Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
Claude Gillingwater: John Aberdeen Arnold
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Quotes
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John Aberdeen Arnold : I have no intention of being part of the convention or its exhibits. Bathing suit parades are *not* dignified.
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George Harlan : You will see in a glance...
Elmer Guthrie : Just how much a woman wants to show, when bathing. The Acme Company gained recognition and sales by taking off that much from the old model bathing suit and let a woman expose her ankles to the public gaze.
John Aberdeen Arnold : It created a sensation. It was vulgar!
Elmer Guthrie : But, it made money!
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Elmer Guthrie : They showed some of the knee. It saved the firm, sir. The showing of the knee.
George Harlan : Now, we can rip off even more - and make ourselves millionaires over night.
John Aberdeen Arnold : That is enough. A woman's body is sacred. And her *nudity* should be guarded from the public gaze.
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Secretary Modelling Skimpy Bathing Suit : Mr. Pestalozzi says for your to examine me carefully. It's the new design.
John Aberdeen Arnold : All right. All right.
[reveals the bathing suit]
John Aberdeen Arnold : Oh! I have examined you carefully and I have seen too much. Take it off. Take it off immediately! Ta-ta-take it off!
Secretary Modelling Skimpy Bathing Suit : Now?
John Aberdeen Arnold : Yes, now!
[model starts disrobing]
John Aberdeen Arnold : No, no, no, no! Not here. Get out, you fool. Get out! Get out!
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John Aberdeen Arnold : I know you never could have loved anyone the way you love me.
Gertrude 'Gertie' Dale : You're the only man who ever understood me, Daddy.
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John Aberdeen Arnold : Miss Dale, I am the President of this concern and I dictate the policy of the firm.