Shirley Ellison Quotes in Baby, Take a Bow (1934)

Trigger Stone: So you're Eddie Ellison's kid.

Shirley Ellison: I'm not a kid, I'm a girl, and today is my birthday.

Shirley Ellison: I want to thank you all for my presents. Thank you very, very much. And I hope that someday when it's your birthday, I can give them all back to you.

Shirley Ellison: Daddy, come here. Tell me what you bought me for a birthday present.

Eddie Ellison: Oh, no. That's a secret.

Shirley Ellison: Will you tell me if I guess?

Eddie Ellison: Well, maybe.

Shirley Ellison: A pair of roller skates?

Eddie Ellison: No.

Shirley Ellison: A dollhouse?

Eddie Ellison: No.

Shirley Ellison: Aw, Daddy. If you tell me, I'll tell you what I'm going to get you for your birthday.

Eddie Ellison: Oh, no. I want to be surprised.

Shirley Ellison: Will you tell me for a kiss?

Eddie Ellison: Well, that's awful tempting, but...

Shirley Ellison: I'll bet I know, a ballet dress.

Eddie Ellison: A ballet dress. Now, what made you think of that?

Shirley Ellison: Cause that's what I want most.

Eddie Ellison: Come on, now, you little g-nomey, you've gotta go to sleep. Go on.

Shirley Ellison: [singsong] I'm gonna get a ballet dress. I'm gonna get a ballet dress.

Eddie Ellison: [singsong] Don't tell Mommy I told you.

Shirley Ellison: [singsong] I won't.

Shirley Ellison: [Trigger Stone is lying tied up on the floor] Hey, mister, your beads were lost, but I found them.

Trigger Stone: That's fine. You're a smart little girl. Now, go on, cut me loose.

Shirley Ellison: Are you playing the game, too?

Trigger Stone: Of course I am. Your old man tied me up so I couldn't peek. Let's you and me fool him.

Shirley Ellison: Do you think that would be fair?

Trigger Stone: Why, sure, it would. It'll be a big joke. We'll all bust laughing. Now, go on. Get something, and cut me loose.

Trigger Stone: Won't your dad be surprised when he finds out I'm gone.

Shirley Ellison: You said he'd bust laughing.