Show Boat (1936)
Allan Jones: Gaylord Ravenal
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Quotes
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Gaylord Ravenal : [saying farewell to Kim before he deserts her and Magnolia] And when I'm gone, you'll think of me, won't you?
Kim as a child : Of course I will. And when you're gone, I always do what you tell me.
Gaylord Ravenal : What was that?
Kim as a child : Don't you remember? Make-believe!
Gaylord Ravenal : [touched and on the verge of tears] That's right. I gave you a system for having everything you want.
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Parthy : We don't usually pick up actors off the wharves, but we can't be choosy right now!
Gaylord Ravenal : Madam, your courtesy is only exceeded by your charm.
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Cap'n Andy Hawks : And if you can play the parts to my satisfaction, I'll give you 15 dollars a week, and a chance to see the world.
Gaylord Ravenal : I've seen it.
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Gaylord Ravenal : [singing] Who cares if my boat goes upstream? Or if the gale bids me go with the river's flow? I drift along with my fancy; sometimes I thank my lucky stars my heart is free...
Frank : [as Ellie looks admiringly after Gaylord] What are you lookin' at?
Ellie May Chipley : Bet he's some aristocrat.
Frank : Yeah? Look at the cracks in his shoes.
Gaylord Ravenal : [singing] ... and other times I wonder, where's the mate for me?
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Gaylord Ravenal : Are you an actress?
Magnolia : Oh! Oh, no. But, I'd give anything if I could be.
Gaylord Ravenal : Why?
Magnolia : Because - you can make believe so many wonderful things that never happen in real life.
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Gaylord Ravenal : I'm a Revenal. Gaylord Revenal is my name, of the Tennessee Revenals.
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Gaylord Ravenal : It seems to me I've seen that stocking some place. Where could it have been? Don't you belong to a Miss Magnolia Hawks? I thought so.
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[last lines]
Magnolia : There's another Ravenal here tonight. Gaylord Ravenal, my first leading man.
Magnolia , Gaylord Ravenal : [singing] Where you go with me, Heaven will always be!
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Rubber Face : [the actors are performing the play "The Parson's Bride" on the show boat. Rubber Face, the prop and sound effects man, mistakenly moos like a cow instead of doing a doorbell sound effect] Moo!
Magnolia : [in character as Miss Lucy] Ah, there's the bell. It must be Parson Brown at last!
Gaylord Ravenal : [enters in character as Parson Brown] Good evening, Miss Lucy! I was absorbed in meditation and did not realize night had fallen.
Magnolia : The days are growing shorter, Hamilton, but they're long when one is waiting!
Gaylord Ravenal : As I came across the field I saw the cattle driven home by your faithful dog.
Rubber Face : [growing ever louder] Mooo! MOOOO!
[Ravenal rolls his eyes in exasperation]
Cap'n Andy Hawks : [to Rubber face] Shut up!