Bed of Roses (1933)

Constance Bennett: Lorry Evans

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• Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron : As Head Matron of his Institution, in all my experience, I have never come...

  Lorry Evans : Save your wind, save your wind, you might want to go sailing sometime.

• [to prison official during release from prison] 

  Lorry Evans : This is a very nice institution you have here Miss Muncie, but you do cater to a rather low class.

• Dan : Is it a good job?

  Lorry Evans : Bed of roses.

  Dan : Oughta smell good.

• Dan : Oh, I got another treat for ya.

  Lorry Evans : What is it?

  [Dan slowly closes the door, puts a bowl on the table, pours water in it, takes a hand towel and displays both sides like a magician before tucking it in as a bib, picks up his shaving supplies and starts lathering his face] 

  Lorry Evans : Say... what is this treat?

  Dan : I'm gonna let you watch me shave.

  Lorry Evans : You're too good to me.

  Dan : Any woman who can get me to shave more than twice a week must have something.

• Lorry Evans : Minnie!

  [spotting Minnie's wedding ring] 

  Minnie : I had to give in sometime, you see the hips was gettin' away from me. You know, I can't stand obesity.

  Lorry Evans : You can't stand what?

  Minnie : Let it go.

• Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook : Anything mo', boss?

  Dan : How 'bout some more catfish?

  Lorry Evans : No thanks. I've had so much now I'm about ready to meow.

  Dan : All right, Alice, you can take it away.

  Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook : She ain't got half the appetite of some of yer other gals had.

  Dan : The conversation's more interesting when you keep your mouth shut.

• Lorry Evans : I'm kinda sorry I pushed you overboard this afternoon.

  Dan : Nah, it's all right. I like a woman with some spunk. Only don't make a habit of it.

• Lorry Evans : How good are you at walkin' on water?

  Minnie : Oh, just fair, but I could do a lot of thinkin' on gin if I knew where to get some.

• [Minnie enters room and spots liquor bottle not knowing that it's empty] 

  Minnie : Ah, there you are sweetheart.

  [to liquor bottle] 

  Lorry Evans : Say, if you want any more you'll have to wring it out of him to get it.

  [motions to her drunk companion] 

  Minnie : He looks wrung out now... why didn't he eat the bottle?

• Minnie : You don't look so bad yourself for a corpse.

  Lorry Evans : A corpse!

  Minnie : You were supposed to be drowned and you don't even look damp.

  Lorry Evans : Well, I got myself resurrected.

  Minnie : Well, you done a good job while you was at it.

  [looking around at Lorry's opulent apartment] 

  Minnie : Does he own the mint?

  Lorry Evans : No, but he's got an option on it.

• Lorry Evans : How come I rate all this attention?

  Minnie : You're gonna have a good time tonight if I have to bust out in a rash.

• Father Doran : Are you sure there won't be any regrets later?

  Lorry Evans : Not with me. I can take my regrets and leave 'em alone.

• Minnie : I just made all arrangements to get drove down to the boat. Oh, are you a good chauffeur?

  Lorry Evans : What's the matter with the boyfriend? Paralyzed?

  Minnie : Oh, he wants me to help him check up on his groceries.

• Minnie : He's a big cotton man.

  Lorry Evans : Yeah? He looks perfectly normal to me.

  Salesman Ogelthorpe : You're some kidder.

  Lorry Evans : Have you got a lot of cotton ranches or does it grow on animals?

• Stephen Paige : You say you're with...

  Lorry Evans : The American Newspaper Syndicate. We're running a series of articles on successful businessmen, you know, captains of industry, lawyers, bankers...

  Stephen Paige : Aren't you rather young for this sort of thing?

  Lorry Evans : Well, I'm not very long out of - convent.

  Stephen Paige : I rather expected a fat, frumpy sort of woman. They usually are.

• Lorry Evans : Hello. Never expected to see me again, did you?

  Dan : Well, I sort of thought I might.

  Lorry Evans : Thought my conscience would bring me back?

  Dan : I didn't count very much on your conscience.

• Lorry Evans : Well, I'm sort of a governess.

  Dan : Governess, huh? Who do you govern?

  Lorry Evans : Oh, the offspring of a old Southern family.

  Dan : What do you do? Teach them good manners?

  Lorry Evans : Not so far.

• Lorry Evans : I bet you've never even had your arms around a girl.

  Dan : Oh, yes I have. Part-way. She was a fat girl.

  Lorry Evans : Oh. Try puttin' your arms around me. See how I feel.

• Lorry Evans : Scared of me, aren't you?

  Dan : Certainly.

  Lorry Evans : Why?

  Dan : Because you're the kind of a woman that goes around pushing people off of boats.

  Lorry Evans : Scared of all women?

  Dan : Only those I've met.

• Dan : That one up there is Venus. If your in a fast plane, traveling at top speed, it'll take you 50 years to get there.

