Weary River (1929)

Betty Compson: Alice

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Quotes 

• Literary Club Host : Same table, Mr. Larrabee?

  Jerry Larrabee : Same table.

  [gets seated] 

  Literary Club Waiter : Same order, Mr. Larrabee?

  Jerry Larrabee : Same order.

  Alice Gray : Same girl... *Mister* Larrabee?

  Jerry Larrabee : Same girl... Baby.

• Jerry Larrabee : Hello, Baby.

  Alice Gray : Hello, Jerry. Is everything all right?

  Jerry Larrabee : Why, sure everything's all right. Did you ever see me when it wasn't?

  Alice Gray : Oh, I know. But, when you get a telephone call like you did tonight and you walk out with that look in your eye, I get a cold chill. You know, it's "too sure guys," like you, that find themselves lookin' at the bottom of daisies.

• Alice Gray : Jerry, sing something. Something just for me.

  Jerry Larrabee : All right, Baby.

  [singing] 

  Jerry Larrabee : Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, Oh my how they did love, Swore to be...

  Alice Gray : Hey, hey, hey!

  Jerry Larrabee : What's the matter, Baby? Don't you like that?

  Alice Gray : No I don't! I didn't ask for Grand Opera.

  Jerry Larrabee : What do you want?

  Alice Gray : Oh, sing me something - you know what I like.

  Jerry Larrabee : All right, Baby. Here's something I wrote just for you. Listen to this.

  [singing] 

  Jerry Larrabee : I used to think, A poor foolish King, Was ruled by a gal, Was a fool. When loves the game, We're all just the same, So I guess I come under that rule. For - you could make me daring and bold, For you - could make me do as I'm told, As it stands, I guess I'm in your hands, If you'd just say you need me, that would lead me, To promise lands, And you, you, you could make me flirt with a jail, Or you, only you, follow the trail, Sinner or saint, I either am or I ain't, So tell me, what'll I do? It's up to you.

  Alice Gray : Oh, boy! What you do to me when you sing like that. It's nobody's business.

  [kiss] 

• Jerry Larrabee : Just keep the home fires burning and the drinks cold, Baby. I won't be long.

  Alice Gray : All right, Jerry.

• Jerry Larrabee : Don't worry, Honey - - I"ll be out in no time!

  Alice Gray : [crying]  Oh, Jerry!

  [kiss] 

• Alice Gray : What are you tryin' to do? Pin wings on him?

• Jerry Larrabee : Oh, gee, Honey. Ain't this great! I'm back and I'm back for keeps.

  Alice Gray : Ah, Jerry.

  Jerry Larrabee : Yes, Baby, I'm back for keeps!

• Alice Gray : The warden asked me not to see ya. He told me if I loved ya that I'd never see you again. He said that you were goin' straight and it was better for ya not to be seein' the old gang - especially women like me. Huh, and I swallowed it. Hook, line and sinker!

• Alice Gray : What a sap I've been. Just a 14-carat sap. And you! You're just a phony! That's what you are. You're just a yellow phony!

• Alice Gray : Jerry, if you mean, the way you sang it; why, you can come to me.