Tuesday Trivia: Quotes of the 1930s

1. You know you’ve got the brain of a four-year old child, and I bet he was glad to get rid of it.
Solved by Ken (comment #3).

2. I never did like the idea of sitting on newspapers. I did it once, and all the headlines came off on my white pants. On the level! It actually happened. Nobody bought a paper that day. They just followed me around over town and read the news on the seat of my pants.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

3. She’s a female! And all females is poison! They’re full of wicked wiles!
Solved by Ken (comment #3).

4. Now, hold on! Hold on. Don’t get excited here. I’m just tryin’ to tell you that I ain’t got any guns. You see if I woulda had a gun then, why, one of us might have been hurt and it might be me. I wouldn’t want that to happen… would I?
Solved by Melville (comment #1).

5. Well, I guess you can’t break out of prison and into society in the same week.
Solved by George (comment #4).

6. I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative!
Solved by Hogan (comment #5).

7. Look, someone upstairs is playing musical chairs with an elephant. Move one of them out, will you? I want to get some sleep.
Solved by George (comment #4).

5 comments

  1. Melville says:

    #1 is Groucho, of course :-), but I’m not sure of the movie.
    #2 is Clark Gable in It Happened One Night
    #4 is James Stewart in Destry Rides Again

  2. deblipp says:

    #1 is correct, but you get no credit.

    OhKen will be disappointed you got #4; it’s one of his favorites.

  3. Ken says:

    #1 – Groucho, of course, in Horsefeathers

    #3 – Grumpy, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Gotta go watch Destry Rides Again again…… great movie.

  4. George says:

    #5 is John Wayne in “Stagecoach.”
    #7 is Margaret Lockwood in “The Lady Vanishes.”

  5. Hogan says:

    #6 is Bette Davis in Dark Victory.