Torrid Zone (1940)

Helen Vinson: Gloria Anderson

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Quotes 

• Lee Donley : [picking up a cigarette dropped by Gloria]  I believe this is how the Chicago fire got started.

  Gloria Anderson : The Chicago fire was started by a cow.

  Lee Donley : History repeats itself.

• Gloria Anderson : I'll lend you some night clothes. I think we have an old cot, I'll have it put up. If you don't mind primitive accommodations.

  Lee Donley : No, I don't mind. Up in San Antonio, I slept on a cot all the time.

  Gloria Anderson : The army, I presume.

  Lee Donley : You should know.

• Bob Anderson : Butler looks half dead.

  Gloria Anderson : That still leaves him 50 percent up on you.

• Gloria Anderson : Nick, come into the house and let me fix your shoulder.

  Lee Donley : [to Gloria's husband]  Touching little drama entitled, "The Nurse's Curse or Florence Nightingale Among the Bananas".

• Lee Donley : [as Gloria enters]  Here comes Malicious.

  Nick Butler : Can that talk!

  Lee Donley : Well, some days a girl can't make a cent!

  Gloria Anderson : I don't imagine you have any trouble.

  Lee Donley : Why do you malk around making noises like a lady? All a guy has to do is wink and he hits the jackpot.

  [Gloria turns around and leaves] 

• Gloria Anderson : [cutting off Nick's shirt so she can dress his wound]  Oh, did I hurt you?

  Nick Butler : [sarcastically]  Oh, no. How could you hurt me by sticking a scissors in my arm?

• Steve Case : Where do you think you're going?

  Lee Donley : New York. Maybe, Chicago.

  Nick Butler : Make it New York.

  Gloria Anderson : But, Nick, aren't you going to Chicago?

  Nick Butler : Sure.

  Gloria Anderson : Oh, I get it!

  [looking at Lee] 

  Gloria Anderson : You finally stepped down to your own level!

  Lee Donley : That's still about three floors above you.

• Gloria Anderson : Nick, why should I draw a blank like Anderson?

  Nick Butler : Oh, like a lot of good-looking gals, you think the right guys are like streetcars. Miss one, another one will be along in five minutes. Always waiting for Prince Charming on that white horse. Well, there aren't enough of them to go around. Most guys are just like me, plain mugs.

  Gloria Anderson : If a mug like you had been around, I wouldn't be here.

• Nick Butler : Can you put her up?

  Gloria Anderson : Oh, I suppose we can find room for her somewhere.

  Lee Donley : Oh, don't strain yourself, Mrs. Anderson. I can always sleep in a tree... .

  Gloria Anderson : Hereditary?

• Nick Butler : Didn't you know what you were letting yourself in for when you came down here with him?

  Gloria Anderson : All I know is what I read in the travel folder: "Soft tropical breezes. Gay romantic couples finding ecstatic happiness under the silvery Caribbean moonlight. A green paradise, where idyllic romance and lazy comfort walk hand in hand."

• Gloria Anderson : I thought you were on your way back there.

  Nick Butler : I'm off on a two-week detour. Maybe it won't be so rough as I thought.

  Gloria Anderson : Detours can be very interesting.

• Gloria Anderson : Rita, bring us some hot water quickly! Nick, you sit here and I'll get the first aid kit.

  Lee Donley : [to Nick]  I'll be more practical and get you a drink.