Art Trouble (1934)

Harry Gribbon: Tall Painter

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Quotes 

• Short Painter : Do you think we can get away with this artist racket?

  Tall Painter : Why, it's a cinch! Why, one time I painted a full length picture of Venus. But, it turned out to be a bust.

• Tall Painter : So, this is Paris, the land of wine, women and French postcards.

• Nightclub Waiter : Bonsoir, Monsieur. Like something to eat, no?

  Tall Painter : Well, make up your mind.

• Woman in Black Beret : Before we can sit down with you we must know one thing.

  Tall Painter : What is that?

  Woman in Black Beret : Are you two boys married?

  Tall Painter : No, we're just very good friends.

• Woman in Black Beret : You are artists, no?

  Tall Painter : Are you asking me or telling me?

  Short Painter : Oh, we dabble a bit.

  Woman in White Hat : Do you etch?

  Tall Painter : Don't get personal!

• Woman in Black Beret : My uncle, he's the most famous sculptor in Paris.

  Tall Painter : That's nothin'! My uncle is the biggest chiseler in America.

• Short Painter : That fella's no gentlemen!

  Tall Painter : Well, what makes you think so?

  Short Painter : The least thing he could have done, before he started to beat her up, was to take off his hat.

  Woman in Black Beret : You don't understand. That is the unbashed way of showing his love for her and she love it.

  Short Painter : Oh, that's all I wanted to know.

• Short Painter : My uncle invented an invisible paint and anything you painted with it - became invisible.

  Tall Painter : That should have been worth plenty to the government during the war.

  Short Painter : He made 30,000 gallons of it. In fact, the government offered him a million dollars for it.

  Tall Painter : Well, why didn't he sell?

  Short Painter : He wanted to; but, when he went to look for it - he couldn't find it.

• Tall Painter : Oh, boy. I'm glad that's over! This is the first job we've had in six months and I hope its the last!

  Short Painter : So do I. I thought it'd never end.

• Tall Painter : [finishing his painting]  Now, girls, you can put on your clothes and go home.