If you are a Robert Montgomery fan you will enjoy seeing this. Written by Frederick Lonsdale (The Last of Mrs. Cheyney), the scenes are clearly from a play but it does give to the movie's charm. Although it is somewhat choppy with pauses, the story is rather interesting although idealistic. Willie meets Mary, she is rich, she engaged to another, leaves him, and so on. The man she is to marry is a complete dope only interested in "unting" with the "ounds." Her family being more interested in appearances is not pleased when she leaves and barges in while Willy is in bed. A deal is struck with Mary's father, after Willy is unable to support her, although she doesn't mind that he stole a steak from the local butcher. She thinks he has abandoned her and she is bedridden. Willy's play does become a success and he goes back to Mary, with a very sweet happily ever after ending. What is not so known about this story is that it was filmed while Robert Montgomery's daughter, Martha Bryan was ill and dying. The story goes that they were shooting the end scene when he was given the message to go to the hospital. Nevertheless, he continued shooting, which is why the ending in this film is somewhat tender.
12 Reviews
creaky old vehicle
malcolmgsw25 May 2006
For some reason anyone who says a wrong word about this film gets the thumbs down.Well i don't care this film is so creaky that you can positively see the joints ache.The characters seem to be set in a sort of nevernever land which only existed in plays or films.Montgomery is hardly believable as an Englishman,whatever the slight excuses for his accent.Roland Young is totally wasted.Madge Evans seems totally vapid.One reviewer has referred to it as being a "precode"film,but other than the last line i cannot see very much in this that would not have been passed by the censor in 1934.Quite frankly this film is simply not worth watching unless there is absolutely nothing else to do such as watching the grass grow!
The story of a wastrel
bkoganbing29 April 2016
When Halliwell Hobbes describes his and Beryl Mercer's son as a wastrel sad to say he was proved right. The son who grows up to be played by Robert Montgomery is just that. It's a term of the century before the last and more used in the United Kingdom than here. I wish it was in more usage now because it describes many that I've known.
Those people also don't have the good luck to have a happy ending fall from right out of the blue as is in Lovers Courageous. We get to see a bit of Montgomery's life going from place to place and occupation to occupation never 'finding himself'. Eventually he meets and charms Madge Evans in South Africa, daughter of British admiral Frederick Kerr. They marry without his approval and live a life of not so genteel poverty.
I've known a few in my life so that this kind of movie about a wastrel won't find a friendly audience with me. Nevertheless the cast does a fine job.
But I doubt you'll believe the ending either.
Those people also don't have the good luck to have a happy ending fall from right out of the blue as is in Lovers Courageous. We get to see a bit of Montgomery's life going from place to place and occupation to occupation never 'finding himself'. Eventually he meets and charms Madge Evans in South Africa, daughter of British admiral Frederick Kerr. They marry without his approval and live a life of not so genteel poverty.
I've known a few in my life so that this kind of movie about a wastrel won't find a friendly audience with me. Nevertheless the cast does a fine job.
But I doubt you'll believe the ending either.
I'm still not sure why she loved him.
planktonrules22 May 2021
The story begins when Willie Smith is a child. He has no interest in school or a career and is a dreamer. This is made worse by very inconsistent parenting--with the father trying to be strict and the mother coddling the boy. Years pass....and Willie has been bouncing about the world doing various jobs and getting fired from them. One reviewer described him as a wastrel...and this isn't far from the truth.
Later, Willie meets a woman whose station is well above him. She is the daughter of an admiral and he's about to lose yet another job. On impulse, she insists he marry her....which common sense would say is not a great idea. Can they manage to make a go of it....especially since his job prospects are minimal? And, if they do marry, what next?
This is only a fair film. I think part of it is the plot but to me the bigger problem is the dialog. It all seems to dreadfully earnest and artificial...like a play and not real life. Not terrible but clearly among Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans' lesser work.
Later, Willie meets a woman whose station is well above him. She is the daughter of an admiral and he's about to lose yet another job. On impulse, she insists he marry her....which common sense would say is not a great idea. Can they manage to make a go of it....especially since his job prospects are minimal? And, if they do marry, what next?
This is only a fair film. I think part of it is the plot but to me the bigger problem is the dialog. It all seems to dreadfully earnest and artificial...like a play and not real life. Not terrible but clearly among Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans' lesser work.
