Well, he wrote me he was himself.
5 seconds sound clip from the Anna Christie (1930) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:08 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Oh, I've seen him around here for years.
- Well, he's as fine an old guy as ever walked on two feet... and that goes.
- Well, I'm glad to hear that.
- Why, you think he'll stake me to the rest cure I'm after, then?
- Where'd you get the idea that he was a janitor?
- Well, he wrote me he was himself.
- He's lying. He's a captain on a barge.
- A barge? What kind of a barge?
- Well, well. If that ain't a swell job... to find your long-lost old man working at.
- Oh, gee. Well, that puts the kibosh on his giving me a rest.
[...]