Film Quotes by Joe E. Brown
18 quotes
Year: 1937
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
--
Joe E. Brown
in
Riding on Air
(1937)
Year: 1930
Director:
Paul L. Stein
Director:
Paul L. Stein
Hilda:
Do you know the meaning of Spring?
Hoke Curtis: Yes. It means...
Hilda: ...Yes??
Hoke Curtis: ...that you can take off your winter underwear.
Hoke Curtis: Yes. It means...
Hilda: ...Yes??
Hoke Curtis: ...that you can take off your winter underwear.
--
Joe E. Brown
in
The Lottery Bride
(1930)
Year: 1937
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Larry Burke:
Every time I try to make a date, one of your planets gets a stomach ache. I'm sick of it.
Dustin Willoughby: So are the planets.
Dustin Willoughby: So are the planets.
--
Joe E. Brown
in
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)
Year: 1937
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Diane Basscombe:
[noticing his black eye] Why, what happened to your eye?
Dustin Willoughby: [casually] Oh, forgetfulness.
Diane Basscombe: Forgetfulness?
Dustin Willoughby: I forgot to duck.
Dustin Willoughby: [casually] Oh, forgetfulness.
Diane Basscombe: Forgetfulness?
Dustin Willoughby: I forgot to duck.
--
Joe E. Brown
in
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)
Year: 1933
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Elmer Kane:
They can fool some of the people part-time, but the worm will turn.
--
Joe E. Brown
in
Elmer, the Great
(1933)
Year: 1933
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Elmer Kane:
Warm up? Hell, I ain't been cool since February!
--
Joe E. Brown
in
Elmer, the Great
(1933)
Year: 1937
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Elmer Lane:
[Used several times] Heeeyyyyyyy!
--
Joe E. Brown
in
Riding on Air
(1937)
Year: 1937
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Director:
Edward Sedgwick
Elmer Lane:
A life's a life even if it's only a dog's life.
--
Joe E. Brown
in
Riding on Air
(1937)
Year: 1935
Director:
William Dieterle*Max Reinhardt
Director:
William Dieterle*Max Reinhardt
Flute, the Bellows-Mender:
"I'll meet thee, Pyramus, at Ninny's tomb."
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's?
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's.
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: "Ninus' tomb", man!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: [Flute begins to repeat Quince's words and gestures] Ninus' tomb, man!
Quince, the Carpenter: But you must not speak that yet!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: But you must not speak that yet!
Quince, the Carpenter: Ohhh...
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ohhh...
Quince, the Carpenter: That you answer to Pyramus!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: That you answer to Pyramus!
Quince, the Carpenter: You speak all your part at once, cues and all!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: You speak all your part at once, cues... I won't play anymore.
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's?
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: Ninny's.
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ninny's.
Quince, the Carpenter: "Ninus' tomb", man!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: [Flute begins to repeat Quince's words and gestures] Ninus' tomb, man!
Quince, the Carpenter: But you must not speak that yet!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: But you must not speak that yet!
Quince, the Carpenter: Ohhh...
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: Ohhh...
Quince, the Carpenter: That you answer to Pyramus!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: That you answer to Pyramus!
Quince, the Carpenter: You speak all your part at once, cues and all!
Flute, the Bellows-Mender: You speak all your part at once, cues... I won't play anymore.
--
Joe E. Brown
(as Flute, the Bellows)
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Year: 1937
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Mr. Henry Basscombe:
Are you going to marry my daughter?
Dustin Willoughby: Why we can't marry while Uranus faces Jupiter>
Mr. Henry Basscombe: [exasperated] Ih, we're gonna start that again? Hunh?
Dustin Willoughby: As a matter of fact, we shouldn't get narried at all.
Mrs. Fanny Basscombe: [clearly upset] Just a minute...!
Diane Basscombe: [shocked] Dustin... !
Dustin Willoughby: [trying to explain] Well, you see, she's earth, and I'm water. You mix the two and you get mud. What could we expect our children to be?
Dustin Willoughby: Why we can't marry while Uranus faces Jupiter>
Mr. Henry Basscombe: [exasperated] Ih, we're gonna start that again? Hunh?
Dustin Willoughby: As a matter of fact, we shouldn't get narried at all.
Mrs. Fanny Basscombe: [clearly upset] Just a minute...!
Diane Basscombe: [shocked] Dustin... !
Dustin Willoughby: [trying to explain] Well, you see, she's earth, and I'm water. You mix the two and you get mud. What could we expect our children to be?
--
Joe E. Brown
in
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)