The Courage Is All Ours
Handlinghandel22 January 2006
It's very stagy. Clearly, it was a play. Though opened up, with flashbacks and scenes on lakes, it is like a play -- and a very stodgy one, at that. Indeed, it's like what we imagine the Robert Montgomery character's play would be, based on the few lines we hear.
Montgomery is supposed to be English. His American accent is explained by his going to Canada and then South Africa -- if one views that as an explanation. Madge Evans was a charming performer but one wouldn't know that from her performance here. Beryl Mercer comes through well, as Montgomery's mother. And Roland Young, in a minor role, is good. Was he ever not good? The problem with this is that it's hard to believe the trajectory of Montgomery's life as it's portrayed. It's hard to believe he suddenly became a fine playwright. And it's quite difficult indeed to care about the romance between him and Evans. When many people think of early sound movies, they think of grandiose fluff like this. And that's a shame, since there are so many gems to be mined.
Montgomery is supposed to be English. His American accent is explained by his going to Canada and then South Africa -- if one views that as an explanation. Madge Evans was a charming performer but one wouldn't know that from her performance here. Beryl Mercer comes through well, as Montgomery's mother. And Roland Young, in a minor role, is good. Was he ever not good? The problem with this is that it's hard to believe the trajectory of Montgomery's life as it's portrayed. It's hard to believe he suddenly became a fine playwright. And it's quite difficult indeed to care about the romance between him and Evans. When many people think of early sound movies, they think of grandiose fluff like this. And that's a shame, since there are so many gems to be mined.
A smart, witty script lovingly performed and delivered in this precode love letter to youth's passions
Larry41OnEbay-221 January 2006
Other internet sources state this is a rare direct-to-screen original by Frederick Lonsdale, the playwright responsible for such drawing-room comedies as THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY and like the two versions of that film (1929 & 1937), this one bubbles and sparkles with great lines. From Robert Montgomery's first scene, he delivers clever observations with the clipped wit of an intelligent philosopher filled with the wonder of discovering something better in life. Lots of short funny scenes as he wanders the globe drifting from job to job, gathering experiences to enrich his writing. Lovely Madge Evans (better known for DINNER AT EIGHT & David COPPERFIELD) plays the pretty and pampered daughter of a high society stalwart member, an admiral with plans for her to marry "well." Fate introduces these two idealistic lovers in a lowly tobacconist shop and their perceptive exchange quickly shoots arrows through their hearts. They are fated to love forever before the scene ends. Starting with humor, gracefully slipping into romance, spiking with the passions of obsessive love, dipping down into harsh realities only to be tried and tested
the ending comes as only a playwrights guilty pleasure could imagine.
Bottom line, I loved it and fans of smart precode love stories will relish in this forgotten little gem! 8 out of 10!
Bottom line, I loved it and fans of smart precode love stories will relish in this forgotten little gem! 8 out of 10!
Lover Miscast
boblipton17 January 2006
This screen adaptation of a play by Frederick Lonsdale about a young man who has spent his life wandering about the globe, collecting experience so he can become a playwright -- Robert Montgomery -- and the young aristocrat who marries him and is disinherited for her taking up with a wastrel - Madge Evans -- creaks pretty badly as it goes through its predictable plot twists. Director Robert Z. Leonard and the unnamed screenwriters make some effort at opening up the script, but still wind up having the leads conduct most of their earnest dialogue in two-shots. Also, frankly, Robert Montgomery is miscast. He never quite managed to do accents convincingly and he seems overwhelmed, although he carries out his self-effacing courtship of Miss Evans most charmingly.
Nor do most of the other actors manage to be more than straw men. The two exceptions are -- unsurprisingly -- Beryl Mercer, who made a specialty in kindly, clueless mothers -- her best known role was Lew Ayres' mother in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT -- and the always delightful Roland Young, who gets to play someone with brains and heart, who comes up with most of the plot twists here.
All in all, not a movie to search out unless you are a fanatic for any of the personnel involved.
Nor do most of the other actors manage to be more than straw men. The two exceptions are -- unsurprisingly -- Beryl Mercer, who made a specialty in kindly, clueless mothers -- her best known role was Lew Ayres' mother in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT -- and the always delightful Roland Young, who gets to play someone with brains and heart, who comes up with most of the plot twists here.
All in all, not a movie to search out unless you are a fanatic for any of the personnel involved.
