Illicit (1931)

Claude Gillingwater: Ives Sr.

Quotes 

• Richard 'Dick' Ives II : Dad, what would you do with a girl like that?

  Richard Ives Sr. : I'd grab her any way she'd have me.

• Richard Ives Sr. : Anne, how about you, dear? You don't mind an old man taking a friendly interest in your love affairs, do you?

  Anne Vincent Ives : No, of course not, as long as the old man is you.

  Richard Ives Sr. : This may be all very well for you, Dick, but letting Anne in for this sort of thing is a bit thick, isn't it?

  Anne Vincent Ives : Oh, now don't blame Dick, Mr. Ives. He want to do right. I've been fighting him off all summer.

  Richard Ives Sr. : Don't you want to get married, Anne?

  Anne Vincent Ives : Not particularly, no.

  Richard Ives Sr. : Why? Because you want to be sure?

  Anne Vincent Ives : Oh, I am sure of our love. It's marriage I want to be sure of.

  Richard 'Dick' Ives II : She has theories, Dad.

  Anne Vincent Ives : Yes, I have. Nearly every girl I know, Mr. Ives, is either unhappily married or unhappily divorced, and I've simply come to the conclusion that marriage is disastrous to love. There's so much about it that's all wrong - the awful possession that people exert over each other, the intimacy, and the duties. I don't know... but love can't stand the strain, that's all.

• Richard Ives Sr. : You're not the kind of girl to get away with this sort of thing. Oh, I have no doubt there are many relationships of this kind. But, the successful ones, marry sooner or later. You can't lick the marriage institution.