Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Ann Sothern: Maisie Ravier
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Quotes
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Tommy Cutter : Say, what's with that bellboy?
Maisie Ravier : He's stuck on me.
Tommy Cutter : That little kid?
Maisie Ravier : Listen, honey, these days you don't even throw the little ones back.
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Parsons : You are an employee of this hotel. I'll see you in my office.
Maisie Ravier : Yes, sir. Shall I bring the whip along or do you keep one handy?
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Maisie Ravier : Flip, are you intimating again, that I'm a little nutsy?
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Oh, no, honey, of course not. You've just been working too hard.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Take it easy! Take it Easy! What for? Do I have to buy you flowers and take you to the movies a whole year before I convince you?
Maisie Ravier : Well, a girl does like to have flowers and a little romance before she's married. Heaven knows, few of them get it after.
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Tommy Cutter : Maisie, it's good to see you. What have you been up to?
Maisie Ravier : Riveting.
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Maisie Ravier : You're cashing in a ticket to Reno?
Lady with Reno Bus Ticket : Indeed I am, dearie. I put my pride in my pocket. I apologized. Now, why don't you go along home and say, "Daddy, I'm sorry"?
Maisie Ravier : Well, look, lady. I'm not married. I've got a job waiting for me in Reno. So, sell me that ticket, will ya, huh?
Lady with Reno Bus Ticket : All right, dear. Maybe, while you're there, you'll catch a hubby. There's lots of men in Reno.
Maisie Ravier : Yeah, a regular hubby lovie, huh?
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Maisie Ravier : I don't like being a crab.
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Maisie Ravier : Hi, soldier. Think you knew me or think you'd like to?
Sgt. William (Bill) Fullerton : Oh, I'm not trying to flirt with you.
Maisie Ravier : Oh, well, a girl can't bat a thousand all the time.
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Tommy Cutter : Me and the gals open in Reno at the El Presidente Hotel, for two weeks.
Maisie Ravier : No kiddin'. A class joint at last, huh?
Tommy Cutter : Say, you got a vacation. Why don't you spend it with us?
Maisie Ravier : Oh, no. I'm strictly supposed to rest.
Tommy Cutter : Well, that's what I mean. You sing a couple of numbers at night. In the daytime, you sit around in the sun pickin' up vitamins for nothin'.
Maisie Ravier : Yeah and believe me, that's all I want to pick up.
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Lady with Reno Bus Ticket : I'm saying it to you now: skiddle-de-ruff-ka-doo.
Maisie Ravier : Well, what am I supposed to do?
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Maisie Ravier : He asked me to put this into your hands, which I guess I'd better do without further ado.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : We'll go in my car.
Maisie Ravier : Using what for gas?
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : I've been saving my Q points for an important trips. And this shapes up as being important.
Maisie Ravier : Important. Is that the Reno word for impertinent?
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Maisie Ravier : [singing] There's the guy with an evil eye, And a great big black moustache, He played his part to steal my heart, But instead he stole my - cash...
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Maisie Ravier : Whew, some ranch. I bet even the cows have red polish on their toenails.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Come on in. Make yourself at home. You like it?
Maisie Ravier : Has all the comforts of a covered wagon.
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : A little hideout I found.
Maisie Ravier : Sort of a rustic wolf den, huh?
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Maisie Ravier : Gee, he sure struck me as a fellow who's carrying a torch, if I ever seen one.
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Maisie Ravier : Maybe you'd get some money if you didn't let your itchy palm show so plain.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Can you get off?
Maisie Ravier : Well, I got on.
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Maybe I'd better to help you.
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Maisie Ravier : You know something?
Jerry : What, Miss Ravier?
Maisie Ravier : I'm a mind reader.
Jerry : You are? Well, if you wanna slap my face, you got a right. Oh, I can't help it, Miss Ravier. I got an intense nature.
Maisie Ravier : Oh, honey. If I were ten years older, I'd adopt you. And if you were ten years older, who knows.
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Maisie Ravier : How do you feel?
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : More questions. Well, I'll tell you. I'm riding on a cloud, baby, and I'm not giving anybody my seat.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Give out. Give out.
Maisie Ravier : Oh, look, okay, honey. But, it takes time to give out.
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Any strings?
Maisie Ravier : Well, there was a guy, a pilot. But he got interested in studying the native dances - in Dallas, Texas.
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Maisie Ravier : it's just that I don't know anything about you.
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : I'm a gambler, honey.
Maisie Ravier : Well, I like a safe bet, honey.
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J.E. Clave : Where you've been all my life?
Maisie Ravier : Oh, I've been here, there, and everywhere.
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J.E. Clave : Sweetheart, what's your name?
Maisie Ravier : Ravier. Maisie Ravier.
J.E. Clave : Maisie, huh? A cute name for a cute little package.
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J.E. Clave : What's your line?
Maisie Ravier : Who me? Oh, I'm versatile. Anything that pays off.
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Maisie Ravier : Take my hand. In connection with this object, I vibrate...
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Maisie Ravier : On second thought, why not?
J.E. Clave : You're cute. You kill me.
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Maisie Ravier : You've got to do the impossible! It's skiddle-de-ruff-ka-doo and I ain't foolin'!
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Jerry : I've only this to say to you, Miss Ravier. It's a shock to me personally that one so sharp-looking should be a mere coquette.
Maisie Ravier : Oh, that's okay, Jerry. Don't mention it.
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Maisie Ravier : Oh, honey, you're sweet. Jerry, things aren't always as they seem. Dig me?
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Maisie Ravier : Ohhh. That's what made the icicles grow. Oh, honey, I can clear that up.
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Maisie Ravier : Flip, you've got to help me 'cause these people are plenty tough.
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Yeah, yeah. I read Dick Tracy too.
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Maisie Ravier : Well, if I'd known you folks were coming, I'd have baked a snake.
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Maisie Ravier : Well, you can't blame me! Well, yes, you can too.
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Maisie Ravier : What's he looking at?
Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Why, he's a psychiatrist, dear.
Maisie Ravier : Well, I don't care if he's Arabian, he can't stare at me like I was a sirloin steak.
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Maisie Ravier : From then on it's boom! Boom! Boom! Bang! Zist, boom, bang!
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Roger Pelham : Imagine you're a police captain.
J.E. Clave : That much imagination I ain't got.
Winifred Ashbourne : Shut up, Clave.
Roger Pelham : And into the police station walks this dame.
Winifred Ashbourne : This common looking little bleach blonde...
Maisie Ravier : Bleach? I'll show you my baby pictures!
[Roger slaps Maisie]
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Philip (Flip) Hennahan : Hold it, baby. Take it easy.
Maisie Ravier : You take your hands off me! I'd've been all right if you hadn't come here to help me. Now, they'll be beating my knees with hammers and telling me I'm in love with my oatmeal spoon.
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Dr. Joe Carter - Psychiatrist : Tell me were any members of your family dementia praecox?
Maisie Ravier : Oh, well, Grandma was sort of dementia. But Grandpa was more the praecox type.