Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Clark Gable: Van Stanhope
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Quotes
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Van : There's an old Chinese proverb that says if you want to keep a man honest, never call him a liar.
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Van : I can't do any more, Whitey. I'm all fagged out.
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Van : I'm sorry, boys. I got some work to do.
Mr. Bakewell : Come on, Frawley. We've been thrown out of better offices.
Frawley : Where they had better scotch!
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Van : You gals certainly stick together. You know, you'd rather see Whitey promoted than to see me comfortable.
Linda : It's really my own comfort I'm thinking of. Do you know that I sat next to a young lady tonight that didn't know I was Mrs. Stanhope and was convinced that Whitey was one of *those* secretaries.
Van : What? Did somebody say that?
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[after Linda finds a bracelet hidden in her trout]
Van : Don't start asking me to go whale fishing.
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Van : You know, it's amazing how a man can twist logic to suit his own ends.
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Van : They're not going to get very far trying to sell a two dollar jar of cold cream in a five cent magazine.
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Van : Whitey, you're good at this!
Helen 'Whitey' Wilson : Thanks, V.S.
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J.D. Underwood : You have to admit its an idea.
Van : Why, it's flabbergasting!
J.D. Underwood : Well, it takes an old flabbergaster like me, to make you smart youngsters know that you haven't got all the ideas in the world.
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Van : [singing] Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, And smile, smile, smile, While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that's the style, Oh what's the use of worrying? It never was worth while...
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Van : What'd you want?
Linda : Oh, nothing.
Van : Come on, now. What was it you wanted to tell me?
Linda : It's too late. I won't talk now.
Van : Well, probably wasn't anything important.
Linda : Well, you're not going to get it out of me that way.
Van : Well, what'd you want to tell me?
Linda : Oh, the mood's gone. It's all different now.
Van : Oh, it is, huh? The mood's gone? Eh? The mood's gone, eh? It is? Mmm-hmm.
[kisses Linda on the lips]
Van : You know, the first time you bid three spades tonight, I am definitely going to break that lovely little neck of yours.
[kisses Linda's neck]
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Van : You probably think I'm drunk, don't you?
Helen 'Whitey' Wilson : No.
Van : Well, you should; because, I am.
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Van : Me? I haven't done that in years. That's work!
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Van : Say, that Ellen's a cute dish.
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Van : Is it still wet?
Helen 'Whitey' Wilson : Yes, it is.
Van : No! I don't think so. No, it must be dry by now. No, it's still wet.
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Van : Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for a very interesting and stimulating afternoon.
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J.D. Underwood : Van, I've got a brand new kind of a steam cabinet some fellow in Belgium invented and I tell you I'm like a kid with a toy.
Van : You know, I haven't had a good steam bath in a year.
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J.D. Underwood : Van, enough beatin' about the bush. What are you tryin' to put over on me?
Van : J.D., did anybody ever put anything over on you in your entire life?
J.D. Underwood : Well, you're not far wrong.
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Helen 'Whitey' Wilson : Look, crack the whip. Are you game?
Van : Certainly!
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Van : Whitey, you're a modern Mata Hari!
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Van : Whitey, tonight we let loose.