A charming old-fashioned love story between members of two social classes.
piccadillyjim-129 November 2006
This adaptation of a Frederick Lonsdale play is ground in the social mores of the very early twentieth century wherein a quite poor working young man meets a charming, beautiful and wealthy admiral's daughter. Stories of poor men meeting and wooing wealthy women are difficult to write convincingly for the simple fact that such pairings are unlikely at best. This adaptation succeeds quite admirably because the two principals, played by Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans, are both likable and charming. Evans and Montgomery reveal every nuance of two people who meet and fall deeply in love. This is easily one of Madge's finest acting efforts, and certainly the best of the five films in which she appeared with Montgomery. The screen simply lights up when she and Montgomery are seen cautiously pursuing one another. Their romantic moments are so real that one has to remind oneself that they are acting. It is a fact that, in their private lives, they remained close friends until their death.
LOVERS COURAGEOUS has one serious flaw... the selection of Reginald Owen to play Madge's fiancée. He is far too old for the part. Worst yet, he plays the role much too broadly. Whether this is the director's fault (Robert Z. Leonard) or Owen's fault is difficult to fathom. I tend to see more of the director's hand in this, although Pop Leonard, as his casts fondly nicknamed him, may have left Owen to his own acting instincts. Whatever, it is a stretch to think that Evans would be engaged to him.
If Owen seems off-key, Roland Young more than makes up for it. His is a refreshingly light-hearted interpretation of his role of the Admiral's aide. His scenes with Evans are a delight. It might have proved better to have him play Owen's role.
Frederick Kerr plays the crusty old Admiral who judges people by their social class. His character is really an indictment of the social upper classes who displayed their utter disdain for the working class. Kerr plays it to the hilt.
His social counterpart, Montgomery's father, played by Halliwell Hobbes, is a classic example of some members of the working class who felt it improper to try to mix with the upper class. Hobbes is also well cast. His scenes where he tries to convince his young boy that he should work hard to become a postal worker and not advance his station in life are all too real when one remembers social customs and beliefs through World War 1. It was the time when ocean liners held rigid to the class system, mirroring their passengers beliefs. In wiping out a good portion of the upper class, the war also wiped out the lingering Victorian beliefs and customs.
LOVERS COURAGEOUS runs a little over just 76 minutes, short for an "A" production. It is not an important film. With a little more development effort it could have been... but it is easily one of the most romantic films ever produced in Hollywood and well worth the time to watch.
LOVERS COURAGEOUS has one serious flaw... the selection of Reginald Owen to play Madge's fiancée. He is far too old for the part. Worst yet, he plays the role much too broadly. Whether this is the director's fault (Robert Z. Leonard) or Owen's fault is difficult to fathom. I tend to see more of the director's hand in this, although Pop Leonard, as his casts fondly nicknamed him, may have left Owen to his own acting instincts. Whatever, it is a stretch to think that Evans would be engaged to him.
If Owen seems off-key, Roland Young more than makes up for it. His is a refreshingly light-hearted interpretation of his role of the Admiral's aide. His scenes with Evans are a delight. It might have proved better to have him play Owen's role.
Frederick Kerr plays the crusty old Admiral who judges people by their social class. His character is really an indictment of the social upper classes who displayed their utter disdain for the working class. Kerr plays it to the hilt.
His social counterpart, Montgomery's father, played by Halliwell Hobbes, is a classic example of some members of the working class who felt it improper to try to mix with the upper class. Hobbes is also well cast. His scenes where he tries to convince his young boy that he should work hard to become a postal worker and not advance his station in life are all too real when one remembers social customs and beliefs through World War 1. It was the time when ocean liners held rigid to the class system, mirroring their passengers beliefs. In wiping out a good portion of the upper class, the war also wiped out the lingering Victorian beliefs and customs.
LOVERS COURAGEOUS runs a little over just 76 minutes, short for an "A" production. It is not an important film. With a little more development effort it could have been... but it is easily one of the most romantic films ever produced in Hollywood and well worth the time to watch.
Cornball drama is strictly '30s standard tear-jerker romance...
Doylenf21 May 2008
ROBERT MONTGOMERY is a wastrel who goes from job to job, finally landing in South Africa where he falls in love with an Admiral's daughter (MADGE EVANS). They meet casually in the shop where he works and for him it's love at first sight. In no time at all they become starry-eyed lovers forced to separate when her wealthy family decides he's the wrong material for a suitor, a struggling playwright who's never had a success.
But they do get together again when she ditches her fiancé (REGINALD OWEN) and returns to Montgomery, offering to marry him. For awhile, it's rough going with no money for food or rent and Evans' father forces Montgomery to give her up and let his daughter return home.
