Show Boat (1936)

Queenie Smith: Elly May Chipley

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Quotes 

• Parthy : He's a murderer!

  Magnolia : Mama!

  Parthy : You're letting my daughter marry a murderer!

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Who's the murderer?

  Parthy : That Ravenal! He killed a man.

  Magnolia : Gay!

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Then why ain't he in jail, or hanged?

  The Sheriff : The jury figured the gentleman he killed oughta went anyhow.

  Parthy : Andy Hawks, are you going to stand there and let your only child marry a murderer?

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Oh don't be so narrow minded, Mrs. Hawks, I killed a man myself once.

  Parthy : You killed?

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Yes, me. Now, are you comin' with us, or ain't you? They're going to be married.

  Parthy : Married to a murderer! Oh!

  [she faints] 

  Ellie May Chipley : She's fainted.

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Are you sure?

  The Sheriff : She's out.

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : Good! Now we'll go on with the wedding.

• Gaylord Ravenal : [singing]  Who cares if my boat goes upstream? Or if the gale bids me go with the river's flow? I drift along with my fancy; sometimes I thank my lucky stars my heart is free...

  Frank : [as Ellie looks admiringly after Gaylord]  What are you lookin' at?

  Ellie May Chipley : Bet he's some aristocrat.

  Frank : Yeah? Look at the cracks in his shoes.

  Gaylord Ravenal : [singing]  ... and other times I wonder, where's the mate for me?

• Ellie May Chipley : Nolie, what's the matter? Is Gay hurt?

  Magnolia : No. Ellie, you read it. I may believe it if I hear somebody else say it.

• Ellie May Chipley : They make love on the stage and it rings true! That's why they're a hit.

• Ellie May Chipley : [performing on stage]  This is a man's world, as I know, to my sorrow, heaven help us. Young girls like us are like - flowers. We bloom in the sunshine, till plucked by a passing mule.

  Magnolia : [under her breathe]  Male.

  Ellie May Chipley : What?

  Magnolia : Male.

  Ellie May Chipley : Male.