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Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young in Heroes for Sale (1933)

Charley Grapewin: Pa Dennis

Heroes for Sale

Charley Grapewin credited as playing...

Pa Dennis

Quotes2

  • Pa Dennis: You're trying to tell me the world ain't getting any better.
  • Max Brinker: It's getting worse.
  • Pa Dennis: But why is it getting worse?
  • Max Brinker: Oh, the burden of proof is on you, my friend. Why is it getting better?
  • Pa Dennis: Look how much longer people live.
  • Max Brinker: I admit that, but that only prolongs their suffering.
  • Pa Dennis: Well, if you think life is so awful, why don't you cut your throat?
  • Max Brinker: Because I can't afford to buy a knife.
  • [Pa hands Max a knife]
  • Max Brinker: Oh, you are stupid, my friend. That's why you can't accept the doctrines of Communism, why you endure class servitude. You are a fish, a timid little rabbit, a slinking mouse afraid to fight. And what have you to lose, I ask you?
  • Max Brinker, Pa Dennis: Nothing but your chains.
  • Pa Dennis: Primpin' for Tom again, eh? Trying to look pretty.
  • Mary Dennis: No, just trying to look less like the family.

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