The Feminine Touch (1941)

Donald Meek: Captain Makepeace Liveright

Quotes 

• Julie Hathaway : Nellie, what's happened?

  Nellie Woods : John's run amok!

  Julie Hathaway : What about?

  Nellie Woods : Elliot's beard. It's off, and it's driven John crazy!

  Julie Hathaway : [smiling]  He's jealous!

  Captain Makepeace Liveright : Comes from readin' too many books. They rot out a man's brain cells.

  Julie Hathaway : Oh, shut up. You sound just like my mother!

• Nellie Woods : [dropping Elliott's head to the ground with a thud]  You know, I'm beginning to think I had Elliott wrong about this from the very start.

  Julie Hathaway : [dropping John's had to the ground with a thud]  Right or wrong, you never even had Elliott, honey.

  Nellie Woods : You did your best, angel.

  Julie Hathaway : [snapping her fingers after the statement]  Oh, my best? Kitten, all I had to do was that...

  Captain Makepeace Liveright : [as Julie and Nellie push each other and start to brawl]  Ladies, please... oh, ladies please, you mustn't...

  [Julie and Nellie take the Captain down to the ground between them] 

• Captain Makepeace Liveright : [watching John and Elliott making silly boxing moves]  They ain't in very condition are they?

  Nellie Woods : Yeah, but think of the mileage you get out of 'em.

• Captain Makepeace Liveright : [seeing both John and Elliott unconscious on the ground]  Do you suppose somebody sneaked in when we wasn't lookin' and hit 'em both?