Dark Magic (1939)

Robert Benchley: Joseph A. Doakes

Quotes 

• Joseph A. Doakes : Well, I guess no one was ever hurt by too much magic, huh, Junior?

  Joseph Doakes Jr. : I wouldn't know.

• [first lines] 

  Joseph A. Doakes : I'd like to see something for a 12-year-old boy.

  Toy Store Clerk : Something in a game?

  Joseph A. Doakes : Oh, I guess so, yeah; he's a little old for dolls.

  Toy Store Clerk : Is he a, uh, bright boy?

  Joseph A. Doakes : Well...

  Joseph A. Doakes : [tilts hand back and forth, suggesting so-so]  Like that.

  Toy Store Clerk : ...I see.