Quotes By Person – Page 13

Year: 1942

Director:
Jules White

Loco Boy Makes Good

Moe: Wait a minute, Shylock, she'll have the money on time.
Curly: Yeah and I'll see that you get it too, me, myself, I personally, I'll guarantee it personally, see?
Mr. Scroggins: And who are you?
Moe: Who is he? Why he's one of the biggest steelmen in the country. He'd steal any... I mean his steel is known from coast to coast. Will E. Steel.
Curly: And how!

-- Curly Howard in Loco Boy Makes Good (1942)

Year: 1939

Director:
Del Lord

We Want Our Mummy

Moe: Weigh the anchor!
Curly: Forty-two pounds!

-- Curly Howard in We Want Our Mummy (1939)

Year: 1937

Director:
Jack White

Grips, Grunts and Groans

Moe: What's a matter, kid, ya nervous?
Curly: Nooo, I'm scared.

-- Curly Howard in Grips, Grunts and Groans (1937)

Year: 1940

Director:
Del Lord

No Census, No Feeling

Moe: Where were you born?
Curly: Lake Winnipesaukee.
Moe: How do you spell that?
Curly: W-O... woof! Make it Lake Erie I got an Uncle there!
Moe: What was your family decomposed of?
Curly: Well, I'll tell ya! There was a litter of three, and I was the one they kept! N'yuk n'yuk n'yuk!

-- Curly Howard (as Curly) in No Census, No Feeling (1934)

Dizzy Detectives

Moe: Where's your gun?
Curly: Gun? Oh! The landlady's baby was cryin', so I gave it to the baby to play with.

-- Curly Howard in Dizzy Detectives

Violent is the Word for Curly

Acme Service Station Owner: I'm going across the street, men, for a sandwich. Now listen, when the customers come in, give 'em service. Now, it's your first day on the job, so show me that you've got what it takes. Don't be afraid to push those sponges around. Use a little elbow grease!
Curly: Suppose it's knee-action?
[Moe backhand slaps Curly]
Curly: [getting in Larry's face] What's the big idea?
Larry: Mistaken identity!
[points at Moe]
Curly: [waving nervously at Moe] Hiya, pal!

-- Curly Howard in Violent is the Word for Curly

Year: 1939

Director:
Del Lord

We Want Our Mummy

Dr. Crowell: Gentlemen, you're hired. We're sending you to bring back the mummy of King Rutin-Tutin, you leave immediately for Cairo.
Curly: Say I got an uncle in Cairo, he's a chriopracter. NYUK NYUK NYUK!
[Moe punches him in the nose]
Museum Curator: And if you are successul, we will pay you 5000 dollars.
Dr. Crowell: The recovery of the mummy will prove of untold value to science.
Moe: For science!
Larry: For science!
Curly: For 5000 bucks!

-- Curly Howard in We Want Our Mummy (1939)

Year: 1939

Director:
Jules White

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

Mr. Johnson, Farmer: Hey! What d'ya think ye're doin'?
Curly: I'm sawin' a saw in half with a saw, see?

-- Curly Howard in Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)

Year: 1946

Director:
Jules White

Uncivil War Birds

Union Lieutenant: Forward march, you fools!
[Curly remains]
Union Lieutenant: What's the matter with you?
Curly: I'm no fool!
Union Lieutenant: Forward march, you idiot!
Curly: [marching] That's different.

-- Curly Howard in Uncivil War Birds (1946)

Year: 1935

Director:
Del Lord

Pardon My Scotch

Scotsman: Are you laddies by any chance from Loch Lomond?
Curley: No, we're from Lock Jaw.

-- Curly Howard (as Curley) in Pardon My Scotch (1935)

Film Quotes by Curly Howard