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Anyway, Bob isn't a clerk. He's an architect. He's only clerking until he can get started.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Cocoanuts (1929) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:47.986 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Nice boy. The kind who usually gets what he wants.

- Not always. I might win out yet.

- Well, miracles do happen.

- Well, Polly, you've been out again with Mr. Adams.

- But only for a little while, Mother.

- Why a daughter of mine should fool around with a hotel clerk when she has the opportunity of marrying one of the Boston Yates is more than I can understand.

- Oh, who cares about the Boston Yates?

- Anyway, Bob isn't a clerk. He's an architect. He's only clerking until he can get started.

- One who clerks, Polly, is a clerk, and that settles it.

- And I want you to remember that no Potter has ever been involved in a single scandal.

- How about Uncle Dick?

- It's a well-known fact that your uncle was drunk at the time.

- And another thing, young lady, I'm quite tired of your sitting out on the beach all hours of the night.

[...]

The Cocoanuts (1929) Sound Clip

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Actors: Groucho Marx (Mr. Hammer), Chico Marx (Chico), Zeppo Marx (Jamison), Harpo Marx (Harpo), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Potter)

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