Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Ruth Donnelly: Mabel Dawson

Quotes 

• Louise "Babe" Bennett : Mabel, that guy's either the dumbest, stupidest or the most imbecilic idiot in the world or else he's the grandest thing alive. I can't make him out... I'm crucifying him.

  Mabel Dawson : People have been crucified before.

  Louise "Babe" Bennett : Why? Why do we have to do it?

  Mabel Dawson : You started out to be a successful newspaper woman, didn't ya?

  Louise "Babe" Bennett : Yeah, then what?

  Mabel Dawson : Search me? Ask a gypsy.

  Louise "Babe" Bennett : Here's a guy that's wholesome and fresh. To us, he looks like a freak. Do you know what he told me tonight? He said when he gets married, he wants to carry his bride over the threshold in his arms.

  Mabel Dawson : The guy's balmy.

  Louise "Babe" Bennett : Is he? I thought so too. I tried to laugh, but I couldn't. It stuck in my throat.

  Mabel Dawson : Aw, cut it out, will ya. You'll get me thinking about Charlie again.

  Louise "Babe" Bennett : He's got goodness, Mabel. Do you know what that is? No, of course you don't. We've forgotten. We're too busy being smart alecks. Too busy in a crazy competition for nothing.