Show Boat (1936)

Allan Jones: Gaylord Ravenal

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• Gaylord Ravenal : [saying farewell to Kim before he deserts her and Magnolia]  And when I'm gone, you'll think of me, won't you?

  Kim as a child : Of course I will. And when you're gone, I always do what you tell me.

  Gaylord Ravenal : What was that?

  Kim as a child : Don't you remember? Make-believe!

  Gaylord Ravenal : [touched and on the verge of tears]  That's right. I gave you a system for having everything you want.

• Parthy : We don't usually pick up actors off the wharves, but we can't be choosy right now!

  Gaylord Ravenal : Madam, your courtesy is only exceeded by your charm.

• Cap'n Andy Hawks : And if you can play the parts to my satisfaction, I'll give you 15 dollars a week, and a chance to see the world.

  Gaylord Ravenal : I've seen it.

• Gaylord Ravenal : [singing]  Who cares if my boat goes upstream? Or if the gale bids me go with the river's flow? I drift along with my fancy; sometimes I thank my lucky stars my heart is free...

  Frank : [as Ellie looks admiringly after Gaylord]  What are you lookin' at?

  Ellie May Chipley : Bet he's some aristocrat.

  Frank : Yeah? Look at the cracks in his shoes.

  Gaylord Ravenal : [singing]  ... and other times I wonder, where's the mate for me?

• Gaylord Ravenal : Are you an actress?

  Magnolia : Oh! Oh, no. But, I'd give anything if I could be.

  Gaylord Ravenal : Why?

  Magnolia : Because - you can make believe so many wonderful things that never happen in real life.

• Gaylord Ravenal : I'm a Revenal. Gaylord Revenal is my name, of the Tennessee Revenals.

• Gaylord Ravenal : It seems to me I've seen that stocking some place. Where could it have been? Don't you belong to a Miss Magnolia Hawks? I thought so.

• [last lines] 

  Magnolia : There's another Ravenal here tonight. Gaylord Ravenal, my first leading man.

  Magnolia , Gaylord Ravenal : [singing]  Where you go with me, Heaven will always be!

• Rubber Face : [the actors are performing the play "The Parson's Bride" on the show boat. Rubber Face, the prop and sound effects man, mistakenly moos like a cow instead of doing a doorbell sound effect]  Moo!

  Magnolia : [in character as Miss Lucy]  Ah, there's the bell. It must be Parson Brown at last!

  Gaylord Ravenal : [enters in character as Parson Brown]  Good evening, Miss Lucy! I was absorbed in meditation and did not realize night had fallen.

  Magnolia : The days are growing shorter, Hamilton, but they're long when one is waiting!

  Gaylord Ravenal : As I came across the field I saw the cattle driven home by your faithful dog.

  Rubber Face : [growing ever louder]  Mooo! MOOOO!

  [Ravenal rolls his eyes in exasperation] 

  Cap'n Andy Hawks : [to Rubber face]  Shut up!