Flaming Gold (1932)

William Boyd: Dan Manton

Quotes 

• Tampico Tess : What do you boys think of me, anyway?

  Ben Lear : Well, Tess...

  Dan Manton : We think you're a perfect... lady.

  Tampico Tess : [laughing]  Well, if you do, you're crazy.

  [still smiling] 

  Tampico Tess : I know what you think, and you're right! I'm a '23 model with a '33 paint job. I'm running a honky-tonk, and I've run lots worse ones than this. When I was young, I got what I wanted by loving; now that I'm old, I get what I want by fighting. I like a fight.

• Bill Conway : All right, then, I'll give you 50. And you two boys will have to work hard to make up the difference. Business is business. But, I like Tess. Sort of a sentimentalist touch.

  Dan Manton : She was sorry she couldn't come up.

  Bill Conway : I'm glad she couldn't. She'd have got 200,000.

• Bill Conway : I'd like to have you out to the house for dinner; but, I'm leaving town for two or three days.

  Dan Manton : Oh, that's quite all right. I'll look out for myself.

  Bill Conway : Too bad to turn a young man loose in a big city, alone. Say, Dill, can't you fix up some entertainment for him?

  Mr. Dill (Conway's secretary) : I think that can be arranged; if Mr. Manton doesn't mind there being a feminine element.

  Dan Manton : Oh, that's quite all right!

  Mr. Dill (Conway's secretary) : Good, I think I know just the type. Where can I reach you Mr. Manton?

  Dan Manton : I'm stopping at the Commercial Hotel.

  Mr. Dill (Conway's secretary) : I'll call you there.

  Dan Manton : Thank you.

  Bill Conway : Dill is our ladies man, around here. He'll probably fix you up with some charming young girl that will entertain you.

  Dan Manton : That's fine!

• Dan Manton : Miss Gordon?

  Claire Gordon : You're Mister - ?

  Dan Manton : Dan Manton. I hope you don't think I have a lot of nerve.

  Claire Gordon : Oh, no. I always think things that happen unexpectedly are much more fun! Don't you?

  Dan Manton : Just like a wildcat comin' in a gusher!

• Claire Gordon : Where are we going?

  Dan Manton : Oh, I don't know.

  Claire Gordon : Anywhere you say.

• Dan Manton : Claire, will you take a chance with me?

  Claire Gordon : Will you take a chance with me?

• Dan Manton : What's the matter, honey?

  Claire Gordon : I was hoping Ben would like me.

  Dan Manton : Don't pay any attention to Ben. He's a little grumpy from working too hard.

  Claire Gordon : I want to be a help, Dan. I don't want to - gum up the parade.

  Dan Manton : Forget about it. He'll like you. He likes anything I like. Say, this is gonna be the greatest three-way partnership that ever was!

• Ben Lear : You know Dan, from now on there ought to be one of us on the job all the time.

  Dan Manton : Yeah.

  Ben Lear : What'll I take the day or the night shift? - - What'll I wear? Overalls or pajamas?

  Dan Manton : Take the night shift.

  Ben Lear : Okay. Gee, that's tough. I was just gonna break in a new pair of silk pajamas.

• [last lines] 

  Dan Manton : Did you ever see a gusher come in?

  Claire Gordon : No.

  Dan Manton : Well, you're gonna see ours.

  Claire Gordon : Ours?