The Bat (1926)
Emily Fitzroy: Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
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Quotes
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Detective Moletti : How old are you?
Lizzie Allen : Twenty-two.
Miss Cornelia Van Gorder : She's forty!
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Miss Cornelia Van Gorder : When you want to fool Auntie, dear, don't bring a gardener with manicured fingernails.
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Miss Cornelia Van Gorder : [the lights go out, calling up the stairs] LIZZIE!
Lizzie Allen : [with a newspaper in her mouth, swinging a bear trap at the window. Miss Van Gorder comes in and she stops and takes the paper out of her mouth] I see by the paper that the Bat's in the neighborhood. I'm setting a bear trap for him.
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Lizzie Allen : This is the happy home of the Heebee-Jeebees. Doors slam loose feet roam around lights go out!
Miss Cornelia Van Gorder : The lights go out because they're having trouble at the power house.
Lizzie Allen : For twenty years I've stood by you through Socialism, Theosophism and Rheumatism; but I draw the line at Spookism!
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Miss Cornelia Van Gorder : You'd better go with him.
Detective Anderson : No use taking unnecessary chances. One is enough to sacrifice!