Blonde Venus (1932)
Gene Morgan: Ben Smith
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Dan O'Connor : So, this is the pip you phoned about. Where did you pick her up?
Ben Smith : I ran across her a long time ago. I've been saving her for a spot like this.
Dan O'Connor : Can she croon? What I need's a crooner.
Ben Smith : She can croon in a pinch. Who can't?
Dan O'Connor : I got one good-looker eating her head off on me already. I don't know if I can use another.
Ben Smith : All right, then. All right. I got three or four spots I can place this dame without half trying. Come on, baby.
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Ben Smith : What'd you say your name was?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Helen Faraday.
Ben Smith : Nah. We gotta get something different. Something unusual. Something that's easy to say and hard to forget. Jones... I got it. Helen Jones.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : But my name isn't Jones.
Ben Smith : What of it? My name ain't Smith either, but I get by just the same, don't I?
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Dan O'Connor : What'd you say your name was?
Ben Smith : Jones.
Dan O'Connor : Well, we'll change that.
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Nick Townsend : Say, O'Connor, I meant to call you up yesterday but I didn't get around to it. Miss Jones isn't going to work for you anymore.
Dan O'Connor : What's the idea? She can't quit me like this.
Ben Smith : Who's that?
Nick Townsend : Nick Townsend. After me giving her all this publicity and workin' up a swell following for her?
Nick Townsend : Do you happen to have a contract with Miss Jones?
Dan O'Connor : Have you got that dame under contract?
Ben Smith : Have I got a million dollars?
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Ben Smith : I'm no magician. I can't pick her out of the air. I've done my best to find her.
Dan O'Connor : Did you try her home?
Ben Smith : Sure, I tried her home, and I found out plenty. She's married.
Dan O'Connor : Married?
Ben Smith : And what's more, she's got a kid.
Dan O'Connor : A kid?
Ben Smith : And her husband's gone to Europe for his health.
Dan O'Connor : For his health.
Ben Smith : He sailed three weeks ago. She ain't been home all day and neither has the kid and nobody knows when she'll be back.
Dan O'Connor : Maybe something's happened to them.
Ben Smith : And me pickin' a winner for the first time this year. Blooey goes my fifteen percent. Why the next one I get, I'll nail down if I have to marry her.
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Ben Smith : Now, don't tell me you're working just for the love of your art. Who's your boyfriend?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I haven't any.
Ben Smith : Will you work for $25 a week?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Oh, yes!
Ben Smith : Well, you're in luck, baby. You came to the right man. I guess, maybe I can get you 30 or 40. I might be able to raise it to 50. That includes commission, of course. I generally get 20%, but seeing it's you, I'll make it 15. Is that okay?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Oh, yes!
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Ben Smith : You know that ain't a high commission considering the personal service I give my clientele. Why, the minute you put yourself in my hands, baby, your interests are closer to me than my own. Get me? Get up and walk around a bit. Let's see what you got.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : What I've got?
Ben Smith : Let's see your legs.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Is that enough?
Ben Smith : For the time being.
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Ben Smith : Call up O'Connor's and tell him I'm bringing him a pip.
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Ben Smith : You've certainly got me all hopped up, baby. Yup, you certainly got me hopped up.