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Film Quotes by Barbara Stanwyck

124 quotes
Clash by Night
Year: 1952

Director:
Fritz Lang
Jerry D'Amato: Get something for that head ache!
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Yeah, a new head.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night (1952)
Clash by Night
Year: 1952

Director:
Fritz Lang
Jerry D'Amato: I'm real glad you came back home Mae.
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Why?
Jerry D'Amato: I like you - you know that.
Mae Doyle D'Amato: You don't know anything about me. What kind of an animal am I? Do I have fangs? Do I purr? What jungle am I from? You don't know a thing about me.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night (1952)
Clash by Night
Year: 1952

Director:
Fritz Lang
Jerry D'Amato: That Mae is some dancer. Me, I'm like a hippo on two feet.
Mae Doyle D'Amato: Yeah, MY two feet.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Mae Doyle D'Amato) in Clash by Night (1952)
The Gay Sisters
Year: 1942

Director:
Irving Rapper
Charles Barkley: Why don't you use a little common sense?
Fiona Gaylord: I hate common sense, it's so common.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Fiona Gaylord) in The Gay Sisters (1942)
East Side, West Side
Year: 1949

Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Brandon Bourne: [Desparately] Jess, can't you understand what this is for me. I'm like a drunk who knows liquor will wreck him. He hates it. He hides from it. He... he tries!
Jessie Bourne: What are you asking for? Permission?
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jessie Bourne) in East Side, West Side (1949)
His Brother's Wife
Year: 1936

Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Chris Claybourne: [gesturing toward a portrait] Tough old bird; he had a wooden leg and a glass eye.
Rita Wilson Claybourne: Which is the glass eye, the one on the right?
Chris Claybourne: Yeah. How'd you know?
Rita Wilson Claybourne: Oh, I don't know. It has a kinder expression than the real one.
The Lady Eve
Year: 1941

Director:
Preston Sturges
Charles Pike: [unaware he has been targeted by a gang of card sharks] Have you seen this one?
[performs childish sleight-of-hand trick]
Jean Harrington: Look, he does card tricks!
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
Year: 1941

Director:
Preston Sturges
Charles Pike: I'm married.
Jean Harrington: But so am I, darling. So am I.
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
Year: 1941

Director:
Preston Sturges
Charles Pike: Now you, on the other hand, with a little coaching you could be terrific
[at playing cards]
Charles Pike: .
Jean Harrington: Do you really think so?
Charles Pike: Yes, you have a definite nose.
Jean Harrington: I'm glad you like it. Do you like any of the rest of me?
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
Year: 1941

Director:
Preston Sturges
Charles Pike: Snakes are my life, in a way.
Jean Harrington: What a life!
-- Barbara Stanwyck (as Jean) in The Lady Eve (1941)