Of course, it all leads toward a happy ending when Montgomery's play based on his real life affair with a wealthy woman becomes a tremendous hit. The dialog is not always as sophisticated as one would like. Evans' last line is: "Let's stay home and have a baby." MADGE EVANS was one of the most attractive blondes of the '30s and gives a sincere performance. Montgomery is first rate as her troubled husband.
Summing up: The material has been done before, over and over again, and more successfully than here where it gets the cornball treatment.
But they do get together again when she ditches her fiancé (REGINALD OWEN) and returns to Montgomery, offering to marry him. For awhile, it's rough going with no money for food or rent and Evans' father forces Montgomery to give her up and let his daughter return home.
Of course, it all leads toward a happy ending when Montgomery's play based on his real life affair with a wealthy woman becomes a tremendous hit. The dialog is not always as sophisticated as one would like. Evans' last line is: "Let's stay home and have a baby." MADGE EVANS was one of the most attractive blondes of the '30s and gives a sincere performance. Montgomery is first rate as her troubled husband.
Summing up: The material has been done before, over and over again, and more successfully than here where it gets the cornball treatment.
Everlasting love
westerfieldalfred25 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
The dichotomy in reviewer assessments of Lovers Courageous has, I fear, more to do with the reviewers' life experiences than the film. Those that waited for that special someone, knew almost immediately that he or she was the one, spent their whole life thinking of no one but that person and that total commitment was reciprocated, arguing only over "gift of the magi" details, surmounting family difficulties through togetherness and basically living a wonderful life, know this film is true and expresses itself beautifully. If this is corny, well, life can sometimes be corny if you're very, very lucky.
Montgomery and Evans are perfectly matched and show true love seldom achieved in film. Young's portrayal is subtle and effective until the final resolution. For once Kerr isn't his usual bumbling good heart mumbling inanities under his breath; he's a perfect nasty. With few exceptions the rest of the cast performs well. The dialog is exceptionally crisp. I had wished that the depths of despair weren't quite so deep; it descended into unfortunate melodrama, making the end too pat. All the same, it brought back memories of finding true love. For that I'll always be thankful.
Montgomery and Evans are perfectly matched and show true love seldom achieved in film. Young's portrayal is subtle and effective until the final resolution. For once Kerr isn't his usual bumbling good heart mumbling inanities under his breath; he's a perfect nasty. With few exceptions the rest of the cast performs well. The dialog is exceptionally crisp. I had wished that the depths of despair weren't quite so deep; it descended into unfortunate melodrama, making the end too pat. All the same, it brought back memories of finding true love. For that I'll always be thankful.
Delightful and Touching Pre-code Movie
jefffreeman-3804413 June 2021
I have been a Madge Evans fan for 55 years, and I believe this movie is among her best. Not only is she at her most beautiful, her acting is extremely touching because she is at her most vulnerable. Madge Evans is the wealthy daughter of an English man who falls in love with a poor playwright. (Robert Montgomery).
Madge Evans had a contract at MGM for 5 years before they dropped her. Irving Thalberg was a genius, but he missed the chance to make Madge Evans a huge star. She does comedy and drama equally well.
This movie is truly a little gem that you will treasure. Unfortunately, it is not available on DVD, but you can catch it on TCM. Enjoy!
Madge Evans had a contract at MGM for 5 years before they dropped her. Irving Thalberg was a genius, but he missed the chance to make Madge Evans a huge star. She does comedy and drama equally well.
This movie is truly a little gem that you will treasure. Unfortunately, it is not available on DVD, but you can catch it on TCM. Enjoy!
A love story of depth in a witty and serious screenplay
SimonJack6 September 2020
"Lovers Courageous" is billed as a drama and romance, but it is much more than that. It is a powerful, deep love story. From the first encounter of Willie and Mary, one can sense an attraction of souls. This is akin to the poor boy meets right girl theme; and spoiled child meets reality. It's also a story of adventure for the sake of experience, which more than one renowned novelist has lived. Combine them all, and one has "Lovers Courageous."
It's a story with depth of feeling and expressions of those feelings in some passages of erudite dialog. And, although not considered a comedy, it has some witty dialog in places.
The lead roles are played wonderfully by Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans as Willie and Mary. But others of the cast are excellent as well. Roland Young has a type of guardian angel role. While his Jeffrey seems to harbor deep affection for Mary, his is a love that is most interested in her genuine happiness. He has met and respects Willie. So, when it's so apparent that Mary and Willie have such love, he will do what he can to help them be reunited. Reginald Owen is excellent as Jimmy and Frederick Kerr is very good as the admiral, Mary's father.
