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You know, I sometimes wonder if we're half the men our mothers hoped we'd be.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Milky Way (1936) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:34:46 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- My apologies and my regrets, Miss Sullivan.

- Uh, uh... Just one thing before I go.

- If you think of me at all, try to remember me as as honest Gabby Sloan.

- All right.

- Who came to lay a future in your lap, a future that you'd be proud of, that your lovely sister would be proud of, and that dear, sweet-faced, kindly old lady would be proud of.

- You know, I sometimes wonder if we're half the men our mothers hoped we'd be.

- I'll bet your mother's a sweet little woman.

- Yeah. She's been having a little trouble with her kidneys lately. Hasn't she, sis?

- You know, that's uncanny. If I didn't know, I'd swear that that was my mother.

- Maybe it is your mother. It was here when we moved in.

- Maybe that's your father. He was here, too.

[...]

The Milky Way (1936) Sound Clip

The Milky Way (1936) Cover

Quotes from The Milky Way (1936 film), featuring short sound bites with voice.

Actors: Harold Lloyd (Burleigh "Tiger" Sullivan), Lionel Stander (Spider Schultz), Verree Teasdale (Ann Westley), Adolphe Menjou (Gabby Sloan), William Gargan (Speed McFarland), Helen Mack (Mae Sullivan), Charles Lane (Willard)

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