Lillian Russell (1940)

Ernest Truex: Charles K. Leonard

Quotes 

• Charles K. Leonard : You'll be a success in whatever you do, Helen, because you're all woman, and there's nothing finer than that. You know, that's where your mother's suffragettes are all wrong. They're going to get equal rights ultimately, and the chance to act like men, maybe. But they're going to lose a lot of femininity. And when they do, something tells me that they're going to lose more power than they'll ever get back by voting. Uh, honey, you needn't tell your mother that I said that.

• Charles K. Leonard : They tell me that when you're a hit at Tony Pastor's, you're a star from then on.

• Hank : Gosh, I don't see why Doc Dobbins had to go and be a major. Shall I go after Doc Bradley?

  Charles K. Leonard : No. I don't figure you'll have to, Hank. Somehow or other, I don't think the major would ever leave town without taking care of Cynthia first, even if he has to court-martial himself afterwards.

• Charles K. Leonard : Oh, Doc, you brought all our other children into this world and to Cynthia, there's no other doctor in all Iowa.

• Lillian Russell : [as Helen Leonard]  Father, why couldn't you say something to her?

  Charles K. Leonard : Well, I tried to, Helen, but I, I just couldn't talk. I guess I've sort of gotten out of practice around here.

• Lillian Russell : [as Helen Leonard]  Dad, mother's just been nominated for the mayor of New York.

  Charles K. Leonard : Well, if your mother runs New York as well as she's run me, the city is in for it.

  Lillian Russell : Huh, dad, you're terrible.

• Dr' Dobbins : Everything's all right, Charlie. It's a girl.

  Charles K. Leonard : Are you sure, Doc?

  Dr' Dobbins : Hmm?

  Charles K. Leonard : I mean, would you mind looking again?

• Charles K. Leonard : You know, sweetheart, this may be the last performance of our make-believe theater.