Hell's Angels (1930)

Ben Lyon: Monte Rutledge

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• Monte Rutledge : Listen, Roy, never love a woman. Just make love to her.

• Monte Rutledge : A duel! Can you imagine it?

  Roy Rutledge : Running away?

  Monte Rutledge : Oh, don't be an ass, Roy. You don't expect me to go through with a farce like this.

  Roy Rutledge : But, Monte, it's the only thing you can do.

  Monte Rutledge : Oh, there you go again. I suppose when a woman's no good and her husband finds it out, I've got to get shot, just because it's the honorable thing to do.

• Roy Rutledge : Having a better time than you expected, Monte?

  Monte Rutledge : Marvelous. Been dancing with a beautiful brunette. Name of Elenor. She's perfect.

  Helen : Oh, I'd imagine, you don't really think she's beautiful?

  Roy Rutledge : Kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty-kitty.

  Helen : Stop it. I'm not a a cat.

  Roy Rutledge : Yes, you are.

  Helen : Well, if I'm a kitty, I'm a thirsty kitty.

• Helen : Are we here?

  Monte Rutledge : Well, it's number 27.

  Helen : Want to come up for a cigarette and a drink?

  Monte Rutledge : Oh, really? You must be awfully tired.

  Helen : No, I'm not. Come see my room. I've only had a place of my own for a week. It's a new toy.

  Monte Rutledge : What a baby, you are.

  [Helen sticks her tongue out to Monte] 

• Helen : You're not a bit like Roy are you?

  Monte Rutledge : I should say not. Roy's frightfully high-minded. He doesn't approve of me.

  Helen : He wouldn't approve of me either if he knew what I really liked.

  Monte Rutledge : Doesn't he know?

  Helen : No. When I'm with Roy, I'm the way Roy wants me to be. That's caddish, isn't it? But, I can't help it.

• Helen : Why so gloomy?

  Monte Rutledge : God, I'm rotten.

  Helen : I can't see it.

  Monte Rutledge : Can't you? Well, then, you're rotten too!

• Monte Rutledge : Still no news on Harry?

  Roy Rutledge : No.

  Monte Rutledge : Somebody always gets it on the night patrol.

• Monte Rutledge : Oh, I'll get it sooner or later. We'll all get it! Isn't there any end to this?

• Monte Rutledge : I'm not yellow! I can see things as they are, that's all. And I'm sick of this rotten business. Fools! Why do you let them kid you like this? What are you fighting for? Patriotism? Duty? Are you mad? Can't you see they're just words? Words caused by politicians and profiteers to convince you into fighting for them! What's a word compared with life? The only life you've got! I'll give 'em a word. Murder! That's what this dirty, rotten, politician war is! Murder! You know it as well as I do. Yellow, am I? You're the ones that are yellow! I've got guts to say what I think! You're afraid to say it! So afraid to be called yellow, you'll kill first! You fools! You poor, stupid fools!

• Roy Rutledge : What's your program? Wine, women and song?

  Monte Rutledge : Oh, perhaps I'll do without the song tonight.

• Monte Rutledge : Come on, oh-la-la-la.

• Monte Rutledge : I'm a shotgun you son of a bitch!

• Monte Rutledge : For Christ's sake!

• Monte Rutledge : Roy! Look there!

  [Points to the German airplane fleet] 

• Monte Rutledge : They've seen their side! They're coming on!