The Story on Page One (1959)

Katherine Squire: Mrs. Hattie Brown

Quotes 

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : I'm smoking like a fish.

• Victor Santini : You're in the wrong neighborhood, Mrs. Brown. You need a big shot lawyer and you need him quick.

  Mrs. Hattie Brown : And what do we do for money? Print it?

  Victor Santini : Nothing you can hock? Well, how much cash do you have on hand?

  Mrs. Hattie Brown : About eleven hundred dollars.

  Victor Santini : That might pay the stenography bill.

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : You're a young man. What are you so money mad about?

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : The law says she's innocent - innocent until proven guilty!

  Victor Santini : Excuse me, that's the fine theory of it. But, the law is what I told you, Mrs. Brown. not what you see in TV shows.

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : And there's my delicate dainty foot. Kiss it!

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : Don't shake your head, Jo. I'm your mother, not your judge. You have a right to a little happiness!

• Mrs. Hattie Brown : You're purring like a pussycat; but, you'd really like to knock my head off.