Lady Jane Hartley Quotes in Just a Gigolo (1931)

Roxana Hartley: That's old stuff, Mama. We're more advanced now. Schnetzenhauser said in his famous book on sex relations that...

Lord George Hampton: My dear child, however did you come across that book?

Lady Jane Hartley: What book is this? Why haven't I heard of it?

Roxana Hartley: Oh, you wouldn't understand it, Mama. Lord Hampton, if I'm going into a strange country, I need a guidebook, don't I? If you go into a jungle, you want to know what's behind the next tree. A girl of today should know everything, read everything and do everything.

Lord George Hampton: Yes, my soul, you have brought her up well, Jane - in the modern manner.

Lady Jane Hartley: Yes. I didn't mean her to be quite so modern; but, she - just turned out that way.

Roxana Hartley: Oh, darling, I just have to think, I have a date. I'm dancing here today.

Lady Jane Hartley: Dancing? With who?

Roxana Hartley: The sweetest gigolo.

Lord George Hampton: A hired dancing partner?

Roxana Hartley: Everybody has one, darling. You hire a professional dancer, just as you would a riding master.

Lord George Hampton: I tell you Jane, that fellow's dangerous.

Lady Jane Hartley: A gigolo. Nonsense, George.

Lord George Hampton: A gigolo - that's just it! These fellows are experts at leading girls into mischief.

Lady Jane Hartley: An English mother knows an English daughter, George.