Arabella Rittenhouse Quotes in Animal Crackers (1930)

Arabella Rittenhouse: May I present Mr. Parker.

Mrs. Whitehead: Oh, of the, eh, Massachusetts Parkers?

John Parker: Why, no.

Mrs. Whitehead: Oh, then the, eh, Southern Parkers?

Arabella Rittenhouse: Oh, no, the Central Parkers. You know, the, eh, benches and trees.

Mrs. Whitehead: I see!

[Mrs. Whitehead leaves]

Arabella Rittenhouse: Meow! Oh, I don't like that woman!

John Parker: Do you really love me?

Arabella Rittenhouse: Why don't you marry me and find out.

John Parker: Marry you? Heh! On what! Last year I sold two paintings. One at a hundred and one at fifty. Could we live on a hundred and fifty dollars a year?

Arabella Rittenhouse: Well, we wouldn't need any money. I've got a charge account in every shop on Fifth Avenue.

John Parker: Well, if I had any brains, I'd give up painting and get a regular job. You know, I had a cousin who made $50,000 on Wall Street last year.

Arabella Rittenhouse: I don't want to marry your cousin. I'm a darn fool. I want to marry you.

Arabella Rittenhouse: Oh, Mr. Raviola!

Ravelli: Ravelli, Ravelli.

Arabella Rittenhouse: Oh, eh, Mr. Ravelli, I want you to do something for me.

Arabella Rittenhouse: [singing] When we pet, close in your arms you hold me. I forget, all that my mother told me...

Arabella Rittenhouse: I'll get Capt. Spaulding. He'll get to the bottom of this!