The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Jean Harlow: Edith (Eadie) Chapman

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Quotes 

• Kitty Lennihan : I kinda like the butler.

  Eadie Chapman : Well, it's just as easy to like a millionaire.

• Kitty Lennihan : Oh, gee, Eadie, doesn't this tropical air melt you down at all?

  Eadie Chapman : Sure it does. I'm human.

  Kitty Lennihan : Then, why don't we take one day off and have some fun?

  Eadie Chapman : 'Cause we're gonna be ladies.

  Kitty Lennihan : Aw, I'm no lady! I'm just an old-fashioned home girl - like Mae West.

• T.R. Paige Jr. : I bet you were an awful cute baby.

  Eadie Chapman : You couldn't prove it. My family never had money to waste on photographs.

• Kitty Lennihan : [after flirting with the bellhop]  Well, it you can't afford to tip 'em, you have to be polite!

  Eadie Chapman : Polite?

  Kitty Lennihan : We have every vase in the place.

  Eadie Chapman : [Correcting her]  Vaahzzz.

  Kitty Lennihan : Very Well. We have every vaaaaahzzz in the plaaaaahzzz.

• Eadie Chapman : [At an elegant party]  Will you try for once in your life to be a lady?

  Kitty Lennihan : If they wanted ladies, they'd be home with their wives.

• T.R. Paige : What is this, blackmail?

  Eadie Chapman : Why, Mr. Paige, it's about Mr. Cousins. I only wanted to thank you for keeping my name out of the papers.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, is that so? All that publicity might have gotten you ahead.

  Eadie Chapman : Oh, but I don't want to get ahead. Not in show business.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, you don't?

  Eadie Chapman : No. A few years in the spotlight, if you make it, and when that's over you're nothing but a has-been for the rest of your life.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, where did you pick up all this philosophy?

  Eadie Chapman : Being poor and going hungry.

• Eadie Chapman : [to Paige]  You always knew I was a good girl, didn't ya?

  Kitty Lennihan : [Interrupting]  Get married and go into that later.

• T.R. Paige : You want to scratch me off your list. I'm not a ladies' man.

  Eadie Chapman : Oh, Mr. Paige. Don't be such a pessimist.

• Eadie Chapman : I like him and he's got plenty of dough.

  T.R. Paige Jr. : It isn't the money that counts. It's being together with somebody you can be crazy about. You think life with some moth-eaten millionaire'll be anything like the fun you and I could have?

  Eadie Chapman : I told you I'm not out for fun.

• T.R. Paige : [Showing her the magnificent ballroom in his mansion]  That chair... sat in by Napoleon. Those chandeliers were lit up by Louis XVI.

  [Pointing to a chaise] 

  T.R. Paige : Lulled in by DuBarry.

  Eadie Chapman : You know this place is big enough for a six-day bicycle race.

  T.R. Paige : [laughs]  Very clever.

• Eadie Chapman : Oh, let me go. Tom, you can't do this to me!

  T.R. Paige Jr. : Hey, listen, that gag of yours about being a good girl... that isn't on the level, is it?

  Eadie Chapman : [Teary-eyed]  Yes. Yes, it is.

  T.R. Paige Jr. : Why, Eadie... I...

  Eadie Chapman : I love you so much, Tom. You can make me cheap and common like a million others; but, gee, I wish you wouldn't.

• Eadie Chapman : I'm gonna be somebody!

  Kitty Lennihan : You bet you are! Why, you'll have your name in lights up on Broadway and...

  Eadie Chapman : Oh, no, I won't. I don't kid myself. I know my singing and dancing won't get me anywhere. I'm gonna get married!

  Kitty Lennihan : Married?

  Eadie Chapman : Yes and I'm gonna marry somebody that is somebody.

• Frank Cousins : Will you have a cigarette?

  Eadie Chapman : No, I never smoke.

  Frank Cousins : No minor vices, eh?

  Eadie Chapman : Mr. Cousins, people always think showgirls are wild. But, take me, for instance. All the time I've been on Broadway, I'm just the same girl as when I left home.

• Eadie Chapman : Mr. Paige, I've done a lot of thinking and ever since I was a kid I've always known there was only one right thing for any girl to do. And that's get married!

• Eadie Chapman : Kitty! It costs me eighty-seven fifty to bring you down here as my chaperone and chaperone's don't go for doorman, understand?

• Eadie Chapman : A lot of guys think they can buy you for a good meal - but, it's all the same thing. I been in spots like this before and I can take care of myself.

  T.R. Paige Jr. : Go ahead, honey, and get it off your chest.

  Eadie Chapman : You've had everything all your life! You've been all over the world. You pal around with the best people, but, there's one thing you haven't learned yet!

  T.R. Paige Jr. : What's that?

  Eadie Chapman : That other people have feelings too. I haven't had any education. All right! I look like a hotsy-totsy. All right! Nobody cared two hoots whether I amount to anything or not! All right! But I care!

  T.R. Paige Jr. : Gee, you're swell.

  Eadie Chapman : Yeah, but not swell enough to marry. Now, open that door!

• Kitty Lennihan : You know those New York big shots aren't going to be down at the train to meet us.

  Eadie Chapman : No, but I'm going to meet them if I have to dynamite Park Avenue.

  Kitty Lennihan : Atta girl!

  [They shake hands] 

• Charlie Turner : Listen, beautiful. You're wasting your time on Tom Paige.

  Eadie Chapman : [Smiling]  It's my time if I want to waste it.

• Eadie Chapman : Katherine, don't be ludicrous. How am I doin'?

  Kitty Lennihan : Say, those Park Avenue words don't go with your hair.

  Eadie Chapman : Well, they better get used to it.

• Eadie Chapman : Nobody ever believes I have ideals; but, I have and I'll show 'em I have.

• Mr. Miller : Eadie, I'm crazy about you. I'd let you into that party in a minute - if you'd only be a little friendly.

  Eadie Chapman : Why, I never meant to be unfriendly.

  Mr. Miller : Will you go to supper with me after the party?

  Eadie Chapman : Why, yes, Mr. Miller.

  Mr. Miller : That's the girl!

• Eadie Chapman : You can have the best time of your life from now on!

  T.R. Paige : Say, what are you doing? Making me a proposition?

  Eadie Chapman : Mm-hmm. I haven't got any job this morning. I wouldn't be nice to the boss.

  T.R. Paige : Well, what was wrong with him?

• Palm Beach Bicycle Cabby : Here you is, ladies.

  Eadie Chapman : Boy, you may wait.

• Kitty Lennihan : I'm waiting to see Mr. Paige.

  T.R. Paige Jr. : Well, I'm Mr. Paige.

  Eadie Chapman : [Disbelievingly]  Hmm, is that so? Well, I'm Mrs. Vanderbilt and this is Mrs. Astor. But she left her pet horse at home.

  T.R. Paige Jr. : How do you do Mrs. Astor?

• Eadie Chapman : Mr. Paige! I don't even know this young man! I never saw him until today. He came out here without an invitation and made himself obnoxious. He's a vulgar vulgarian!

• Eadie Chapman : I'm not afraid, not as long as I have you.