The Lady Eve (1941)

Eugene Pallette: Mr. Pike

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Quotes 

• Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office : But he says she says she won't have anything to do with lawyers.

  Lawyer : That's entirely irregular!

  Mr. Pike : Well, it's a thought!

• Jean : [in her Eve persona]  Naturally I was frightfully anxious to see Uncle Alfred, and as I didn't know just where Connecticut was, I took the tube.

  Mr. Pike : [the crowd laughs]  The subway.

  Jean : And to the official, I said, "Be so good as to let me off at Connecticut." You see, I thought we'd have the boxes sent up in a dray later that afternoon.

  Mr. Pike : The what?

  Bartender at Pike's Party : Trunks on a truck.

  [the crowd laughs] 

  Jean : So he said, "Lady, I don't know where Connecticut is, but this train goes to Harlem."

  [the crowd laughs] 

  Jean : But I don't know how he knew I was a Lady!

  [the crowd laughs] 

• Jean : [spotting Charles]  Oh, there he is!

  Charles : [entering back among the party guests]  I had to change my coat.

  Mr. Pike : Well, don't knock the table over.

• Mr. Pike : You haven't been hitting the bottle lately, have you?

  Jean : Of course he hasn't, anybody's apt to trip.

  Mr. Pike : Not over a sofa! That sofa's been there for fifteen years, and no one ever fell over it before!

• Charles : It couldn't have been on the SS Southern Queen between here and South America could it?

  Jean : [as Lady Eve]  Oh, I'm afraid not. You see, I've never been in South America.

  Charles : You've never been in South America.

  Mr. Pike : She's never been in South America.

• Mr. Pike : Will you throw that roughneck out of here or do I have to?

  Burrows : With enthusiasm, sir.

• Jean : [as Lady Eve]  Ohhh. Were you in love with her?

  Mr. Pike : Yeah, he was in love with her, but he don't remember what she looked like.

• Jean : [as Lady Eve]  Isn't your son feeling well?

  Mr. Pike : What's the matter with you?

  Charles : Well, I mean to say, uh, haven't we met?

  Jean : But of course we have. Your father just introduced us.

• Jean : [as Lady Eve]  Oh, there he is.

  Charles : I had to change my coat.

  Mr. Pike : Well, don't knock the table over.

• Mr. Pike : All she wants is for you to go to New York and ask her.

  Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office : It's a trick!

  Mr. Pike : Will you keep outta this. That's all she wants. When can you go?

  Charles : Oh, that's all she wants, is it? You can tell her if she's waiting for me to ask her, she'll wait till Havana freeze over...

• Mr. Pike : Will you talk to her?

  Charles : I'll rot before I'll talk to her.