The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
Kenneth Thomson: Bob Parks
Quotes
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Bob Parks : You know, I couldn't get any real booze in this little town; so, I had to take the stuff I could get from the drug store. Come and get it! I don't know if it will be any good. It's hard to get the right ingredients in a little town like this.
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin : Mmmm. I think its lovely.
Jigger Bolton : Yeah, that's his one real talent. He can make a martini out of cockroach paste and turpentine.
Bob Parks : No! That's a Manhattan. A martini is boiled cigar butts and sheep dip.
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Maizie Dickson : [to Toni Martin] So, he wants to take you to New York, heh? Well, you sit down, listen to me! Suppose he does take you to Broadway. You'll have a swell time, for awhile, anyway. He's a good teacher. One of the very best! He'll teach you how to breathe nightclub air, how to drink straight rye without making a face, how to mix 18 different kinds of cocktails and take care of cryin' drunks! You learn how to let the men do the work for you and you find out that some of 'em won't do it for nothin'. He'll teach you how to steal pictures and to chisel on your expense account. He'll introduce you to all the hot spot hostesses and speakeasy junkies! You'll learn to stall all the bills for the clothes that look so swell before they had drinks spilled on them. And then one morning you'll wake up with a hangover six times bigger than the state of Texas! And you'll wonder if there's one good reason why you should go on living!
Bob Parks : Well, then you take three drinks and you don't give a hoot.
Maizie Dickson : For the first few months you'll be that cute little Martin kid. After that, you'll be known to the trade as good ol' Toni. From then on you're the tough twist from the Globe or the speakeasy sob sister. And when you add it all up it's got a minus sign in front of it and bares a close resemblance to Bob Parks - Broadway's buddy.
Bob Parks : Well the nice thing is you have so many things to repent when you are older and time - grows - heavy.
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Bob Parks : Come on, lady, who was the man and what was the fight about?
Jigger Bolton : I can't tell you. It was about - Mr. Ferguson's business affairs.
Bob Parks : Sure it wasn't about - Mrs. Ferguson's love affair?
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Bob Parks : I fear your local officials haven't been properly trained.
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin : What do you mean? We print all the news he gives us.
Bob Parks : Yes. But, you don't inform him what news to give you.
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Bob Parks : You know, Toni, I like you - lots. You're a pretty swell person. You're, well, you're genuine. That's why I want us to be friends. That's rather rare between men and women - friendship. Toni, there's only one real basis for friendship, so before you eat and decide, whether or not you want me for a friend, I want you to know just exactly what kind of a mug I am.
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Bob Parks : I have a very definite weakness for your charming sex.
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Maizie Dickson : Feel kinda cheap?
Bob Parks : Well, what do you think?
Maizie Dickson : Well, if you don't, you're going to, Mr. Parks. I'm sick of having you shove me around and I'm going to give you a man-sized earful, right now!
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Bob Parks : This is a surprise. You could knock me over with a locomotive.
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Bob Parks : They're both smart. They had to be smart to get away with an affair, as long as they did, in this one-horse town!
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Bob Parks : Hello you unwashed hyaenas.
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Perrin : You know, that little county attorney buzzard asked me to write his speech to the jury for him.
Bob Parks : No.
Jigger Bolton : Yeah, I bet that'll be a blood thristy masterpiece.
Perrin : You're gonna have 'em howlin' like a wolf.
