure, Sire!"
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Alexander Nevsky (1938, Soviet Union) (aka Aleksandr
Nevskiy)
|
"Go and tell all in alien lands that Russia (Rus) lives!
Let all come and be our guests. But he who comes to us sword in hand,
by the sword shall perish! On that our Russian land will forever take
its stand! HE WHO COMES TO US SWORD IN HAND BY THE SWORD SHALL PERISH.
ON THAT OUR RUSSIAN LAND WILL FOREVER TAKE ITS STAND" |
Algiers (1938)
|
- "I'm sorry, Pepe. He
thought you were going to escape."
- "And so I have, my friend."
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Angels With Dirty Faces
(1938)
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(reading of newspaper article) "'At
the fatal stroke of 11 p.m., Rocky was led through the little green
door of death. No sooner had he entered the death chamber than he
tore himself from the guards' grasp, flung himself on the floor screaming
for mercy. And as they dragged him to the electric chair, he clawed
wildly the concrete floor with agonized shrieks. In contrast to his
former heroics, Rocky Sullivan died a coward.' I don't believe
it. I don't believe one rotten word of it."
- "I don't believe it
either. If anybody says it's true, I'll..."
- "He couldn't die that way,
not Rocky! He couldn't. It's all lies! Lies, I tell ya!"
- "Hey, fellas.
Here's Father Connolly. Let's ask him. He oughta know. He'll tell
us everything."
- "You were there, Father. You saw everything. What happened?
Did Rocky die like they said? Like a yellow rat?"
- "It's true, boys. Every word
of it. He died like they said. All right, fellas. Let's go and say
a prayer for a boy who couldn't run as fast as I could."
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La Bête Humaine (1938, Fr.) (aka The Human
Beast)
|
- "Poor bloke. He must have been in pain to do
that. I haven't seen him look so calm for a long time."
- "We
have to clear the line. We'll pull the train to the next station. I'll
stay with him." |
Blondie (1938)
|
"Dagwood!...Sometimes I think it's
harder to raise a husband than a baby."
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Boys Town (1938)
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- "I-I wished I could think of
something to say. And if I could think of something, I-I wished I
could say it. I'm gonna try to make, I mean, I'm gonna try to help
to make, I mean, I'm gonna try to help to, to keep Boys Town
the kind of place. What a guy you picked to be Mayor."
- "There is
no bad boy."
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
|
- "Well, I've just discovered that was
the best day I ever had in my whole life."
- "David, you don't mean it?"
- "I've
never had a better time."
- "Oh, ha, ha. But, but I was there."
- "Well, that's what made it
so good."
- "Oh, did you really have a good time?"
- "Yes, I did!"
- "Oh, that's, but that's
wonderful. Do you realize what that means? That means that you must
like me a little bit."
- "Oh, Susan, it's more than that."
- "Is it?"
- "Yes. I love
you, I think."
- "Oh, that's wonderful, because I love you, too. Stop rocking,
David."
- "Oh,
I'm not rocking. I-I-I..."
- "Oh, oh..."
- "No, Susan. Please, the brontosaurus! Oh my goodness,
four years' went into this. No, no, no...Oh my god, Susan. Oh, my. Susan,
please! Look out, Susan, something's going to..."
- "I'm falling!"
- "Hold on. Hold on, Susan! Hold on! Don't let go! Don't let go!"
- "Oh, David, look what
I've done...Oh, I'm so sorry. Oh, Oh! David, can you ever forgive me?
You can, and you still love me."
- "Susan, that..."
- "You do. Oh, David. "
- "Oh, dear. Oh, my. Hmmm."
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A Christmas Carol (1938)
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- "I'm a little rusty at this.
I've never done it before, but may I?"
- "Yes. Please do."
- "To all of us, everywhere. A merry
Christmas to us all, my dears."
- "God bless us, every one."
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Pygmalion (1938)
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"Where the devil are my slippers,
Eliza?"
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Suez (1938)
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"And when the day comes, I want
to stand beside you and see the ships go through the canal and know
you built it for all the people in the world." |
You Can't Take it With You (1938)
|
- "Well, sir, here we are again. We've
had quite a time of it lately, but it seems that the worst of it
was over. Of course, the fireworks all blew up, but we can't very
well blame that on you. Anyway, everything's turned out fine as it
usually does. Alice is going to marry Tony. Mr. Kirby, who's turned
out to be a good egg, has sold us back our house, and he'll
probably forget all about big deals for a while. Nobody on our block
has to move. And with the right handling, I think we can even
thaw out Mrs. Kirby in time. We've all got
our health, and as far as anything else is concerned, we still leave
that up to you. Thank you. Bring it on, Rheba."
- "Now it is two easy lessons, you know, Mrs. Kirby. I will teach you.
Ha, ha, ha."
- "No holds barred. No holds barred."
- "I hope you like it, Mr. Kirby."
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Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
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"Blondie!"
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Dark Victory (1939)
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- "Is that you, Martha?"
- "Yes, Miss Judith."
- "I don't
want to be disturbed."
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5th Ave Girl (1939)
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"Why don't you mind your own business?!" |
The Four Feathers (1939)
|
"Ethne, your feather." |
Golden Boy (1939)
|
"Papa, I've come home." |
Gone With the Wind
(1939)
|
- "But I must think about it. I must think
about it. What is there to do? What is there that matters?"
