The Unholy Three (1925)

Lon Chaney: Echo - The Ventriloquist

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Quotes 

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : [to the sideshow crowd]  That's all there is to life, friends - a little laughter... a little tear...

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : You're makin' a play for that guy!

  Rosie O'Grady : Since when do you own me?

  Tweedledee, the dwarf, aka Little Willie : If you tip that boob off to who we are, I'll lay some lilies under your chin!

  Rosie O'Grady : Da-da! Da-da!

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : Get rid of him! We're gonna pull that Arlington job tonight.

  Rosie O'Grady : Oh, I'm mad at Granny! She won't stay in bed!

  Hector MacDonald : Perhaps she wants to help us trim the tree.

  Rosie O'Grady : Yes, she'd love to do some trimming.

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : [At Midnight, talking to Hercules and Tweedledee]  You see, my plan is so ridiculous... so simple... that it scares you. But... if you come with me, we'll clean up millions.

  [Tweedledee smiles] 

  Hercules : It's spooky! It sounds... unholy!

  Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : That's it! We'll be the Unholy Three!

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : [about Regan]  That dick has a line on us. We gotta think fast.

  Tweedledee, the dwarf, aka Little Willie : He's got a hunch Hector turned this trick. Let's plant the jewels in the boob's room!

  Hercules : That's it! Make him the fall guy!

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : [as Mrs. O'Grady commenting on Tweedledee in the guise of a baby]  He's always been so fond of beads!

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : What a bonehead I was to overlook that!

  [shows Hercules and Tweedledee the newspaper which mentions the police investigating Hector's alibi at the store] 

  Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : That means an investigator coming back to the store, but there *won't* be a Granny O'Grady anymore.

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : [to Hercules, about the ape]  He's the only thing stronger than you, and I may need him.

• Professor Echo, the ventriloquist, aka Mrs. 'Granny' O'Grady : You - filth! Do you not realize that you killed a man? This is why I always said we never carry a gun!