The Girl in the Show (1929)
Ford Sterling: Ed Bondell
Quotes
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Ed Bondell : Hey. Who do you want?
Jeff Morgan : A gentleman wants to see Miss Hartley?
Ed Bondell : What gentleman?
Jeff Morgan : Newt Wampler. One of the richest men in this town.
Ed Bondell : Oh, a Stage Door John, eh?
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Mal Thorne : Oh, Ed, could you let me have a little advance?
Ed Bondell : What for?
Hattie Hartley : Oriole's gotta have some more cod liver oil.
Ed Bondell : What does she do, bathe in it?
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Ed Bondell : Well, there's a chance for us all to get some money.
Hattie Hartley : How?
Ed Bondell : A fella comin' in to see you.
Hattie Hartley : Who?
Ed Bondell : Name's Wampler, and they say he's a big splash in this town.
Hattie Hartley : What does he want?
Ed Bondell : I don't know, unless you've gone and snagged yourself a John.
Hattie Hartley : Oh, be yourself.
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Ed Bondell : Ah, Hattie, it means as much to yourself and the troop as it does to me, and all you got to do to help us all out is to kid this fella along a little. Come on, what do say?
Hattie Hartley : Well, I'll do what I can, but I don't...
Ed Bondell : That's all I ask. Just do what you can. He's just ripe for some Jane to vamp.
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Ed Bondell : Why, that guy was a cinch, if you'd just led him on a little and made him think he could make you.
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Mal Thorne : You can't fire me.
Ed Bondell : Who says I can't? Your Legree ain't so good we can't get along without ya.
Mal Thorne : Well, maybe not. Yeah, but just the same, you owe me money, and I'm gonna keep right on workin' till you pay me.
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Ed Bondell : You've no right to think. You're an actor.