The love between Willie and Mary is expressed in rich dialog. It may seem slow to some at times, and those who don't particularly enjoy such deep stories will find the pace too slow. But for others, the story and pace move along just right.
The screenplay was written by British playwright Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954). The story is somewhat autobiographical of Lonsdale, except for the globe-trotting travels of Willie. In the film, Willie works as a tobacconist, which is what Lonsdale's father was. Lonsdale was born in Jersey of the Channel Islands, and drifted around the UK, taking different jobs. As with Willie in this film, he struggled for several years trying to become a playwright. His breakthrough came through his wife. She was working as a chorus girl to support them when she showed a script to her employer who, in turn, sent it to producer Frank Curzon. That led to the stage production of his first work, the highly popular 1908 musical, "King of Cadonia." He would write more librettos for musicals and many stage comedies. More than two dozen of his plays were made into movies.
The year 1932 had many very good films, and "Lovers Courageous" did well at the box office. While filmed entirely at MGM studios in Hollywood, the film has some stock footage of a passenger ship sailing.
Incidentally, Lucky Charms was a brand of cigarettes in the UK in the 1930s, and typical of brands of smokes at the time, it had a sort of sales gimmick. Some brands offered coupons redeemable for gifts. This one had collectable charm cards. They were pictures of various items: The Heart, The Frog, The Cross 'Scorpio, The Abraxas, The Scarab, and others. Why anyone would want those is beyond me.
Here are some favorite lines from the movie.
Mary, "Of course, I intend to marry Jimmy." Jeffrey, "Good! Pity he's so rich, isn't it?" Mary, "Why?" Jeffrey, "You'd make such a marvelous, uhm, poor man's wife." Mary, "Sarcastic little brute, aren't you?"
Mary, "Tell me, do you mean to be a tobacconist all your life?" Willie, "Being a tobacconist, being a cowboy, being all of the things I've been, all of these are interests on the way." Mary, "To what?" Willie, "If I told you, you might laugh, and that would be discouraging." Mary, "No, won't, I promise."
Willie, "Sometimes, I'm so unhappy I can't sleep, and sometimes I'm so happy I don't want to." Mary, "Because of me?" Willie, "Sometimes I'm so happy, I don't need food. And sometimes I'm so unhappy, it chokes me." Mary, "Because of me?" Willie, "No - because I've got to be in the tobacconist shop tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."
Jimmy, "I say, you look as though a couple days of hunting would do you good."
Willie, "What are you doing here?" Mary, "I've come to ask you to be my husband." Willie, "Are you mad?" Mary, ,"Stark staring in love with you."
Willie, "Wait a minute. Where are you going to stop until we get married?" Mary, "Well, I'll stay here." Willie, "Oh, you can't do that." Mary, "Oh, don't talk nonsense." Willie, "But..." Mary, "If you say another word, I'll pop into the bed now." Willie, "Don't you dare!" Mary, "Oh, what a prude you are."
Admiral, "But, for your mother's sake and mine, you won't do this." Mary, "Aren't you and mother only concerned about my sake?" Admiral, "Why, off course." Mary, "Then why do you want me to marry a man I'll be unhappy with? You only seem to be concerned with what other people will say. Things that don't matter. Not me at all."
Admiral, "Do you realize you'll make Jimmy look the most awful fool that ever lived, and break his heart?" Mary, "One good day's hunting will mend that."
Willie,, "I think for a common little tobacconist's assistant, I behaved rather well. Because, as a playwright, I could have been terribly unpleasant."
Willie, "The next time I marry, I'm going to have a chorum service." Mary, "The next time I marry, I'm going to marry a man who doesn't pinch me when the minister says 'obey.'"
Mary, "Willie?" Willie, ,"Mm hmm?" Mary, "Where'd you steal that meat from?" Willie, "Jones." Mary, ,"Good, wasn't it?" Willie, "Mm hmmm". Mary, ,"There must be an awful lot of nice people in jail."
Willie, "We'll go to Paris, Rome, anywhere!" Mary, "No! Let's stay home and have a baby". Willie, ,"Yes, let's."
It's a story with depth of feeling and expressions of those feelings in some passages of erudite dialog. And, although not considered a comedy, it has some witty dialog in places.
