The Man in Possession (1931)

Reginald Owen: Claude Dabney

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• Raymond Dabney : It's curious how little practical value a college education has in modern life. What I didn't learn was how to make four pence into nine pence.

  Claude Dabney : So, you sold a motor car for which you hadn't paid.

• Mr. Dabney : When I think of all the advantages that you've had - the best education money could buy.

  Claude Dabney : Quite!

  Raymond Dabney : I wonder.

  Mr. Dabney : You wonder?

  Raymond Dabney : I ought never to have gone to Cambridge.

  Mrs. Dabney : I always said I preferred Oxford.

• Claude Dabney : I shall be back... early tomorrow morning.

  Crystal Wetherby : I shan't be up until eleven. Good night!

• Raymond Dabney : Didn't you pretend to be rich?

  Claude Dabney : She was marrying me for my money?

  Raymond Dabney : Well, what do you think she was marrying you for?

• Claude Dabney : Crystal, I demand an explanation.

  Crystal Wetherby : You demand? You'd better go, Claude - you're being silly.

  Claude Dabney : If I go, I may not come back.

  Crystal Wetherby : Well, if you don't go, I may not want you to come back.