Show Boat Quotes

Cap'n Andy Hawks: And if you can play the parts to my satisfaction, I'll give you 15 dollars a week, and a chance to see the world.
Gaylord Ravenal: I've seen it.

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Frank: But this is Confederate money!
Backwoodsman: That's the kind they use in the hills, it's as good as yours, ain't it?
Frank: But this quarter - it don't ring!
Backwoodsman: Whaddaya want for two bits - sleigh bells?

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Magnolia Hawks as a Child: [intertitle] [marching in the show boat parade]
Magnolia Hawks as a Child: Mama's going to paddle me, but I don't care.

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Magnolia: Julie, nothing's changed.
Julie: [embracing Magnolia] Oh Nollie, Nollie, always true! Stay happy now.

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Magnolia: I never complained. I've lived like this half the time - washing clothes, cooking food over a gas jet, but I loved him. And if all that came with him, I was willing to take care of it. I thought he knew that.

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Steve: [about Pete] There's still not enough room on this boat for the two of us!

Movie: Show Boat