Colleen (1936)

Dick Powell: Donald Ames 3rd

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• Colleen Reilly : [Ames has a black eye]  What you need is some beefsteak for that eye.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Oh, that's just propaganda put out by the meat packers so they can sell more beef.

  Colleen Reilly : Come on, you're not gonna' tell a Reilly how to cure a black eye.

• Donald Ames 3rd : Just what are your approximate assets?

  Colleen Reilly : A few Carlo gowns made from materials largely unpaid for.

  Donald Ames 3rd : And these are liabilities.

• Alicia Ames : Beech!

  Donald Ames 3rd : Oh, I'll get him for you, Auntie. Good-bye.

  Alicia Ames : Bye. Oh, that Beech. Beech! Beech?

• Minnie Hawkins : Mr. Ames, do you know where Uncle Cedric is? I want to see him awful bad.

  Donald Ames 3rd : That's the way he'll be when his wife gets through with him.

• Minnie Hawkins : Oh, Mr. Ames, are you satisfied with my work?

  Donald Ames 3rd : Yes. I think you've done a remarkable job on my Uncle without using a gun.

  Minnie Hawkins : [flutters her eyelashes]  Oh, do you mean I'm a bad influence?

  Donald Ames 3rd : Yes. But, evidently, excellent company.

  Minnie Hawkins : Oh, thank you.

• Donald Ames 3rd : You design dresses too?

  Colleen Reilly : And hats, in my spare moments.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Oh, if you could only cook.

  Colleen Reilly : I can!

• Colleen Reilly : Oh, that's wonderful, darling.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Well, I'm inclined to let it stay open. I think we should go out and have dinner together - and then come back here and go over the books again.

  Colleen Reilly : If that's an order from the boss, I suppose I have to obey it.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Consider it an order.

  Colleen Reilly : I have considered it, sir.

• Colleen Reilly : Of course, I think you should become well acquainted with the details of the business.

  Donald Ames 3rd : I'd rather become well acquainted with you.

  Colleen Reilly : It's getting late. I better be going.

  Donald Ames 3rd : I'll see you home.

  Colleen Reilly : Oh, you needn't bother.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Now, don't argue with the boss.

• Donald Ames 3rd : Minnie, you've never been abroad have you?

  Minnie Hawkins : See, here!

  Donald Ames 3rd : I mean, Europe, Paris, London.

  Minnie Hawkins : Ah, London. Nip up to Scotland for the grouse, fly over to Paris for the races, Vienna in the Spring.

• Colleen Reilly : [puts a slab of raw beefsteak on his black eye]  How does it feel?

  Donald Ames 3rd : Feels like you got the whole cow on me!

• Donald Ames 3rd : I had four years of college.

  [singing] 

  Donald Ames 3rd : But, what good did it do? I could learn so much more, In an evening with you...

• Minnie Hawkins : You're breaking Minnie's heart.

  Cedric Ames : Yes, but, everything's changed. My attitude's changed. My mind's changed. Everything's changed.

  Minnie Hawkins : Aren't you gonna make me your little daughter?

  Cedric Ames : No, my family seems to think that my health is too feeble for me to have a daughter at this time.

  Donald Ames 3rd : In other words, Miss Hawkins, my Uncle has come to his senses.

  Minnie Hawkins : He hasn't any senses to come to! You know that. Uncle, I'm furious.

• Donald Ames 3rd : [to Colleen while she is dancing with Paul]  I've been nearly frantic. Called you. Sent you telegrams. Well, I love you.

  Paul Gordon : Who me?

  Colleen Reilly : No, me!

  Donald Ames 3rd : Look, old chap, mind if I cut in.

  Paul Gordon : No, not at all. This is where I get off, anyhow.

• Donald Ames 3rd : [singing]  I know how to croon a tune, Play a trumpet and a big bassoon, I know what to do beneath the moon, I don't have to know how to dance...

• Donald Ames 3rd : [singing]  Now, you can dance, And he can dance, Go have your fun, Let everyone swing and sway, Oh, get gay!

• Logan : I'm afraid your uncle has delusions of becoming a business executive again. We must find something for him to do.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Well, I'll try to talk him into going around the world as soon as I get back from Chicago.

  Logan : Yeah, but it's such a small world.

• Logan : What can we get him to do that would be harmless?

  Donald Ames 3rd : Have him cut out paper dolls.

  Logan : Ah, he'd cut his fingers off.

  Donald Ames 3rd : Give him a pair of boxing gloves - no, you better not do that. He might knock himself out.

• Donald Ames 3rd : Minnie, you've never been abroad, have you?

  Minnie Hawkins : See here!

  Donald Ames 3rd : Oh, I mean Europe, Paris, London.

• Donald Ames 3rd : Tell the lady he's in a coma. He's been in one for four years.