Thunder in the City (1937)

Annie Esmond: Lady Challoner

Quotes 

• Lady Challoner : I can't imagine what's got into you two children

  James : Boredom, Mother darling. Bored with this place, bored with not having any money, bored with you and father and bored with ourselves

• James : We might sell him Challoner Hall at a fabulous price.

  Sir Peter : Do you really think he might?

  James : Probably that's one of the reasons why he came to England - you know, the return of the prodigal and all that sort of stuff.

  Sir Peter : Well, I say, if we could get a decent price for the old place, why I could afford to have that tiger hunt in India... I'd like at least one shot at the tiger before I die.

  Lady Challoner : And I could have a decent house in town, and not have to live forever in exile on this devil's island.

  Dolly : And I might be able to acquire a husband.

  Lady Challoner : Dolly!

• Dan Armstrong : [Discussing his grandfather with his English cousins]  Well, he certainly had a great career in the U.S.A.

  Lady Challoner : Oh, what did he do?

  Dan Armstrong : He investigated jails.

  Lady Challoner : Oh?

  Dan Armstrong : That is, as an inmate. It was his ambition to serve time in every state of the union. But he died before he got to South Dakota.