The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
Shirley Chambers: Gladys aka Ella Beebee
Quotes
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James 'Jimmy' Bates : You want to go on the stage, doncha?
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : I don't know whether I do or not.
James 'Jimmy' Bates : Has your name ever been on a marquee?
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : What's a marquee?
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Achilles : [Noticing a young, attractive hotel maid] Say, girlie, I been watchin' you. What's a nice girl like you doing work like this for?
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : Oh, I'm only doing this temporary. I'm going to be a secretary as soon as I learn to spell better.
Achilles : Oh, you oughta' be on the stage!
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : I thought of that, too, but I never got around to it.
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Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : "To be, or not to be, that is the question. Is it best to go on suffering or should one end it all with a bare body?" What does that mean?
Achilles : It's bodkin!
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : What's a bodkin?
Achilles : Oh, let's just pass that.
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Reporter 1 : What is the theory of nudism?
Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : The what?
Reporter 2 : What hypothesis is your cult based on?
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Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : Couldn't we go up the side street where there ain't so many people starin' at me?
James 'Jimmy' Bates : Don't start worryin', sister, till they stop starin' at ya.
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Gladys, aka Ella Beebee and Eve : Merley got his divorce today and we're going to be married.
James 'Jimmy' Bates : You don't mean to tell - oh, Merley, you're so impulsive.
Merle Farrell : Well, we kinda felt as though you brought us together, I was wondering if there wasn't something I could do for you?
James 'Jimmy' Bates : Yes! There is! But, I wouldn't ask you to do a thing like that.