  Lorry Evans : I'd be too old to enjoy myself. What other trips have ya got?

  Dan : Well, if you just want to go on a short trip, you could run up to the moon.

  Lorry Evans : How long would that take?

  Dan : Probably make it in about 166 days.

  Lorry Evans : You. know too much for your own good.

  Dan : Oh, I ain't even started yet. You see that one over there?

  Lorry Evans : Oh, let's just look at 'em.

• Dan : [long kiss]  What was that? A tidal wave?

  Lorry Evans : No, it was just me.

  Dan : Try it again.

  [long kiss] 

  Dan : So, that's what it's like.

• Lorry Evans : I'm going to grab my happiness while I can.

• Stephen Paige : A man imagines the woman he marries is something set apart, something clean. That's why young love is different to anything else in the world.

  Lorry Evans : You're just bein' old fashioned.

  Stephen Paige : Maybe. But, so is every man.

• Father Doran : Do you think that's a nice attitude for you to start out with?

  Lorry Evans : Well, don't worry. If the finish is okay, I can always write a check to cover the start.

• Lorry Evans : So, you've had other girls on board?

  Dan : Sure! They were different kind of gals.

  Lorry Evans : How do you know I ain't the same as they are?

  Dan : Oh, you just put on a hard front. You know what you're doin'.

  Lorry Evans : All say I do. I'm going places!

• Lorry Evans : You're a woman-hater.

  Stephen Paige : Wait! Wait a minute. I didn't say anything of the kind.

  Lorry Evans : Oh, that's all right. I'm a man-hater. That is, in a way I am, you know, my career comes first.

• Lorry Evans : Mr. Paige, tell me, are you annoyed with women? That is, the fortune hunter kind? I mean, you know.

  Stephen Paige : No, not exactly. Say, what sort of an interview is this? Are you interviewing me about my private life or my business?

  Lorry Evans : Well, we like to know as much as we can.

• Lorry Evans : What are your views on drinking?

  Stephen Paige : You mean prohibition?

  Lorry Evans : Yeah. Yeah.

  Stephen Paige : Oh, well, the 18th Amendment is a law. And as a law, should be respected until its rescinded by the voice of the people.

  Lorry Evans : I see. And you mean you ain't in favor to it?

  Stephen Paige : I beg your pardon?

  Lorry Evans : You mean you are not in favor of drinking.

  Stephen Paige : Well, I just said I wasn't.

  Lorry Evans : That's very interesting.

  Stephen Paige : Why?

  Lorry Evans : Well, I've interviewed several other important men and you're the first one to believe in prohibition.

  Stephen Paige : Well, now, just a moment. Before you write anything down. That isn't my personal opinion.

  Lorry Evans : Oh, then you do approve of drinking?

  Stephen Paige : Well, under certain circumstances I think spirits may be good if taken medicinally.

• Dan : Do you like to dance?

  Lorry Evans : Sure.

  Dan : Are you good at it?

  Lorry Evans : Oh, I guess I can get by.

  Dan : Yeah, I guess you can get by.

• Dan : Can you imagine old man river washin' anything like you right up against my barge? Was that a lucky break.

  Lorry Evans : Was it?

• Lorry Evans : Why, Miss Brown. What a pleasant surprise. How do you do?

  Minnie : Get down off that horse and try walkin'.

• Lorry Evans : Minnie, you look swell! Put the body there and tell me all about it.

• Lorry Evans : Minnie, I got to talk to you.

  Minnie : Okay, if you don't get serious. You know, you gotta let them win once in awhile or they lose that old interest.

• Minnie : You ain't in love are ya?

  Lorry Evans : No, but he's got my goat.

• Lorry Evans : I borrowed some money from him one day. You know, the day I jumped off that boat. You know what he did when I took it back?

  Minnie : Sure, he took a sock at ya.

  Lorry Evans : No. That's the trouble. He said money doesn't mean everything and if I needed it more than he did it was okay with him. Honey, the guy's got my goat.

• Dan : How about stayin' for dinner? We're gonna have catfish.

  Lorry Evans : I can hardly wait.

  Dan : Catfish for two.

  Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook : Catfish for two.

• Lorry Evans : Is Mr. Paige here yet?

  Genevieve - Lorry's Maid : No, Miss Lorry.

  Lorry Evans : Hasn't he phoned all evening?

  Genevieve - Lorry's Maid : No, Miss Lorry, I think he was at the theater.

  Lorry Evans : Oh, hang, I wanted to see him.

• Stephen Paige : You don't want to buck the world all over again.

  Lorry Evans : Thanks, Stevie. But maybe that's just what I do want to do. Buck the world again.

• Stephen Paige : The lamp's still burning in the window.

  Lorry Evans : Well, you better save the oil, Stevie. The wandering girl won't be back.