Skylark (1941)

Brian Aherne: Jim Blake

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Quotes 

• Lydia Kenyon : Thanks for everything.

  Jim Blake : Remember - there'll always be a boat burning in my window for you.

• Tony Kenyon : And, did she happen to suggest in so many words, that I quit my job?

  Jim Blake : You wouldn't do that, would you?

  Tony Kenyon : You think I'm crazy?

  Jim Blake : Might help, pal. Spit In your boss's eye. Take your woman by the hand. Climb to the top of a hill. Look us over, moon. She's a woman. She's like herself. She makes the grass grow, see? I've got hold of her hand and I'm not letting it go. She's a skylark.

• Tony Kenyon : Just how do you fit into this picture, anyway?

  Jim Blake : Oh, I'm a Mr. Nobody see, and you're Mr. Somebody. A woman starts out by picking her man. But if he can't play the part, the words are still there, aren't they, chum? Maybe Mr. Nobody can say 'em - and mean 'em.

• Lydia Kenyon : [after sitting down in Blake's law office]  Couldn't you put me at ease? Say something about the weather.

  Jim Blake : It's raining.

• Jim Blake : She said she went up to the island - she had to think.

  Tony Kenyon : Oh... . Oh! The island. Well, that's interesting.

  Jim Blake : Where is it?

  Tony Kenyon : I don't know. Lots of islands - Staten Island, Governor's Island, Coney Island.

  George Gorell : A thousand island.

  Jim Blake : Keep quiet, you!

  George Gorell : I was only trying to be helpful.