Congo Maisie (1940)

Rita Johnson: Kay McWade

Quotes 

• Dr. Michael Shane : In six months, most women here look like an old saddle. You look just as you did the night you made your debut, at the dinner dance at the country club.

  Kay McWade : How did you know about my coming out party?

  Dr. Michael Shane : I know a lot about you. You're very romantic. When you were 15, you fell in love with - who was it? Sir Lancelot or - Nathan Hale?

  Kay McWade : Well, as a matter of fact is was Dick Heldar in "The Light That Failed."

• Dr. Michael Shane : I had some very romantic ideas once myself. About medicine, among other things.

  Kay McWade : Not any more?

  Dr. Michael Shane : No any more. Reality licked me. How's reality treating you?

• Kay McWade : Do you mean you get lonely sometimes?

  Dr. Michael Shane : Sure.

  Kay McWade : I don't believe it.

  Dr. Michael Shane : Compared to my place, this is Paris! I'm way up-country. I got my place cheap because no other white man would work it. Well, I'm working it and I'll keep on working it until I make a lot of money. There are plenty of times I think the money is costing me too much.

  Kay McWade : Aren't there any other white people at all?

  Dr. Michael Shane : No! About once a year, if I'm lucky, I get down to Kamala. This last trip it was 13 months until I've seen a white woman. It's been five years since I've seen a woman from home.

  Maisie Ravier : [interrupts]  Doesn't south Brooklyn count?

• Maisie Ravier : I'm tellin' ya, he's the last guy in the world for you.

  Kay McWade : You know nothing about either of us.

  Maisie Ravier : Oh, yes, I do. Maybe I never met many people like you; but, I've seen plenty like him. Oh, he's a deluxe model , streamline chassis, white walled tires, fog lights and two horns; but, it's the same car. I know him all right.

  Kay McWade : Oh, no, you don't.

  Maisie Ravier : I oughta! I been thinkin' about him ever since I saw him, with no time out until I sleep and then I dream about him!

  Kay McWade : You're jealous! You're talking against Michael because you want him for yourself.

  Maisie Ravier : Listen, I wouldn't take him if I won him at bingo. I'm crazy about him! And I think, maybe, after today I might get him. But, no thanks! I've had my share of one-night stands. I'm lookin' for a term contract.