Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess: I never expected you to be my friend.
Peggy Martin Van Tyle: Perhaps one day you'll look back and see I as the best friend you ever had.


--Kay Francis (as ) in The House on 56th Street

[first lines]
Hong Kong Bartender: [mixing a very complex drink] I haven't made one of these since the fourth of July. I was making one when the quake hit Frisco. Believe me friend, I wouldn't go to all this trouble for any of these foreigners. Uh, uh, gotta wait a minute to let the oil sink in. There you are partner, you can tell your grandchildren about that one.
Dan: [before Dan can take a sip, the contents of the glass are knocked out of his hand by Joan backing into him] Say what in the name of...
Joan: Why... I'm so sorry.
Dan: I'm so glad.
Joan: Such a beautiful drink too.
Dan: Yes, paradise cocktail. Seem to be a few drops left.
Joan: [prophetically] Always the most precious, the last few drops. That's luck.
Dan: Yes, my name is Dan.
Joan: Mine's Joan.
Dan: Hello Joan.
Joan: Hello Dan.
Dan: May we, errr, drink to our meeting?
Joan: We should. Here's... here's hail and farewell.
Dan: Well that seems a bit ruthless?
Dan: Let's say
[hears toast from the German bar]
Dan: auf wiedersehen
Joan: Auf wiedersehen
[Dan smashes his glass on the bar; Joan does likewise]


--Kay Francis (as ) in One Way Passage

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: This is awful!
Robber: Why? I'm having a very good time. Won't you sit down?
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: You behave exactly as though you were paying a call!
Robber: I am. After a very brief and informal introduction, I'm now making a formal call.
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: Through the window...
Robber: But only to preserve your reputation. I came very discreetly by way of a drain pipe.
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: That's not legal!


--Kay Francis (as Baroness Teri) in Jewel Robbery

Robber: The last place anybody would think of looking for me is in your bedroom.
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: Oh, so you expect to stay here until morning?
Robber: I'm forced to. Tomorrow the chase starts all over again. I must have a peaceful night.
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: A peaceful night in *my bedroom?*


--Kay Francis (as Baroness Teri) in Jewel Robbery

Robber: You're so lovely. It's hard to be brutal with you.
Baroness Teri von Horhenfels: You do strike a fresh note. Up to now, men have always been brutal because I am lovely!


--Kay Francis (as Baroness Teri) in Jewel Robbery