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Film Quotes by Edward Brophy

30 quotes
Dumbo
Year: 1941

Director:
Samuel Armstrong*Norman Ferguson*Wilfred Jackson*Jack Kinney*Bill Roberts*Ben Sharpsteen
Jim Crow: [as Timothy and Dumbo walk away sadly] Hey brother, now wa-wa-wait a minute. You don't hafta leave feelin' like that. We done seen the light. You boys is okay.
Timothy Q. Mouse: Please. You've done enough.
Jim Crow: But we's all fixin' to 'hep ya. Ain't that the truth, boys?
[the other crows fly down, all agreeing happily]
Jim Crow: You wanna make the elephant fly, don't ya? Well, you gotta use a lot of 'chology. You know, *psy*-chology. Now here's what you do. First, you'll uh...
Jim Crow: [all the crows whisper]
Jim Crow: And then right after that, you'll uh...
[whispers continue]
Jim Crow: [plucks a feather from the youngest crow's tail; he yelps] Use the magic feather. Catch on?
Timothy Q. Mouse: [accepting the feather] The magic feather?
[smiles, now getting the secret, then winks as he gives Jim an elbow in the wing]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Yeah! I gotcha.
[rushes joyfully to Dumbo, then places the feather at the end of his trunk]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Dumbo! Look! Have I got it! The magic feather! Now you can fly!
-- Edward Brophy (as Timothy Q. Mouse) in Dumbo (1941)
The Invisible Woman
Year: 1940

Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
Foghorn: Put that away. Scientists don't carry tommy guns.
Bill: Say, maybe we should have brought a butterfly net, huh?
-- Edward Brophy (as Bill) in The Invisible Woman (1940)
Hold That Kiss
Year: 1938

Director:
Edwin L. Marin
Al: Listen, if they got dough, they're not screwy, they're eccentric!
The Thin Man Goes Home
Year: 1945

Director:
Richard Thorpe
Brogan: Well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty.
-- Edward Brophy (as Brogan) in The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Gay Falcon
Year: 1941

Director:
Irving Reis
Detective Grimes: [Helen Reed faints after being kissed by the Falcon] Boy, oh Boy, she sure stayed kissed, what a guy!
-- Edward Brophy (as Detective Bates) in The Gay Falcon (1941)
The Falcon in San Francisco
Year: 1945

Director:
Joseph H. Lewis
Goldie Locke: [On seeing beautiful woman] If she can't help me with my income tax, nobody can.
Mad Love
Year: 1935

Director:
Karl Freund
Rollo the Knife Thrower: [seeing the guillotine] Boy! Ain't that somethin'?
Dumbo
Year: 1941

Director:
Samuel Armstrong*Norman Ferguson*Wilfred Jackson*Jack Kinney*Bill Roberts*Ben Sharpsteen
Timothy Q. Mouse: [a trumpet and drumroll play as Dumbo hesitantly holds back from running out toward the elephant pyramid] Go on! Get goin'! Whatsa matter wit'cha? Dumbo, that's your cue! You're on, Dumbo!
[trumpet and drumroll play again as he pulls out a needle to force Dumbo onto the runway]
-- Edward Brophy (as Timothy Q. Mouse) in Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo
Year: 1941

Director:
Samuel Armstrong*Norman Ferguson*Wilfred Jackson*Jack Kinney*Bill Roberts*Ben Sharpsteen
Timothy Q. Mouse: [after Dumbo blows a zigzag bubble] That's a pretty strick slick. All right, let's see you blow a square one, pal.
[Dumbo blows a square bubble]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Say, that's very, very clever. Now blow a greaaaaaat big one!
[Dumbo blows a big bubble; it turns into a pink elephant]
Timothy Q. Mouse: That's a pretty stri... Hey!
[the pink elephant blows more pink elephants]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Dumbo!
[rushes under Dumbo's hat]
Timothy Q. Mouse: You see what I see?
-- Edward Brophy (as Timothy Q. Mouse) in Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo
Year: 1941

Director:
Samuel Armstrong*Norman Ferguson*Wilfred Jackson*Jack Kinney*Bill Roberts*Ben Sharpsteen
Timothy Q. Mouse: [after Dumbo pelts the other elephants with peanuts; shouts joyfully] You're makin' history!
-- Edward Brophy (as Timothy Q. Mouse) in Dumbo (1941)