The Crash (1932)

George Brent: Geoffrey Gault

Quotes 

• Geoffrey Gault : Well, what'd you get out of him?

  Linda Gault : Nothing that would interest you.

  Geoffrey Gault : Anything he'd say to you would interest me. Whether its about the market or not.

  Linda Gault : I told you. Nothing.

  Geoffrey Gault : So, your fatal charm is beginning to fail, eh? Well, I'm not surprised. It couldn't last forever.

  Linda Gault : You think that, eh? Alright then, I'll tell you. It was too easy. Like that.

  [Snaps fingers] 

  Linda Gault : The market's perfectly alright. Everything's going up. Everything. This recession doesn't mean a thing. They're, they're simply trying to shake out the little fellows or something like that.

  Geoffrey Gault : That's all I wanted to know. Get yourself something tomorrow. You've earned it.

  Linda Gault : Oh, I've enough jewelry now.

  Geoffrey Gault : What's the matter with us, now, anyway? Seems to me the more money we make the more wretched we are. It wasn't this way when we were poor.

  Linda Gault : I'll tell you what it is. It's this unspoken conspiracy between us. I sinister tips with my charm and you convert them into money. And that's killed everything there ever was between us. Sometimes I'm half sick with shame at the things I do.

  Geoffrey Gault : What do you think I am? Do you suppose I'd touch that money if it wasn't for you? How do you think I could hold you if I didn't make more money, year after year after year?

  Linda Gault : You really care for me a little bit? You'll love me when I'm old and gray?

  Geoffrey Gault : I love you now.

• Linda Gault : How about your day? What happened in the market?

  Geoffrey Gault : Very strange. Four million share day. Heavy selling and most of the stuff pretty well absorbed. Just for no reason. I can't find any explanation for it. Everything looks perfectly serene. Unless some of the big chaps are getting ready to unload.

  Linda Gault : Why don't you stop talking about business and look at me. That's better. Pay some attention to your wife. Other men find me - quite desirable, you know.

• Geoffrey Gault : Tell me, are you really a sheepherder?

  Ronnie Sanderson : I raise sheep.

• Geoffrey Gault : How do you find things, these days?

  John Fair : Oh, here and there, a glimmer of light in the gloom.

  Geoffrey Gault : Well, there's no glimmer in my gloom.

• Geoffrey Gault : It would have made me happier than anything in the world, to know that you'd failed with Fair.

• Geoffrey Gault : [the Stock Market has crashed]  The bottom has dropped out of the Market. I'm in trouble. You've *got* to get ahold of John Fair.

  Linda Gault : What for? Another tip?

  Geoffrey Gault : Oh, I don't *want* any more tips. You've got to arrange a loan for at least $250,000 right away.

  Linda Gault : Geoff, you're insane! Why don't you go to your bank?

  Geoffrey Gault : The bank's out! They won't lend me money now - I wouldn't even lend it to myself.

  Linda Gault : Well, I won't do it. I refuse to humiliate myself by crawling to that man. It's contemptible of you to even suggest it!

• Geoffrey Gault : Let me tell you something: I'm cracking up. Do you understand? I'll be sold out in an hour. Clean. Do you realize what that means? Now, you're afraid of poverty. Well, listen to this: it's here. Do you understand that? It's here! Now where'll you go?

  Linda Gault : That's a lie. It can't be true! You're just saying it to frighten me, to make me do those things I won't do.

  Geoffrey Gault : It's not a lie! We'll be wiped out tomorrow. Fair can save us, but... but it's up to you.

  Linda Gault : [pauses to consider]  Very well... What security shall I offer on the loan?

  Geoffrey Gault : None. No security. Just... your charm.

  Linda Gault : I see...

  [closes door and leaves] 

• Linda Gault : [after she and her husband have been decimated by the stock market crash]  Would it be too terrible if I hid out somewhere for a while? Couldn't I go someplace?

  Geoffrey Gault : [a bit perplexed]  Go where?

  Linda Gault : Bermuda! Bermuda would do... and when you make some money, I can come back home.

  Geoffrey Gault : [wearily]  Yes... I suppose I can stay here and do the dirty work.

  Linda Gault : If I don't get away I'll have another smash!

  Geoffrey Gault : [wearily]  All right, dear. I'll raise the money somehow.

  Linda Gault : Oh, Geoff, thanks.

• Geoffrey Gault : I'm afraid your trip from Bermuda is a waste of time.

  Ronnie Sanderson : Seeing Linda is never a waste of time.

  Geoffrey Gault : I ought to sock you for that. I don't know what I'm standing here for. I ought to punch you right in the face.

  Ronnie Sanderson : Why don't you try?

  Geoffrey Gault : I will - if you don't let her alone.

  Ronnie Sanderson : I'm not going to let her alone.

  Geoffrey Gault : Come out on the street!

  Ronnie Sanderson : I expected that. Knowing your attitude in this mess, I hardly expected to find you a gentleman.

  Geoffrey Gault : My "attitude"?

  Ronnie Sanderson : Your vile efforts to hold a woman when she's struggling so hard for her liberty.

  Geoffrey Gault : Oh, let her go to you. I'd die first. She's *my* wife.

  Ronnie Sanderson : I assure you, she'll be mine soon.