The Front Page (1931)

Frank McHugh: McCue

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Quotes 

• [McCue is questioning a woman via the telephone] 

  'Mac' McCue : Is it true that you took the part of Lady Godiva for charity seven years ago? Hello? She cut off!

  Jimmy Murphy : What? Her hair? Tell her I'll be right over.

• 'Mac' McCue : Mrs. Phoebe D. Wolf, 681 1/2 South Buford Street, colored. Well, she became the mother of pickaninny in a patrol wagon with Sheriff Hartman's rifle squad acting as nurses. Ha-ha. Oh, you should have seen it Miss.

• 'Mac' McCue : What effect is this jail break gonna have on the colored voters?

• 'Mac' McCue : [on the phone]  Is it true Mrs. Margolyes that you took the part of Pocahontas in the Elks Pageant seven years ago? Hello! She hung up?

  Jimmy Murphy : Now I wonder who was peeping in her tepee?

• 'Mac' McCue : [phone rings, he answer]  Start hollerin'! Hildebrand!

• 'Mac' McCue : [on the phone]  Is this the home of Mrs. F.D. Margolyes? This is Mr. McCue with the City News Bureau. Is it true, Madame, that you were the victim of a Peeping Tom?

  Endicott : Ask her if she's worth peeping at?

• 'Mac' McCue : Hey, this looks good. An old lady just phoned the detective bureau and claims that Earl Williams is hiding under her piazza.

  Kruger : Tell her to stand up!