You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Thin Man: Would you like to make a few honest dollars for yourself?
Whipsnade: Do they have to be honest?

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Larson E. Whipsnade: This way, ladies and gentlemen, this way. Right up on this platform. The world's greatest novelty. The Pronkwonk Twins! Elwood and Brentwood. Elwood is ten minutes older than Brentwood and has been in a hurry ever since. Ladies and gentlemen, Brentwood is the smallest giant in the world, whilst his brother, Elwood, is the largest midget in the world. They baffle science.

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Larson E. Whipsnade: You kids are disgusting! Standing around here all day, reeking of popcorn and lollipops.

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W.C. Fields and Edgar Bergen were paid $100,000 each. Fields was paid an additional $25,000 for writing the script.
The certificate number on-screen is misprinted as 50101. The actual number as issued by the Production Code Administration (and on file in Hollywood, California) is 5101.
W.C. Fields became a big hit on radio, especially on Edgar Bergen's radio program, where he had a long-running "feud" with Charlie McCarthy. This film was an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of that feud by having it carried on in a movie.
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