The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Lionel Barrymore: Thomas Randall Paige

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Quotes 

• T.R. Paige : What is this, blackmail?

  Eadie Chapman : Why, Mr. Paige, it's about Mr. Cousins. I only wanted to thank you for keeping my name out of the papers.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, is that so? All that publicity might have gotten you ahead.

  Eadie Chapman : Oh, but I don't want to get ahead. Not in show business.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, you don't?

  Eadie Chapman : No. A few years in the spotlight, if you make it, and when that's over you're nothing but a has-been for the rest of your life.

  T.R. Paige : Oh, where did you pick up all this philosophy?

  Eadie Chapman : Being poor and going hungry.

• T.R. Paige : You want to scratch me off your list. I'm not a ladies' man.

  Eadie Chapman : Oh, Mr. Paige. Don't be such a pessimist.

• T.R. Paige : [Showing her the magnificent ballroom in his mansion]  That chair... sat in by Napoleon. Those chandeliers were lit up by Louis XVI.

  [Pointing to a chaise] 

  T.R. Paige : Lulled in by DuBarry.

  Eadie Chapman : You know this place is big enough for a six-day bicycle race.

  T.R. Paige : [laughs]  Very clever.

• T.R. Paige : I should think I'd be the last man in the world you'd come to for help.

  Frank Cousins : You are.

• T.R. Paige : [Lifting a glass at a banquet in his honor]  Ladies and gentleman... I give you a toast. To understanding, to tolerance, to mutual consideration, to honor mellowed by generosity, to peace among all the nations of the earth.

• T.R. Paige : What's the idea of all the whoopee?

  Frank Cousins : Why, just a celebration for a few of my friends.

  T.R. Paige : Have you any reason to celebrate?

  Frank Cousins : [Chuckles]  Why not, why not? We all have to play once in awhile, don't we?

• Eadie Chapman : You can have the best time of your life from now on!

  T.R. Paige : Say, what are you doing? Making me a proposition?

  Eadie Chapman : Mm-hmm. I haven't got any job this morning. I wouldn't be nice to the boss.

  T.R. Paige : Well, what was wrong with him?

• T.R. Paige : Do you know how often I've seen you since you picked up that - blonde chiseler? Just twice. What do you mean by bringing a platinum cutie like that into a respectable club like this?

• T.R. Paige : You can pick things like her up on any street corner.

• T.R. Paige : You really think she could make the grade?

• T.R. Paige : I'm going to put that scheming little gold digger, that hooked my son, just where she belongs.