Film Quotes by W.C. Fields
124 quotes
Year: 1934
Director:
William Beaudine
Director:
William Beaudine
Cleopatra Pepperday:
[after McGonigle takes a heavy fall] Marky, are you hurt?
The Great McGonigle: [sarcastically] No, I had the presence of mind to fall on my head.
The Great McGonigle: [sarcastically] No, I had the presence of mind to fall on my head.
--
W.C. Fields
(as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard')
in
The Old Fashioned Way
(1934)
Year: 1941
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Motorcycle Cop:
Where do you think you're going, to a fire?
The Great Man: Ah... Ah... maternity hospital.
Motorcycle Cop: Okay, Tomato-Puss, follow me.
The Great Man: Ah... Ah... maternity hospital.
Motorcycle Cop: Okay, Tomato-Puss, follow me.
--
W.C. Fields
in
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
(1941)
Year: 1933
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
[Peggy finds a litter of assorted kittens on her seat]
Peggy: I wonder what their parents were.
Professor Quail: Careless, my little dove cake, careless.
Peggy: I wonder what their parents were.
Professor Quail: Careless, my little dove cake, careless.
--
W.C. Fields
in
International House
(1933)
Year: 1933
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
Director:
A. Edward Sutherland
[Professor Quail enters during Rudy Vallee's song]
Professor Quail: How long's this dogfight been going on?
Professor Quail: How long's this dogfight been going on?
--
W.C. Fields
in
International House
(1933)
Year: 1930
Director:
Monte Brice
Director:
Monte Brice
--
W.C. Fields
in
The Golf Specialist
(1930)
Year: 1934
Director:
Erle C. Kenton
Director:
Erle C. Kenton
--
W.C. Fields
(as Sam Bisbee)
in
You're Telling Me!
(1934)
Year: 1940
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Director:
Edward F. Cline
[the town mob is about to lynch Twillie]
Cuthbert J. Twillie: I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.
Cuthbert J. Twillie: I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.
--
W.C. Fields
in
My Little Chickadee
(1940)
Year: 1941
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Director:
Edward F. Cline
[they're in the basket trying to figure out how to get it pulled up to the mountaintop - a rock falls on his head]
His Niece: Did it hurt you, uncle?
The Great Man: No... how could a rock dropping from a thousand feet hurt your head?
His Niece: Did it hurt you, uncle?
The Great Man: No... how could a rock dropping from a thousand feet hurt your head?
--
W.C. Fields
in
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
(1941)
Year: 1940
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Director:
Edward F. Cline
[to the hotel porter]
Cuthbert J. Twillie: By the way, my ski shoes and hockey mask will be up on the next train along with the polo pony. I understand the countryside abounds here with wild game: flamingoes... wine wombats... Indian civets.
Cuthbert J. Twillie: By the way, my ski shoes and hockey mask will be up on the next train along with the polo pony. I understand the countryside abounds here with wild game: flamingoes... wine wombats... Indian civets.
--
W.C. Fields
in
My Little Chickadee
(1940)
Year: 1934
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Harold:
You all gotta remember one thing: that I [quietly]
am the boss in this house.
--
W.C. Fields
(as Harold Bissonette)
in
It's a Gift
(1934)