Heat Lightning (1934)

Preston Foster: George

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• George : Want another barbequed sandwich?

  Jeff : I can hear the warden ask if I have any last words before they turn on the heat and you ask if I want another barbequed sandwich?

• Blonde Cutie : How about it, handsome?

  George : You and I could go a long way together, couldn't we.

• Girl with Black Bangs : Say, doesn't your boyfriend talk?

  George : Speak to the girls, Jeff.

  Jeff : Hiya, Toots.

  Blonde Cutie : Well, we got that all cleared up.

• George : [car drives up]  Just an old baboon and a couple of tomatoes.

• George : So that's the kid sister, huh? The one you had in school.

  Olga : Yes. And she doesn't know anything about you - or the cabaret back in Tulsa. That's the way I'd like to have it left.

• Myra : Sorry about the paper. We get the news quicker from the radio there.

  George : Yeah, but not this time of day though, do you?

  Myra : No, along about evening. Even then sometimes the static is so bad we can't get anything. This time of year we have quite a bit of heat lightning, you know.

  George : Heat lightning, huh? That will give my pal a thrill. Won't it Jeff?

  Jeff : Yeah. That's all I need now. Something to remind me of...

  Myra : It's enough to get on anyone's nerves.

• George : What about the Uncle Horace out there? Is he on his way to Hollywood and the movies too?

  Blonde Cutie : As far as I can make out he is on a lecture tour. All he's done since we picked him up in Kansas City, is give us speeches about nice girls not hitch-hiking.

  Girl with Black Bangs : If that's all he did it wouldn't be so bad. But he tries to find out if our legs are in good condition.

  George : I can't get very upset about you two tomatoes not being unable to take care of yourselves. I got a hunch the old man is the one who is really in a tough spot.

• George : How long you been out here?

  Olga : Long enough to build up something that I don't want to see torn down.

• George : I sure am sorry we're not going the same way.

  Blonde Cutie : Well. You go your way and - we'll go the way of all flesh.

• George : I guess everything is wide open in Reno, huh?

  Mrs. Ashton-Ashley : Yes. Rather.

  George : I was there once.

  Mrs. Tifton : Only once?

  George : Well, I was there on business.

  Mrs. Tifton , Mrs. Ashton-Ashley : So were we.

• George : She used to hold out against me sometimes, but I can twist her around if I take the trouble. There is one dame I can do anything I want with.

• George : It's a long time since we've had a talk.

  Olga : It's longer than that since we've had anything worthwhile talking about.

• George : Do you like it better here than you did in Tulsa?

  Olga : I'm happy here. I know what living is about for the first time. I wouldn't change what I've got here for anything.

  George : Never get lonesome?

  Olga : I'm too busy.

  George : Oh, I bet you think about the old town once in a while. Oil flares lighting up the streets. Everything wide open. Dance halls, gambling, girls.

  Olga : Yeah. Don't forget the girls.

• George : We're staying on here, but just long enough to get our hooks on the rocks those dames lugging around. We're in a tough spot and we might have to do some greasing to get across the border.

  Jeff : Thanks. I'm glad you let me in on the plot.

  George : We got our own New Deal coming up. Prosperity is just across the border.

• George : My neck is just as valuable to me as yours is to you. And I am not going to do anything that will put a rope around it.

• George : Wait a minute, lady, what's the beef?

• George : Whatever it was, between us, we had some rotten times in the old days and we had some swell ones. I'm remembering the swell ones now. You seem to be remembering the rotten ones.

  Olga : I'm remembering both, Gerry. I'm calling it evens. And quits.

• George : Nobody ever got yellow with me that didn't get hurt.

• George : Don't let anybody put anything over on you. That's the way to get along in the world. That's what I always done.