Chance at Heaven (1933)

Joel McCrea: Blacky Gorman

Photos 

Quotes 

• Blacky Gorman : Funny how a good kick in the pants will make a guy's head work.

• Blacky Gorman : Hey Al, do you know Mrs. Franklin?

  Al : Well, I knew a Mrs. Chili Franklin once.

  Blacky Gorman : Where does she live?

  Al : Well, I'm just not quite sure, ya see, she's been dead about 12 years now.

• Blacky Gorman : Well, you don't care what you ride in, or who sees you, do you?

  Glory Franklyn : Well, if I'm not particular, why remind me of it?

• Glory Franklyn : I haven't hit anything for three whole days.

  Blacky Gorman : Well, we'll have to get some kind of a medal for you!

• Marge Harris : Be there at 8:30 and wash up or no food, see.

  Blacky Gorman : I get it: 'no washy, no eaty'.

• Marge Harris : Is your stove working?

  Blacky Gorman : On all six.

  Marge Harris : Well, we'll try it.

  Blacky Gorman : Well, pull in your eyebrows when you light it.

• Marge Harris : May I have the key to your shack?

  Blacky Gorman : Shack? Hey, that's a mistake any bachelor would be proud of.

• Blacky Gorman : Ah, now listen, Marge. It isn't what you think it is. Honest, it isn't. She came into see me about her brakes. They're bad.

  Marge Harris : Bad brakes for her; but, a good brake for you.

• Blacky Gorman : Hey, just pipe your peepers on those figures.

• Blacky Gorman : Boy, do these tootsies hurt. And have I been takin' it on the shins. There ought to be a law making all running boards the same distance from the ground.

  Marge Harris : How would you like me to crochet you a nice little pair of shin guards?

  Blacky Gorman : Yeah. And make 'em baby blue to match my eyes. Will ya?

• Glory Franklyn : Where could you go around here?

  Blacky Gorman : Oh, you got nightclubs and roadhouses just like you got in New York. Gyps and racketeers and everything.

• Blacky Gorman : Let's forget it.

  Marge Harris : You can't forget it, Blacky.

  Blacky Gorman : Oh, I don't know what you're talking about?

  Marge Harris : You'll be crazy about her than ever. You're plenty cuckoo over her now.

  Blacky Gorman : Listen, mug. We're all set to get married. Does that sound like I was stuck on her?

  Marge Harris : It sounds like a nice kid who made up his mind to keep his word.

• Blacky Gorman : You're a swell little number one.

  Marge Harris : That's mighty white of you to say that, sailor.

• Glory Franklyn : That's it! Silver Beach.

  Blacky Gorman : Oh, there's a car full of accents that just went through here for that.

  Glory Franklyn : Accents?

  Blacky Gorman : Yeah. One 'Vas ist das'. One 'Oh là là'. And, one 'Cheerio'.

• Blacky Gorman : Well, I had a great day today. I knocked off over 80 bucks!

• Glory Franklyn : Blacky, will you take me to Pleasure Park, sometime?

  Blacky Gorman : Any time you say.

  Glory Franklyn : Can we go there more than once?

  Blacky Gorman : Every night if you want to!

  Glory Franklyn : For how long?

  Blacky Gorman : As long as you want.

• [repeated line] 

  Blacky Gorman : Hello, half pint.

• [last lines] 

  Blacky Gorman : Gee, that's the best chicken pie I ever ate.