Hands Across the Table (1935)

Ralph Bellamy: Allen Macklyn

Quotes 

• Allen Macklyn : Would you care for a drink Miss Allen?

  Regi Allen : Oh, no. The day's just starting.

  Allen Macklyn : What a fresh point of view. To me, the night's just ended.

• Allen Macklyn : I'm still rather embarrassed about meeting people.

  Regi Allen : Why?

  Allen Macklyn : Well, frankly, I'm always afraid they'll feel sorry for me.

  Regi Allen : What? When you have all this? You just try getting up every morning at seven, then jammed in the subway, then poking at people's cuticles all day, then jammed back in the subway again at night. I don't feel sorry for you, Mister.

• Allen Macklyn : You think a lot about money, don't you Regi.

  Regi Allen : You've got it. You don't have to think about it.

• Regi Allen : I know what love can get you into. I know what it got my mother into. She was young and pretty once. I saw her count pennies and wash and struggle, until she was old and ugly. I heard her nagging my father until he hated to come home. You couldn't blame him. You couldn't blame anything but poverty.

  Allen Macklyn : I see.

  Regi Allen : Oh, I didn't mean to let my back hair down so far.

• Allen Macklyn : When a man's in love with a woman, he shouldn't keep it a secret.

• Allen Macklyn : Some people play golf to pass the time, some go in for tap dancing, some destroy clay pigeons, I have manicures.

• Regi Allen : Honestly, I can't do a thing to those nails.

  Allen Macklyn : Well, how 'bout my 40 minutes?

  Regi Allen : Well, what can I do?

  Allen Macklyn : Well, you might try doing nothing. Pretend to be one of the idle rich and see how you like it.

• Regi Allen : What's the news?

  Allen Macklyn : Oh, nothing much. Oh, yes, up till now they've never been able to tell a male from a female oyster. Now, they know.

  Regi Allen : Well, somebody better tell the oysters right away. There's trouble ahead.

• Allen Macklyn : You can't run away from love, Regi. It just comes.

• Allen Macklyn : Go and wash your funny face. And later on, I may have a proposition to make to you.

• Allen Macklyn : She thinks you want to be a gigolo.

  Theodore Drew III : A gigolo! Is that what she thinks of me? Fine opinion she's got of me.