The Finger Points (1931)

Richard Barthelmess: Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee

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• City Editor Frank Carter : Did the chief talk salary with you?

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Well, no, sir.

  City Editor Frank Carter : Well, then you'll get 39 a week to start, 4 dollars of that's for car fare.

• Charlie 'Breezy' Russell : I'm Charlie Russell and this is Miss Marcia Collins, queen of the sob sisters and the best lookin' gal in the newspaper business. Say, you're lucky to land a desk next to her.

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Yeah, that's what I thought.

  Marcia Collins : Pay no attention to Breezy and sometimes he goes away.

  Charlie 'Breezy' Russell : Well, keep your mind on your work here and remember - I saw her first.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Say, you're a great big help to me.

  Marcia Collins : Oh, sure - just a camp fire girl is all.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : [Joking]  Say, if you don't let us in, we'll expose you! No matter who it hurts. Even if it strikes at the very roots of our government.

  Marcia Collins : Oh, well, if that's the case, maybe you better come right in.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Gee, you're sweet. Seems to me like I'm always thanking you for something.

  Marcia Collins : Oh, be yourself!

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Looks to me like the boys are givin' me the ole razz.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : I'd like to talk to you about something.

  City Editor Frank Carter : Well, let's have it.

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Well, sir, you see, I got a bill from the hospital and I was wondering if the Paper couldn't help me out on it. 'Cause I'm a little short.

  City Editor Frank Carter : What? Take care of your bills? What do you mean?

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : A coupla million, eh? A coupla million.

  Louis J. Blanco : A coupla million!

• Louis J. Blanco : Well, do we play ball?

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Yep. We play ball.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Marcia, what's the matter? What's happened to you?

  Marcia Collins : What's happened to you?

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Nobody takes care of you in this town. You've got to watch out for yourself. I found that out.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : This town is no place for softies! If I don't fight back, I might as well go back down South and sit under a chinquapin tree and forget I ever tried to get anywhere in the big city.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Didn't some old guy once say, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"?

  Marcia Collins : This isn't Rome.

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : You're right. Rome was a quaker village in comparison to this place.

• Marcia Collins : Breck, it's a one-way street - and you'll get what they all get.

  Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : I'm takin' my chances.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : In this blood-splashed town, its kill or be killed.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : Oh, darling, please - please don't send me away. Let me stay here with you.

• Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee : [on the phone]  What's that? The finger's on me? Say, listen, listen to me you rat! You don't dare kill a reporter!