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Christmas in July (1944) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

The African Queen (1952)Funny quotes with sound clips from Christmas in July - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on June 25, 1944.

Actors: Dick Powell (Jimmy), Linda Darnell (Betty), Raymond Walburn (Maxford), Lionel Barrymore (Narrator)

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11 That Viennese doctor in the Sunday paper, he said that old idea's just a superstition. Instead of keeping you awake, coffee makes you sleep.

— Jimmy (Dick Powell)

12 You know, ever since D Day, I've tried to double the amount of fat I've been saving.

13 'It isn't the coffee it's the bunk!' Jumping Jerusalem!

— Maxford (Raymond Walburn)

14 Alright alright. Let's go downstairs and drink a gallon of coffee and see which one sleeps the longest.

— Betty (Linda Darnell)

15 Ambition is alright if it works, but no system could be right where only half of one percent were successes and all the rest were failures.

16 And just think... no more worry. That's the only terrible thing about being poor.

— Betty (Linda Darnell)

17 Can you see the faces on everybody when we get there? -Yeah. Like, like Christmas in July.

— Jimmy (Dick Powell), Betty (Linda Darnell)

18 Contests! What good are contests anyway? Why they make you a million enemies. And all they prove is you've got too much money in the first place.

— Maxford (Raymond Walburn)

19 It's what you might call commercial insurance. Like for a race horse. If a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, well, then you back him for the Preekness.

20 Jumping Jerusalem, get my lawyer! -Which one? -Schlummel, Schlimmel, Abercrombie, and Schlitz.

— Maxford (Raymond Walburn)

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