The lead roles are played wonderfully by Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans as Willie and Mary. But others of the cast are excellent as well. Roland Young has a type of guardian angel role. While his Jeffrey seems to harbor deep affection for Mary, his is a love that is most interested in her genuine happiness. He has met and respects Willie. So, when it's so apparent that Mary and Willie have such love, he will do what he can to help them be reunited. Reginald Owen is excellent as Jimmy and Frederick Kerr is very good as the admiral, Mary's father.
The love between Willie and Mary is expressed in rich dialog. It may seem slow to some at times, and those who don't particularly enjoy such deep stories will find the pace too slow. But for others, the story and pace move along just right.
The screenplay was written by British playwright Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954). The story is somewhat autobiographical of Lonsdale, except for the globe-trotting travels of Willie. In the film, Willie works as a tobacconist, which is what Lonsdale's father was. Lonsdale was born in Jersey of the Channel Islands, and drifted around the UK, taking different jobs. As with Willie in this film, he struggled for several years trying to become a playwright. His breakthrough came through his wife. She was working as a chorus girl to support them when she showed a script to her employer who, in turn, sent it to producer Frank Curzon. That led to the stage production of his first work, the highly popular 1908 musical, "King of Cadonia." He would write more librettos for musicals and many stage comedies. More than two dozen of his plays were made into movies.
The year 1932 had many very good films, and "Lovers Courageous" did well at the box office. While filmed entirely at MGM studios in Hollywood, the film has some stock footage of a passenger ship sailing.
Incidentally, Lucky Charms was a brand of cigarettes in the UK in the 1930s, and typical of brands of smokes at the time, it had a sort of sales gimmick. Some brands offered coupons redeemable for gifts. This one had collectable charm cards. They were pictures of various items: The Heart, The Frog, The Cross 'Scorpio, The Abraxas, The Scarab, and others. Why anyone would want those is beyond me.
Here are some favorite lines from the movie.
Mary, "Of course, I intend to marry Jimmy." Jeffrey, "Good! Pity he's so rich, isn't it?" Mary, "Why?" Jeffrey, "You'd make such a marvelous, uhm, poor man's wife." Mary, "Sarcastic little brute, aren't you?"
Mary, "Tell me, do you mean to be a tobacconist all your life?" Willie, "Being a tobacconist, being a cowboy, being all of the things I've been, all of these are interests on the way." Mary, "To what?" Willie, "If I told you, you might laugh, and that would be discouraging." Mary, "No, won't, I promise."
Willie, "Sometimes, I'm so unhappy I can't sleep, and sometimes I'm so happy I don't want to." Mary, "Because of me?" Willie, "Sometimes I'm so happy, I don't need food. And sometimes I'm so unhappy, it chokes me." Mary, "Because of me?" Willie, "No - because I've got to be in the tobacconist shop tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."
Jimmy, "I say, you look as though a couple days of hunting would do you good."
Willie, "What are you doing here?" Mary, "I've come to ask you to be my husband." Willie, "Are you mad?" Mary, ,"Stark staring in love with you."
Willie, "Wait a minute. Where are you going to stop until we get married?" Mary, "Well, I'll stay here." Willie, "Oh, you can't do that." Mary, "Oh, don't talk nonsense." Willie, "But..." Mary, "If you say another word, I'll pop into the bed now." Willie, "Don't you dare!" Mary, "Oh, what a prude you are."
Admiral, "But, for your mother's sake and mine, you won't do this." Mary, "Aren't you and mother only concerned about my sake?" Admiral, "Why, off course." Mary, "Then why do you want me to marry a man I'll be unhappy with? You only seem to be concerned with what other people will say. Things that don't matter. Not me at all."
Admiral, "Do you realize you'll make Jimmy look the most awful fool that ever lived, and break his heart?" Mary, "One good day's hunting will mend that."
Willie,, "I think for a common little tobacconist's assistant, I behaved rather well. Because, as a playwright, I could have been terribly unpleasant."
Willie, "The next time I marry, I'm going to have a chorum service." Mary, "The next time I marry, I'm going to marry a man who doesn't pinch me when the minister says 'obey.'"
Mary, "Willie?" Willie, ,"Mm hmm?" Mary, "Where'd you steal that meat from?" Willie, "Jones." Mary, ,"Good, wasn't it?" Willie, "Mm hmmm". Mary, ,"There must be an awful lot of nice people in jail."
Willie, "We'll go to Paris, Rome, anywhere!" Mary, "No! Let's stay home and have a baby". Willie, ,"Yes, let's."
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