James Apperson:
[Melisande has just said something to him in French] I don't understand a word you say... but I know what you mean!
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
James Apperson:
[to Melisande, who speaks French] French is Greek to me.
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
James Apperson:
Orders! Orders! Who the hell is fighting this war - men or orders?
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
James Apperson:
Waiting! Orders! Mud! Blood! Stinking stiffs! What the hell do we get out of this war anyway!
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
--John Gilbert (as ) in The Big Parade
Joan:
Did you ever have a mother and father, or did the Merchant Marine find you in a crow's nest?
Jack: Why, sure. Everybody has a mother and father, I guess.
--John Gilbert (as ) in Way for a Sailor
Jack: Why, sure. Everybody has a mother and father, I guess.
--John Gilbert (as ) in Way for a Sailor
Assistant manager:
[after reading telegram] A woman from home! Haven't seen a white woman in years.
Hugh Rand: Don't expect too much. No beauty would come to this desolate hole.
[Takes the telegram]
Hugh Rand: I bet she's an old maid - bow-legged and cross-eyed.
--John Gilbert (as ) in Desert Nights
Hugh Rand: Don't expect too much. No beauty would come to this desolate hole.
[Takes the telegram]
Hugh Rand: I bet she's an old maid - bow-legged and cross-eyed.
--John Gilbert (as ) in Desert Nights