Girl of the Port (1930)

Arthur Clayton: Burke

Quotes 

• Burke's Friend : I say, rather a swine that fellow McEwen.

  Burke : God made him.

  Burke's Friend : What I don't understand is why these black fellows in here, don't take offense of what he's saying?

  Burke : They're not black fellows. That chap that just went out, Kalita, he's a black boy. Those others in there are all half-caste. You see, they're allowed in the bar, but they have to drink by themselves.

• Burke's Friend : That bounder lays on his white supremacy a bit thick. I say, is it because he's touched with the tar brush himself?

  Burke : You've guessed his dark secret. But, as long as he owns the whole of Benga island and holds paper on half the planters here, no one is likely to mention his - mother.

  Burke's Friend : Quite, so.

  Burke : Quite.