Fast Company (1938)
Florence Rice: Garda Sloane
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Quotes
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Lt. James Flanner : [to Joel] Langner tells me that you've worked on some cases of stolen books... that you've helped the insurance companies quite a bit.
Steve Langner : Any favors he does we pay him for. There's not an altruistic bone in his body.
Garda Sloane : Anything you want to know about my husband's bones, Lieutenant, you can ask me.
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Garda Sloane : [to Joel] You're in the doghouse, my boy, and only a very good story will open the door.
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Garda Sloane : [last line - to Joel] Let me be your donut.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Garda Sloane : I heard every word. You were very persuasive. Hmph. If you'd been that persuasive to me, I'd still be single.
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Garda Sloane : Mr. Sloane, what are the duties of a secretary in this office?
Garda Sloane : [Joel Sloane puts his arms around her and starts to kiss her] Garda: No! No! A thousand times, n......
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Garda Sloane : If Ned Morgan stole Otto Brockler's books, I'll eat a set of Charles Dickens raw.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Joel Sloane : How much is that kiss gonna cost me?
Garda Sloane : Nothing. That one's on the house.
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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.
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Steve Langner : Yeah, any favor he does, we pay him for. There's not an altruistic bone in his body.
Garda Sloane : Anything you wanna know about my husband's bones, lieutenant, you ask me.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Garda Sloane : Well, I better start baking some bread with files and hacksaws in it.
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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!