- "Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett
O'Hara, that Tara doesn't mean anything to you? Why, land's the
only thing that matters. It's the only thing that lasts."
- "Something
you love better than me, though you may not know it. Tara."
- "It's this
from which you get your strength. The red earth of Tara."
- "Why, land's
the only thing that matters. It's the only thing that lasts."
- "Something
you love better than me, though you may not know it. Tara."
- "This from
which you get your strength. The red earth of Tara."
- "Why, land's the
only thing that matters."
- "Something you love better than me."
- "The red
earth of Tara."
- "Tara!"
- "Tara!"
- "Tara!"
- "Tara!
Home.
I'll
go
home,
and
I'll
think
of
some
way
to
get
him
back!
After
all,
tomorrow
is
another
day!"
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
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- "No, Whittaker, stop that beII tonight.
Mr. Chipping's very iII."
- "Yes, sir."
- "Poor oId chap. He must have had a IoneIy Iife, aII by himseIf."
- "Not
aIways by himseIf. He married, you know."
- "Did he? I never knew about
that."
- "She died a Iong whiIe ago."
- "Pity. Pity he never had any chiIdren."
- "What was that you were saying about me?"
- "Nothing at aII, oId man.
Nothing at aII. We were just wondering when you were going to wake
up out of that beauty sIeep of yours."
- "I heard you. You were taIking about
me."
- "Nothing of consequence, oId man. I give you my word."
- "I thought
I heard you saying it was a pity. Pity I never had any chiIdren.
But you're wrong. I have. Thousands of them. Thousands of them. And
aII boys."
[roll call of boys]
- "Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Goodbye."
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
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"Oh, Watson - the needle!"
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
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- "Don't thank me. Thank Quasimodo,
who saved you from hanging. And Gringoire, whose little printed papers
set you free..."
- "Why was I not made of stone
like thee?"
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
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- "I'm not fit to be a senator!
I'm not fit to live! Expel me! Expel me, not him! Willy Taylor's
a fraud. It's a crime against the people who sent me here and I
committed it! Every word that boy said is
the truth! Every word about Taylor and me and graft and the rotten
political corruption of our state. Every word of it is true. I'm
not fit for office! I'm not fit for any place of honor or trust.
Expel me, not that boy!"
- "Hurrah. We did it! We did it."
- "Order, gentlemen! Please."
- "Hurrah. He did it!"
- "Will you let go of me!?"
- "Yippee!"
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Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
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- "So long, Bonnie. Keep
that coffee warm. Back in time for breakfast."
- "I won't be here. I'm going on the boat."
- "Yeah?"
- "Nobody asked me to stay."
- "They haven't?"
- "No, and you won't ask anybody to do anything, would ya?"
- "That's right.
Here, we'll flip a coin for it. Tails you go, heads you stay. Heads. What about
it?"
- "I won't stay that way."
- "You won't?"
- "I'm hard to get, Geoff.
All you have to do is ask me."
- "Here's a souvenir for ya, Bonnie. I like that saying
goodbye. So long, Bonnie."
- "Son of a gun. Hey! Hey, Geoff! Geo---!"
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The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
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-
"He's dead."
- "Who is this guy?"
- "This is Eddie Bartlett."
- "Well, how are you hooked up with him?"
- "I could never figure it out."
- "What was his business?"
- "He used to be a big shot."
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The Rules of the Game (1939, Fr.) (aka La Regle
du Jeu)
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- "A new definition of the word accident."
- "No, no, no, no, no, no.
La Chesnaye has a touch of class. And that's a rare thing nowadays, a
rare thing!" |
Stagecoach (1939)
|
- "Well, they're saved from the
blessings of civilization."
- "Yeah. Doc? I'll, uh, buy ya a drink."
- "Just one."
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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"Oh, but anyway, Toto, we're home!
Home! And this is my room - and you're all here! And I'm not gonna
leave here ever, ever again because I love you all! - And oh, Auntie
Em, there's no place like home."
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The Women (1939)
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- "Mary, Stephen's outside. He's waiting
for you. Oh, that is, he wants to know if you'll see him. Oh, Mary,
will you please?"
- "Will I? You bet I will."
- "Mary Haines, haven't you any pride?"
- "No
pride at all. That's a luxury a woman in love can't afford."
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Wuthering
Heights
(1939)
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- "What's the matter, man?"
- "I've gone
mad. Stark ravin' mad."
- "Dr. Kenneth?"
- "I saw Heathcliff out
on the moors in the snow with a woman."
- "A woman you say?"
- "Yes, a woman! I saw
her with him plain as my own eyes."
- "It was Cathy. Cathy."
- "Go on,
man. What happened?"
- "No, I don't know who it was. I was trying to
get up near to them when suddenly my horse reared and plunged and
I was thrown. I called out to them, but they didn't hear me, so I
followed them. I tell you, I saw them both! He had his arm about
her, so I climbed up after them. And I found him. Only him. Alone.
With only his footprints in the snow."
- "Under a high rock, on a ledge,
near Peniston Crag."
- "Yes."
- "Was he dead?"
- "No, not dead, Dr. Kenneth.
Not alone. He's with her. They've only just begun to live. Goodbye
Heathcliff. Goodbye my wild sweet Cathy."
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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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-
"Ain't you goin' back, Abe?"
- "No, I think I might go on apiece. Maybe to the top of that hill."
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