Wise Girl (1937)

Ray Milland: John O'Halloran

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Quotes 

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I don't think I'd look very Bohemian in these clothes.

  John O'Halloran : Why don't you take them off?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I'm not that Bohemian!

  Dermont O'Neil : Well, we'll soon fix that.

• Prince Michael : Excuse me, Mademoiselle.

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Hi ya, babe! You wanna shake a leg with me, huh? Okay, babe.

  [to John and Mike] 

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : You don't mind if he manipulates me spine for a couple of rounds, do ya?

  John O'Halloran : Huh?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Tanks. I'll be back before you can close your mouth.

  [leaves] 

  Mike : Say, does she always give it the Jekyll and Hyde?

• Karl : Do you know anything about massaging?

  John O'Halloran : No! Well, only as as an amateur.

  Karl : Too bad. They get $15 a week - and the work ought to be pleasant.

• John O'Halloran : Do you want to go and live with that pompous old walrus?

• John O'Halloran : What'd you do - threaten to bump him off?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Ah, he was yellow.

• Prince Michael : [In Mama Guido's cafe]  Uh, excuse me mademoiselle.

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Hi ya, babe. You wanna shake a leg with me, huh? Okay, babe.

  [to John and Mike] 

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : You don't mind if we manipulate some spine for a coupla rounds, do ya?

  John O'Halloran : Huh?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Thanks. I'll be back before you can close your mouth.

  Mike : Say, does she always give with the Jekyll and Hyde?

  John O'Halloran : I dunno.

• John O'Halloran : You look too decent. Let's see what we can do about your hair.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Well, I should think a man like that would be able to give the children every advantage.

  John O'Halloran : Didn't you ever read how he's raised his own brat? At least my kids are going to be ladies.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Well, I don't think I'd look very bohemian in these clothes.

  John O'Halloran : Why don't you take them off?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I'm not that bohemian.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Mike, you look kinda tired. Why don't you go upstairs and go to bed?

  Mike : I'm not sleepy.

  John O'Halloran : There used to be some crack about two being company.

  Mike : Just a lotta radical propaganda.

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Mike, are you gonna force me to be subtle.

• John O'Halloran : Why, it's outrageous - six months for speeding?

  Jailer : Oh, so you admit you were speeding.

  John O'Halloran : No, I wasn't.

  Jailer : Well, you got six months to make up your mind.

  John O'Halloran : Suppose I admit I was speeding?

  Jailer : You'd get another month for perjury.

• John O'Halloran : [as Susan duck walks behind a counter, she bumps into John]  Having fun?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I, um, I was duck walking.

  John O'Halloran : What for?

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Well, just to see how a duck walks, heh, heh.

  John O'Halloran : Come on, get up.

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : I can't.

  [He helps her stand up] 

• Joan : John!

  Katie : John, is that you?

  John O'Halloran : Yes.

  Joan : Now, you come right up to bed.

  Katie : Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Susan, keeping John out this late?

  Joan : I'm awfully sorry.

  Joan : We'll talk about that in the morning.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : You'd better be careful, we're coming into Fletcherville. They have a speed trap there.

  John O'Halloran : I thought you owned Fletcherville.

  Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : Only up to 30 miles an hour.

• John O'Halloran : Why'd you have to hit the referee?

  Mike : That other guy was too tough.

• John O'Halloran : Now listen, take care of your hands. If you're gonna break anything, let it be your head.

  Mike : Don't talk like that. You give me a complex.

• Susan 'Susie' Fletcher : What would you say if I said that you were a very sweet person?

  John O'Halloran : I'd say that you'd have to go an awful long way to find a sweeter one.