Dixiana (1930)
Joseph Cawthorn: Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father
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Quotes
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Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Say, you know my slaves sing better than any other slaves around here.
Carl Van Horn : It's because they love you. You're always freeing some one of them.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Yeah. I think I'll go down and free a couple of those tenors right now.
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Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Son, you can't fool your father. You've got something on your mind and its a petticoat.
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Mrs. Birdie Van Horn : Cornelius, we may get in some high society at last.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : May get in? Say, you leave it to my son Carl and we're in now! Hear what he said?
Mrs. Birdie Van Horn : Yes!
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Carl's bringing some aristocratics here.
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Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : I must give some orders.
Mrs. Birdie Van Horn : I'll give the orders.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Yeah? All right, you give the orders; but, I'll still wear pants.
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Ginger Dandy : It's an old Indian game.
Mrs. Birdie Van Horn : Indian?
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Yeah, the Kick-a-poos
Mrs. Birdie Van Horn : Kick-a-what?
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Kick-a-poos.
Peewee : Come on, let's you and I play Indian, will ya.
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Dixiana Caldwell : That's mighty nice of you, sir, to have a *circus* girl cry on your shoulder.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : I wish I could do something - to show my *respect* - for the finest lady that ever graced my home.
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Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : You thick-headed Dutchman!
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[first lines]
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Hello, son. What are you thinkin' about?
Carl Van Horn : I was just listening to the slaves singing about the river.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : I always wondered why they can sing with such enthusiasticness about - water.
Carl Van Horn : Well, that's the romantic old Mississippi.
Cornelius Van Horn - Carl's Father : Ya, it's a great river.