Riptide (1934)

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher: Erskine

Quotes 

• Mary : Come on you, chaperone me. I'll get him out! He looked my way once in New York.

  Erskine : Lucky you.

  Aunt Hetty : Now, what does that mean in American, look my way?

  Mary : That means making a pass, darling. Making a pass!

• Tommie Trent : All I needed was that girl.

  Erskine : Listen, you can write her off your next year's income tax as an unavoidable loss.

  Tommie Trent : She trembled! She fluttered!

  Erskine : I know. But she'll flutter just as well tomorrow.

  Tommie Trent : Oh, no, she won't; not her. She's got 'conscience' written all over her face. At this moment, she is cooling off - like some beautiful volcano that has decided not to wipe out a lot of Italian villages.

• Mary : And do I know Tommy? The old slouch, where is he?

  Erskine : He's in bed with his miseries.

  Aunt Hetty : With who?

  Mary : No names, please - even among cads.

• Tommie Trent : See that the lady has nothing that she wants, Erskine. I'll return in a jiffy.

  Erskine : You'll never be missed.

  Mary : Ha-ha. He's a scream.

  Erskine : See these gray hairs? Try living with him for a week.

  Mary : Might be stimulating.

  Erskine : Look at me. I-I'm stimulated.

  Mary : Oh! Is that what you call it?

• Erskine : Bertie, they'll be alright.

  Bertie : Hetty's responsible for her.

  Erskine : Oh, Bertsie, you have no romance.

  Bertie : No. Come.

  Erskine : I'd love to!

• Erskine : Don't make an ass out of yourself!