Three Smart Girls (1936)

Alice Brady: Mrs. Lyons

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Lyons : Believe me, Donna, ten million at the altar is worth twenty million in the bush!

• Mrs. Lyons : You say the most amusing things, Count.

  Lord Michael Stuart : Family trait, you know; a ready wit and complete lack of character. We drink, you know.

  [Kay kicks him under the table] 

  Mrs. Lyons : [laughing]  Oh, how amusing! You drink. Oh, yes, of course, you drink.

  Lord Michael Stuart : They're funny things, these family traits. For instance, the Stuarts drink and the Craigs, they like to kick people. Tell me, what do the Lyonses do, madam?

  Mrs. Lyons : The Lyons roar!

  [laughs giddily] 

• Mrs. Lyons : I thought you were a gentleman!

  Judson Craig : I'm not a gentleman, I'm a father!

  Mrs. Lyons : You're an old fool!

  Judson Craig : And you're an old

  [pauses to think] 

  Judson Craig : buzzard!

• Mrs. Lyons : Judson, are they very rich?

  Judson Craig : They own practically half of Australia.

  Donna Lyons : Half of Australia?

  Mrs. Lyons : Oh, but that's mostly bush, isn't it?

• Mrs. Lyons : You're going to marry Judson. You can always go to Australia.