Fast Company (1938)

Melvyn Douglas: Joel Sloane

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• Joel Sloane : You know, this thing's apt to blow the whole rare book business sky high. Play ball with me, Miss Thome. The explosion won't singe a hair of your very pretty head. I want to be on your team.

  Julia Thorne : [Flirtatiously]  When do we play the next game?

• Julia Thorne : Pardon me, but do you take dope?

  Joel Sloane : Never before lunch.

• Joel Sloane : Oh, no, you're on the wrong track, Lieutenant. I killed Brockler myself. I waved a $10 dollar bill over his head, and he broke his neck jumping for it.

  Lt. James Flanner : This is serious, Sloane.

  Joel Sloane : All right, if you want to find Brockler's murderer, ask Brockler. Offer a reward. He'll talk dead or alive.

• Joel Sloane : The world laughed in my face.

  Steve Langner : You've got a great face to laugh into.

• Steve Langner : [Walking into the office and seeing the Sloanes kissing]  Oh, pardon me. I thought this was a business office.

  Joel Sloane : [Facetiously]  Oh, we mean business.

• Arnold Stamper : [Speaking of Morgan]  He told me about your kindness to him yesterday.

  [Steve winces] 

  Arnold Stamper : Only three people know about this.

  Joel Sloane : Yesterday it was only two people.

• Joel Sloane : Say, where's that $200?

  Garda Sloane : Well, that's just it. I went to lunch, and after lunch everything went blank. When I came to, I'd just bought a dress.

  Garda Sloane : [Joel looks menacingly at her]  Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

  Joel Sloane : Didn't I buy you a new dress when I married you?

  Garda Sloane : Yes, but that was two years ago.

  Joel Sloane : Was it?

  Garda Sloane : And I paid for the dress.

  Joel Sloane : It's irrelevant. Irrelevant.

  Garda Sloane : And I paid for the license too.

  Joel Sloane : Well, sure you did. Husbands like myself don't come along every day of the week.

  Garda Sloane : And another thing - who paid the hotel bill?

  Joel Sloane : You did.

• Garda Sloane : Mr. Sloane?

  Joel Sloane : Yes, my child.

  Garda Sloane : May I have a new dress?

  Joel Sloane : [Pushing her off his lap]  I have work to do.

• Garda Sloane : Do you love me?

  Joel Sloane : Madly.

  Garda Sloane : Will you always love me - no matter what happens?

  Joel Sloane : Sure.

  [She puts her arms around him] 

  Joel Sloane : What is this? What is this? Are you the same girl who wouldn't let me put a sofa in the office?

• Garda Sloane : Go on about your business, you peeping Tom.

  Joel Sloane : Well, I don't mind telling you - of all the women I've ever met, there's none on whom I'd rather peep than you.

  Garda Sloane : Thank you, sire.

• Joel Sloane : Goodbye, Mr. Langner. Do come in, any time.

  Steve Langner : Just my bad luck, I may have to.

• Garda Sloane : I'm worried about those kids, Joel. He's such a darling and Brockler's got a heart like an icebox.

  Joel Sloane : Yeah, and a mind like a mouse trap and soul of a man-eating shark.

• Garda Sloane : Now I wanna do something nice for you.

  Joel Sloane : Yeah?

  Garda Sloane : You can take me out tonight in my new dress.

• Garda Sloane : [after Joel crosses his arms in disapproval]  Big chief no like?

  Joel Sloane : No. No like. Little White Feather - she makum heap trouble. Big Chief Rain in the Puss no gotum job.

  Garda Sloane : Well, getum job. Or Big Chief Rain in Puss catchum kick in the puss.

  Joel Sloane : Okay. Come to wigwam.

• Joel Sloane : How much is that kiss gonna cost me?

  Garda Sloane : Nothing. That one's on the house.

• Arnold Stamper : As far as this case is concerned, Ned Morgan and I are one person.

  Joel Sloane : Suppose he goes to the chair. You gonna sit with him?

• Joel Sloane : You wind the alarm clock, darling, I'll put out the detectives.

• Joel Sloane : Darling, what happened to you? Why the ice bag?

  Garda Sloane : Oh, I had an idea.

  Joel Sloane : Oh, honey, you know an idea always gives you a headache.

• Lt. James Flanner : Otto Brockler was murdered tonight.

  Garda Sloane : Ohhh.

  Joel Sloane : Well, if you're looking for a statement from me, I am not bogged down with grief.

• Joel Sloane : You can rifle my paints tonight - I haven't got a dime.

• Garda Sloane , Joel Sloane : Now, where are you going?

  Joel Sloane : I'm gong out. I can't stand any more of your nagging. If I'm not back in 30 days, you can marry the ice man.

• Dist. Atty. MacMillen : Aren't you and Ned Morgan pretty good friends, Mr. Sloane?

  Joel Sloane : Oh, sure, sure, but I never help him with his murders.

• Joel Sloane : Oh, come now, Steve, how am I gonna make a living?

  Julia Thorne : You might have to go to work, Mr. Sloane.

  Joel Sloane : Oh - fate worse than death.

• Joel Sloane : [after Garda puts handcuffs on him]  Hey, what's the idea.

  Garda Sloane : You're not gonna get away from me again. Sit down.

  Joel Sloane : [Sits on his rump that was shot, and jumps up]  Oh, hooo!

  Garda Sloane : Oh, honey, I forgot. Let me be your donut.

• Joel Sloane : [to Garda after his questioning at the D.A.'s office. She is sitting on his desk eating an apple as he talks]  No! No! No! And then, they tried to beat the truth out of me with a rubber hose. I kept on repeating,, 'Me no speak English! Me no speak English!' Finally, they let me go.

  Garda Sloane : [after Joel takes the apple from her and bites into it himself]  A likely story. And you didn't tell them about Julia Thorne?

  Joel Sloane : Certainly not - the code of the underworld.

• Garda Sloane : When I showed a sign of interest, he bought a copy of "Treasure Island" for $200. Then he got a little gay, but I threw him out at first base - no hits, no runs, no errors.

  Joel Sloane : No errors?

  Garda Sloane : No errors.

  Joel Sloane : Good girl. I'm lucky to have a secretary with so much mmmm!