Three Men on a Horse (1936)

Joan Blondell: Mabel

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Quotes 

• Mabel : [referring to Erwin's house]  Gee! I'd love to live in a place like this. So quiet and nobody around.

  Frankie : Yeh, I bet not even a hermit comes out this far. It must be dandy in the winter too with the wind whistling through the For Sale signs.

• Charlie : How'd you do Mabel?

  Mabel : Not so good at all, when you think that I hocked every stitch I own, except this dress I have on. I kept it not because it was so good. But, because I thought I'd be a little conspicuous comin' home without it, you know.

• Patsy : Listen, baby. You've made the last trip to that joint.

  Mabel : Yeah. That's right, ain't it. Ain't got nothin' more to hock except the picture of Mama when she was a strip girl in burlesque.

  Patsy : Sugar, by tonight, you and me will be doin' it right in the most expensive joints in town.

• Patsy : Listen to this: "Why was it that I chose to roam? Cross land and sea, so far from home. If that be life, my mutter dear, I send this card, of love and cheer. Mutter's Day, number 37." That touches ya, ya know that. Right here.

  Mabel : Yeah. Like seein' a good, sad movie, ain't it. Gee.

  Patsy : You know, this Erwin guy ain't bein' appreciated.

• Patsy : Erwin, this is the little woman!

  Erwin Trowbridge : How do you do? Miss...

  Mabel : Just call me Mabel, Erwin. Any friend of Patsy's is a friend of mine.

  Patsy : I've often suspected that.

• Mabel : Let me think! I know I ain't got the brains for it; but, you'd be surprised what I can do with materials at hand.

• Patsy : I don't care what you do to keep him here - up to a certain point.

  Mabel : You bet.

• Harry, the Bartender : Well, what's the matter with him?

  Mabel : I don't know, but he's the most relaxed son-of-a-gun I ever saw. Maybe we should give him another drink?

  Harry, the Bartender : What do you want to do - embalm him?

• Mabel : You want to see it? You want to see it?

  Erwin Trowbridge : Well, eh, yes.

  Mabel : Say, I'd do anything for you. Cause I'm just *crazy* about poetry! That's why. I got to get limbered up, though. Now, here we go.

• Patsy : Say, what is this?

  Erwin Trowbridge : She's dizzy.

  Mabel : I'm dizzy, Patsy.

  Patsy : You must be to try and double-cross me. Get back to your room before I kick your teeth in!

• Patsy : Get back to your room before I do something a jury will hear about!

  Mabel : Gee, Patsy, I didn't think you'd ever talk to me like this.

  Patsy : You take a powder before I stop talkin' and start doin' somethin'!

• Mabel : I'm surprised at you Patsy, tearin' up poems! Gee, there must be an unrefined streak in you, somewheres.

• Patsy : There you are, pal. I had it made up special.

  [hands Erwin a tie] 

  Erwin Trowbridge : I thought perhaps you did. Maybe I better take one of your less expensive ones.

  Patsy : Put it on! Put it on! It tones you up a bit.

  Mabel : Yeah, like a Calliope!

• Mabel : [after hocking her dress]  I've taken off more clothes for the horses than I ever did for the Shuberts.