Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Jimmy Durante: 'Spike'
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Quotes
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'Spike' : You took the words right out of my mouth. That's very unsanitary.
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'Spike' : [to Martha as she is about to go on stage] Spunk up, kid! All they can do is throw things at ya.
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Wrigley : [Pointing to Abigail, he is drunk and forcibly escorted away] She's the "Queen of Burlesque" with the Golden Rooster! She's "The Belle of the Bowery!"
Mrs. Ella Patterson : Oh dear, dear. This is dreadful. This is really dreadful.
[to Abigail]
Mrs. Ella Patterson : I'm so sorry.
'Spike' : Well, what's the matter with being "The Belle of the Bowery?" What's wrong with that?
Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr. : There's nothing the matter with being "The Belle of the Bowery" Mr. Marengo except she's not the sort of a person we'd care to have in the opera.
'Spike' : Oh, you was thinkin' of her for the opera?
Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr. : Miss Abigail has a very beautiful voice. I'm sure it was the alcohol in Wrigley that was talking, wasn't it Miss Abigail?
Martha Canford Chandler : [Before Abigail can speak, Martha jumps in] Oh, he meant me. I'm the one who sings at the Golden Rooster, not Abigail.
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr : Martha, have you lost your mind?
Martha Canford Chandler : I am High "C" Suzie.
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr : [laughs nervously] This is ridiculous. Abigail, what's gotten into her?
Abigail Chandler : I'm sure that butler's been drinking.
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr : Mr. Marengo, you know she's talking nonsense.
'Spike' : [to Martha] Are you on the level, kid?
Martha Canford Chandler : I'm "The Belle of the Bowery" and I'm proud of it.
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr : Well, I... I refuse to believe it. I shall, if necessary, go down to, uh, the place and prove it all to be a fiction.
Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr. : That might be best.
Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Jr : I shall be there tomorrow night.
Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr. : I think it a very good idea.
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'Spike' : Listen bub, this girl is married, has ten children and I'm the youngest. Do I make myself clear?
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'Spike' : It's a catastrastroke!
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'Spike' : He's just another hunk of rhubarb pie to me.
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Martha Canford Chandler : I just hope he doesn't hit you. Suppose he fell on you.
'Spike' : Don't worry, kid. He's just another hunk of rhubarb pie to me.
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Abigail Chandler : Thank you, Spike.
'Spike' : Whoa, there. Don't go pinning the tail on the wrong donkey. I didn't do nuttin'. She came looking for ya down at the Rooster.
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'Spike' : Why, with my charm and personality, we'd be doing them a favor.
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'Spike' : What're ya doin'?
Abigail Chandler : I'm leaving.
'Spike' : Leavin'? You can't do that. You'll cook the goose of the Golden Rooster.
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'Spike' : This babe, uh, is she a canary with steam? You know - does she chirp, is she a thrush?
Bowery Chorine : He means is she a warbler?
Martha Canford Chandler : She sings, if that's what you mean.
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'Spike' : I know my way around this town like nobody who's somebody.
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'Spike' : Hiya, Georgie, old pelican. How's your liver?
George - Opera Stage Doorman : Whadda you want?
'Spike' : George, Georgie, you haven't changed a bit, have you?
[to Abigail]
'Spike' : Hasn't changed a bit - same old jolly pop.
[Back to George]
'Spike' : George, we're going in to see what's his name -- you know, the guy that runs the chorus.
George - Opera Stage Doorman : Mr. Ossifish.
'Spike' : Yeah.
George - Opera Stage Doorman : The chorus master.
'Spike' : Yeah. Octo-fish. Put on a little weight, haven't ya?
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'Spike' : [to Martha] Come on, whaddaya say? You don't have to speak - just nod your head.
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'Spike' : Are you sure she's from Boston.
Martha Canford Chandler : Oh, yes indeed. Her family's lived there for generations.
'Spike' : Naw, this kid ain't that old. That ain't her.