Our Little Girl (1935)

Lyle Talbot: Rolfe Brent

Quotes 

• Rolfe Brent : Look here, why don't the two of you come and go riding with me sometime?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Thanks, Brent. Mrs. Middleton might. The only thing I ride is that old bus of mine. It bounces just as much, but it doesn't bite.

  Rolfe Brent : How about you, Mrs. Middleton?

  Elsa Middleton : Oh, I haven't ridden in years. I don't know if I could.

  Rolfe Brent : Oh, of course you could. You used to be great.

  Molly Middleton : Of course you could, Mommy. You just get on them and go.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : But don't you let her take any of those jumps until she's all set.

  Rolfe Brent : You can trust me, Doctor. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, Mrs. Middleton, around ten o'clock?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : She'll get a big kick out of it.

  Molly Middleton : She doesn't want to get kicked, Daddy.

• Elsa Middleton : Poor Don, cooped up in that laboratory with poisonous gases and diphtheria germs.

  Rolfe Brent : I thought it was only for a few days?

  Elsa Middleton : Don forgets time when he's working.

• Rolfe Brent : Hello, Molly.

  Molly Middleton : Hello.

  [Rolfe reaches to down to pick up Molly, but she backs away from him] 

  Rolfe Brent : Well, what's wrong?

  Molly Middleton : I don't like to be picked up. Except by my daddy.

  Rolfe Brent : Well, he's not here just now, Molly. Won't you let me do it?

  Molly Middleton : You don't know how a daddy does.

  Rolfe Brent : I could learn.

  Molly Middleton : It's very hard to learn, sir.

  Rolfe Brent : Let's have a trial. Let's pretend I'm the daddy and you're the little girl.

  Molly Middleton : But I *am* the little girl!

• Rolfe Brent : Why don't you like me, Molly? I like you. I like you and your mother and your daddy.

  Molly Middleton : I don't care! We don't like you! We wish you'd go away and never come back!

  Rolfe Brent : Who's we, Molly? Your mother?

  [Molly nods] 

  Rolfe Brent : Are you sure?

  [Molly runs away] 

• Rolfe Brent : Molly, I want to ask you something.

  Molly Middleton : Yes, Mr. Brent?

  Rolfe Brent : Would you like to call me Uncle Rolfe?

  Molly Middleton : No, thank you.

  Rolfe Brent : Well, I don't much care for that uncle business, either. How about just calling me Rolfe, then, without the uncle?

  Molly Middleton : Can't we just talk without me calling you anything, sir?

  Rolfe Brent : I'm afraid not, Molly. You see, you're coming to live in my house pretty soon.

  Molly Middleton : You can't live in anybody's house but your own.

  Rolfe Brent : Oh, but it will be your own.

  Molly Middleton : He's teasing.

  Elsa Middleton : No, Molly, he's not teasing.

• Rolfe Brent : Don, I want to talk to you.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : There's nothing to talk about.

  Rolfe Brent : Now, wait a minute. The blame isn't all on one side, you know. It won't do you a bit of harm to listen to the truth. I didn't take Elsa from you. You gave her to me.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : What are you talking about?

  Rolfe Brent : You were at the office or the laboratory morning, noon, and night.

• Elsa Middleton : I had no logical reason for coming back. I guess it's just what Don would call... a hunch.

  Rolfe Brent : But darling, I thought we'd agreed on everything.

  Elsa Middleton : Maybe I'm being foolish, but I had to be sure.

  Rolfe Brent : You've got to trust my judgement. I mean, the situation would be easier and simpler if it weren't for Molly.

  Elsa Middleton : Don't say that!

  Rolfe Brent : But we've got our own lives to live. If it weren't for Molly, I know we could be happy together.

• Rolfe Brent : You know, Don, I have too much time to play, and maybe you haven't enough.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Oh, I have all I want. Elsa can represent me in the sporting world.

  Rolfe Brent : Well, if I had such a charming representative, I'd retire to the sidelines, too.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : You playboys are the ones who are really on the sidelines.

• Sarah Boynton : It's Mrs. Stevens, Doctor, on an emergency.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Did you bring the kit?

  Sarah Boynton : Yes, I have it outside.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : You'll have to excuse me.

  Elsa Middleton : Let me come, too, Don. I can at least keep the other Stevenses out of the room.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : You stay here and finish your dinner.

  Elsa Middleton : But you may be late.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : If I am, I'm sure Rolfe will be kind enough to escort you home.

  Rolfe Brent : You mean lucky enough.

• Rolfe Brent : You know, Don, it's uncommon that you would risk such a lovely girl with someone as susceptible as I am.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Well, if you don't think I worry about it, you're crazy.

• Rolfe Brent : I know I'm a fool. I know I may be spoiling everything. But I just can't keep up the pretense. I want so much to...

  Elsa Middleton : Go ahead. I'm not afraid.

  Rolfe Brent : Elsa, you must know that...

  Elsa Middleton : I know. I'm very fond of you, too, Rolfe.