Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)

Cliff Edwards: Bert Scranton

Quotes 

• Bert Scranton : [advising Bonnie on being a reporter]  You'll learn, kid. Clearness, condensation. Where, what, when, and why... that's the idea. Say, don't let those guys on the copy desk bother ya. They're just a lot of butchers at heart. Why, you know what they'd do if they got a chance?

  Bonnie : What?

  Bert Scranton : They'd cut the Lord's Prayer down to a one line squib. You know, "now I lay me down to sleep."

  [Bonnie laughs] 

• Bert Scranton : Well, I gotta blow.

• Bonnie : How many "l's" in parallel?

  Bert Scranton : Six or seven.

• Bert Scranton : Womans, I takes off me hat to ya. Where is it?

• Bert Scranton : I'm late now. I gotta be steppin'.