Love on a Bet (1936)

Walter Johnson: Stephen Dody

Quotes 

• Man at Hutchinson's Meeting : How do you find the market?

  Stephen Dody : Oh, uh, my wife does all the shopping.

• Miss Mannerly, Hutchinson's Secretary : Get out of the office.

  Michael MacCreigh : Michael MacCreigh never runs away.

  Miss Mannerly, Hutchinson's Secretary : [Picks up the telephone]  Get me the special policeman.

  Michael MacCreigh : Now, uh... an honorable retreat, I'd consider.

  Stephen Dody : [Pulls Michael toward the door]  Well, stop considering and let's retreat.

• Stephen Dody : [Reading a telegam from Michael]  "Traded Carlton the second for a shotgun. Will use it on auntie only as a last resort. Very little regard, Michael." He'll probably run that gun up into a battleship.

• Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary : Another one of those collect telegrams, sir.

  Uncle Carlton MacCreigh : And this is the last one I pay for. If any more come, send them back.

  Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary : Yes, sir.

  Stephen Dody : Where is he now?

  Uncle Carlton MacCreigh : Bellwood, Kansas.

  [He reads the telegram out loud] 

  Uncle Carlton MacCreigh : "Breezed into Bellwood, thus doubling the population. Stop. Had lunch with the chamber of commerce, who really is a swell fellow. Stop."

  Stephen Dody : Not bad time. He made 600 miles yesterday.

  Uncle Carlton MacCreigh : [Continues reading telegram]  "Trading sewing machine. Big deal pending. I hate you."

• Stephen Dody : You better take that job your uncle's offering you.

  Michael MacCreigh : He asked me to see him this afternoon. He's in for a big disappointment. Imagine *me* - a meatpacker?

  Stephen Dody : That would be just ducky! Valet to a flock of sirloin steaks.