If You Could Only Cook (1935)

Jean Arthur: Joan Hawthorne

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• Mike Rossini : Well, how a nice girl like you happened to get hooked up with a mug like that?

  Joan Hawthorne : He isn't a mug.

  Mike Rossini : Well, how he happen to sell you that bill of goods? How you happen to fall for him?

  Joan Hawthorne : The Depression.

• Mike Rossini : You know, I had a hunch you wasn't married. That's why I made a play for you. And I still think you're pretty swell.

  Joan Hawthorne : You make it very difficult for me to stay, sir, unless you treat me like a cook.

  Mike Rossini : Well, I don't want to treat you like a no cook. I want to treat you like you was a, well, like you was a Mrs. Rossini. Yes, I"m a proposing to you. When I make up my mind, I make it up fast.

  Joan Hawthorne : Oh, you really don't mean that Mr. Rossini. I'm afraid your stomach's gotten the better of your heart.

• Joan Hawthorne : There oughta be a law against parks... and benches... and him!

• Joan Hawthorne : Say... can you buttle?