Coquette (1929)

William Janney: Jimmy Besant

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Quotes 

• Jimmy Besant : You're a fine one, you are. What time'd you get in last night?

  Norma Besant : Did Daddy ask?

  Jimmy Besant : I mean four o'clock, that's all. And make me get the blame for it.

  Norma Besant : Oh, Jimmy, you are a dear.

  Jimmy Besant : Jiminy, you must've been neckin' overtime. Believe me, I'd never marry a girl like that. Ooh, I don't mind 'em acting silly now and then, and clownin' around a bit, but... I like a girl that, out in a canoe...

  Norma Besant : [continuing Jimmy's soliloquy]  ... in a canoe in the moonlight can discuss life seriously. I know.

• Jimmy Besant : Hey, Julia! Say, hurry up with that coffee. You know Dad and I can't enjoy our after-dinner smoke without a cup of coffee.

  Julia : Go on, child. I's a-comin'.

  Jimmy Besant : Oh, Jiminy. Juliet, you aggravate me. Well, shake a leg, will ya?

  Julia : Shake my leg? I shake my legs for nobody, no Seh!