Joan Blondell credited as playing...
Zeena Krumbein
- Hoatley: Nice work, kid. You kept your head. You're a real carny, no mistake.
- Molly: You ought to have heard Stan spout the gospel to that old hypocrite. It was like being in Sunday school.
- Zeena Krumbein: You must have been raised pretty religious.
- Stanton Carlisle: Yeah, in a county orphanage.
- Molly: Didn't you have any folks?
- Stanton Carlisle: If I did, they weren't much interested.
- Zeena Krumbein: Where'd you learn all this gospel?
- Stanton Carlisle: In the orphanage. That's what they used to give us on Sunday after beating us black-and-blue all week. Then when I ran away, they threw me in the reform school. But that's where I got wise to myself. I let the chaplain save me, and got a parole in no time. Boy, how I went for salvation! Comes in kind of handy when you're in a jam.
- Stanton Carlisle: You've got a heart as big...
- Zeena Krumbein: Sure, as big as an artichoke, a leaf for everyone.
- Zeena Krumbein: You like this racket, don't you?
- Stanton Carlisle: Oh, lady, I was made for it. I had all kinds of jobs before this one came along; but, none of 'em were anything but jobs. But this gets me. I like it. All of it. The crowds, the noise, the idea of keeping on the move. You see those yokels out there, it gives you sort of a superior feeling, as if you were in the know and they were on the outside looking in. Kinda hard to explain, but I like it.
- Stanton Carlisle: What kind of deck is this?
- Zeena Krumbein: This is the tarot. Oldest kind of cards in the world. Pete says the gypsies brought them out of Egypt. They're a wonder for giving private readings.
- Stanton Carlisle: I'd say. They look plenty weird.
- Zeena Krumbein: Now then, people have asked me if I have spirit aid in doing what I do. I always tell them the only spirits I control are the ones in this bottle. Spirits of alcohol!
- Zeena Krumbein: I'm gettin' top carny dough right now.
- Stanton Carlisle: I wasn't talking about doing it in this mouse menagerie.
- Zeena Krumbein: I did everything I could to make it up to him, but you see how it is. The more I try, the worse he gets. And I'm not gonna give up on him. It's the least I can do.
- Stanton Carlisle: Zeena, you're a real woman.
- Zeena Krumbein: Oh, Stan. You think I can make the big time again?
- Stanton Carlisle: You'd know more about that than I would. How about it, baby?
- Zeena Krumbein: Don't rush me. Let me think about it.
- Stanton Carlisle: Listen, honey. I don't want to make you unhappy. You know that. If you want to forget about the whole thing, it's all right with me.
- Zeena Krumbein: You won't get sore, Stan?
- Stanton Carlisle: What do you think I am?
- Zeena Krumbein: [after Stan gives her a long kiss] Let me alone for a minute. I've got to think.
- Zeena Krumbein: [after Stan gives her an even longer kiss] You're terrible!