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Movie Quote of the Day – Affair in Trinidad, 1952 (dir. Vincent Sherman)
Chris Emery: Funny, isn’t it? When a person dies you only remember the good things.
Movie Quote of the Day – Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, 1947 (dir. Stuart Heisler)
Ken Conway: Angel, maybe if you had a few less when you drink. I’d have nightmares too if I drank as much as you do.
Angelica ‘Angie’ ‘Angel’ Evans Conway: I don’t know what happens to me. I begin to feel so inadequate somehow and I need courage and it gives it to me.
Movie Quote of the Day – Talk About A Stranger, 1953 (dir. David Bradley)
Mrs. Campbell: Which would you rather have, Robert, a baby sister or a baby brother?
Robert: A dog!
Movie Quote of the Day – Man In The Attic, 1953 (dir. Hugo Fregonese)
Slade: The police will not find him.
Inspector Paul Warwick: Why not?
Slade: The police are searching for a criminal. In reality, there are no criminals, there are only people doing what they must do because they are who they are. So, perhaps the police are searching for someone who doesn’t exist.
Movie Quote of the Day – Strange Illusion, 1945 (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer)
George: Nice girls aren’t supposed to take jewelry from strange men.
Dorothy: He’s not a strange man.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dishonored Lady, 1947 (dir. Robert Stevenson)
Cop: I got a rule about women: if they ain’t breakin’ the law, leave ’em alone.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Great Flamarion, 1945 (dir. Anthony Mann)
Al Wallace: Honey, no matter what you do, you’re the only dame for me. You’re a bad habit I can’t cure, even if I wanted to.
Movie Quote of the Day – Undercurrent, 1946 (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
Alan: Is that why Ann, am I trying to please you?
Ann: Whether you’re trying or not, you are.
Movie Quote of the Day – Shockproof, 1949 (dir. Douglas Sirk)
Jenny Marsh: Maybe I’m no good, but I do love you.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Lady Confesses, 1945 (dir. Sam Newfield)
Lucky Brandon: Don’y you think you’re going overboard? Not that I object to buying a drink, but that stuff isn’t exactly a tonic.
Larry Craig: A guy doesn’t live forever.
Lucky Brandon: What are you celebrating, a long life or an early death?
Larry Craig: Don’y you worry about me, Lucky. I can handle my liquor.
Lucky Brandon: Yeah, looks like it.
Larry Craig: Just as good as you can handle your women.
Lucky Brandon: I don’t mix my women with Scotch.
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