It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Charles Ruggles: Michael J. O'Connor

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Quotes 

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : [Last Lines]  Mary.

  Mary O'Connor : Yes, Mike?

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : Remind me to nail up the board in the back fence. He's coming through the front door next winter.

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : [to Trudy]  Well, pay him the money. Let's get... Wait a minute, wait a minute. How much will you allow me for these?

  Finkelhoff - the Tailor : Well, $6.

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : Six dollars for a brand-new tailor-made outfit?

  Finkelhoff - the Tailor : Your suit is all wool.

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : Why, certainly, it's all wool.

  Finkelhoff - the Tailor : Oh... That's bad.

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : Wool is bad?

  Finkelhoff - the Tailor : Look, when the moths are learning I got here an all-wool suit... one moth tells the other. They're coming for a banquet. They're bringing their friends. Pretty soon, I got here a moth convention. A spray gun I gotta buy, insecticide I gotta buy... all night long, I am staying and spraying. I'm not coming home. My wife is getting mad. She's leaving for Reno. She's getting a divorce. What am I getting? Custody of the moths. Alimony I am paying. Payments I'm missing. To jail I'm going. My business I'm losing. I'm a bum. All because you are bringing in here an all-wool suit.

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : [to Trudy]  Pay him quick before he names me correspondent.

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : You know, Mary...

  Mary O'Connor : Yes, Mike?

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : There are richer men than I.

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : You've taken on a little weight since I last saw you, in the wrong places.

  Mary O'Connor : It's the clothes, and you're no Van Johnson yourself. I can remember when you only had one chin.

• Farrow : Mr. O'Connor, what were you doing in that closet?

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : I like it in there. There's nothing so restful as a nice, dark, stuffy closet.

• Jackie Temple : [walks into O'Connor's bedroom]  Can I get in bed with you?

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : No! Go get in bed with your father.

  Jackie Temple : I can't.

  Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : Why not?

  Jackie Temple : 'Cause he's in bed with my mother.

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : I want them to disregard the idea and offer him a job. Yes, yes... I don't care if it's teaching Eskimos the Boogie Woogie or milking whales in Patagonia, only it must be out of the country.

• Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor : What kind of a man is he? The chicken-hearted blaggard. I'll kill him. I'll kill him with my bare hands. The rat in mouse's clothing.