Ellie May Chipley Quotes in Show Boat (1936)

Parthy: He's a murderer!

Magnolia: Mama!

Parthy: You're letting my daughter marry a murderer!

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Who's the murderer?

Parthy: That Ravenal! He killed a man.

Magnolia: Gay!

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Then why ain't he in jail, or hanged?

The Sheriff: The jury figured the gentleman he killed oughta went anyhow.

Parthy: Andy Hawks, are you going to stand there and let your only child marry a murderer?

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Oh don't be so narrow minded, Mrs. Hawks, I killed a man myself once.

Parthy: You killed?

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Yes, me. Now, are you comin' with us, or ain't you? They're going to be married.

Parthy: Married to a murderer! Oh!

[she faints]

Ellie May Chipley: She's fainted.

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Are you sure?

The Sheriff: She's out.

Cap'n Andy Hawks: Good! Now we'll go on with the wedding.

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?

Ellie May Chipley: Nolie, what's the matter? Is Gay hurt?

Magnolia: No. Ellie, you read it. I may believe it if I hear somebody else say it.