Cain and Mabel (1936)

Walter Catlett: Jake Sherman

Quotes 

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : See you later, my little artichoke.

  Mabel O'Dare : All right, my Spanish onion.

• Milo, the Stage Manager : I'm gonna give that girl a crack at Toddy Williams' part.

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : You're not on the level, are you?

  Milo, the Stage Manager : I certainly am.

  Milo, the Stage Manager : But there's a hundred girls can dance better than that.

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Well, what of it? She's got pep, she's refreshing, and she crtainly is a new face.

  Milo, the Stage Manager : A new face - yeah - but she's gotta dance with her feet.

• Ronny Cauldwell : Boy, you could sell ice blocks in Siberia.

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : You telling me? That's how I earned my passage money to this country.

  Ronny Cauldwell : No foolin'?

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Sure. You know when corsets went out of style, I sent two boatloads to China, and I sold them to bandits for bulletproof vests.

• Aloysius K. Reilly : I grew up with Jake, and you ain't him.

  Aloysius K. Reilly : What? You grew up with me?

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Don't give me that. You ain't you. You're somebody else pretending to be him.

  Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Oh, well, maybe I'm wrong.

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : I think you're both just a couple of cheap chiselers.

  Mabel O'Dare : Just a minute! I don't care whether you're Jake Sherman or the four Marx Brothers, but you can't get away with calling me a chiseler.

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Now look, young lady, do I look like the type of man who goes around impersonating himself? Well, I'm not. I would like very much to convince you that I'm me.

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Oh, but Toddy!

  Toddy : Hot Toddy to you, Pelican Pan!

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : I should know about figures, I've handled enough models.

• Jacob 'Jake' Sherman : Mabel, now, look, you can't do a thing like that. You must remember the oldest tradition of the theater: The Show Must Go On!

  Mabel O'Dare : Why?