Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Glenda Farrell: Betty Hawes

Quotes 

• Betty Hawes : I beg your pardon, did you send for a stenographer?

  T. Mosley Thorpe : Yes, and a Swiss cheese on rye. Have you got it with you?

  Betty Hawes : No.

  T. Mosley Thorpe : That's strange. Sit down.

• T. Mosley Thorpe : Every moment is precious. Will you have a pinch of snuff?

  Betty Hawes : No, but I'd just as soon join you in a chew of tobacco.

• Betty Hawes : How about time out for a little snifter?

  T. Mosley Thorpe : I never indulge in alcohol. No.

  Betty Hawes : A nice cold bottle of champagne isn't really alcohol.

• Betty Hawes : Two-thirds and two-thirds is four-thirds in any country.

  Schultz : Well, that's the way I figure it. And, personally, I wouldn't play ball unless I get one-half of the fourth third.

  Nicoleff : You see that I get 19% of what you get for the costumes and scenery. That's all you got to worry about. The extra third was my idea!

  Betty Hawes : I get one-third of that extra third or I go right to Mrs. Prentiss and spill.

  Schultz : Now, that's right. That's fair enough. Give her one-third of the fourth third that I get half of and then split the rest with me. It's easy. You don't have to even figure it.

  Nicoleff : Thieves! Bandits! Cutthroats!

  Schultz : I'll show you who's a cutthroat, you swindler!

  Nicoleff : You cannot insult Nicoleff!

  Betty Hawes : The split goes three ways and don't you forget it!

• Betty Hawes : [singing]  I'm in the money, The skies are sunny, I'll get a lot of what it takes to get along, Mmm-Mmm, Mmm-Mmm-Mmm...

• Betty Hawes : Isn't that a peach of a tune? So barbaric.

• Betty Hawes : Let's write a *beautiful* love song.

  T. Mosley Thorpe : A love song! How do you get such good ideas?

  Betty Hawes : I'm inspired by being with you.

  T. Mosley Thorpe : Oh, tut-tut.

  Betty Hawes : Call the girl Betty after me, huh?

  T. Mosley Thorpe : Betty. Betty. Yes, that's very good. Betty, Betty. My darling, Betty. Yes. Now what rhymes with Betty?

  Betty Hawes : Spaghetti.

  T. Mosley Thorpe : Spaghetti! Spaghetti. No, that's not the proper mood for a love song.

  Betty Hawes : Well, it might do for an Italian love song.

• Betty Hawes : Looks like baby's all set for a new pair of shoes.

• Mrs. Prentiss : Sold out! $7,500! More money than I've ever taken in before. I do hope the grounds are well-policed, because I'm a little uneasy carrying so much money around with me.

  Betty Hawes : Yeah? Well, let me hold it for you. Now, no thief would never suspect poor little me of all that cash.

  Louis Lamson : Well, let me put it in the hotel safe.

  Schultz : A safe to a burglar is like a bottle to a corkscrew. Let me hide the cash. I got on a money belt. I'll put it right here, next to my heart.

• T. Mosley Thorpe : Shysters! They haven't got a leg to stand on.

  Betty Hawes : Darling, you've given them as many legs as a centipede.

• Betty Hawes : Okay, Mosley, old snuff. I gave you your chance. I'll see you in the tabloids.