Baby Take a Bow (1934)

Larry Scott: Sometimes I wonder if going straight really pays.
Eddie Ellison: Hey, cut out that kind of talk, will you?
Larry Scott: But what will Jane think?
Eddie Ellison: She's a hundred percent for you. She wouldn't think anything bad about you any more than Kay would me. We won't tell them anything tonight, though.
Larry Scott: Why not?
Eddie Ellison: I don't want anything to spoil Shirley's birthday party!

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Shirley Ellison: Daddy, come here. Tell me what you bought me for a birthday present.
Eddie Ellison: Oh, no. That's a secret.
Shirley Ellison: Will you tell me if I guess?
Eddie Ellison: Well, maybe.
Shirley Ellison: A pair of roller skates?
Eddie Ellison: No.
Shirley Ellison: A dollhouse?
Eddie Ellison: No.
Shirley Ellison: Aw, Daddy. If you tell me, I'll tell you what I'm going to get you for your birthday.
Eddie Ellison: Oh, no. I want to be surprised.
Shirley Ellison: Will you tell me for a kiss?
Eddie Ellison: Well, that's awful tempting, but...
Shirley Ellison: I'll bet I know, a ballet dress.
Eddie Ellison: A ballet dress. Now, what made you think of that?
Shirley Ellison: Cause that's what I want most.
Eddie Ellison: Come on, now, you little g-nomey, you've gotta go to sleep. Go on.
Shirley Ellison: [singsong] I'm gonna get a ballet dress. I'm gonna get a ballet dress.
Eddie Ellison: [singsong] Don't tell Mommy I told you.
Shirley Ellison: [singsong] I won't.

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Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: Did you tell her about her present?
Eddie Ellison: Who, me? Gee, won't she look cute in that?
Jane Scott: Oh, it's darling.
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: It cost an awful lot.
Eddie Ellison: It's for Shirley, isn't it? She only has a birthday once a year.
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: Every day is her birthday with you.
Eddie Ellison: Well, why shouldn't it be? Say, here's another littl gadget I bought for Shirley.
Larry Scott: What is it?
Eddie Ellison: Take a look.
[He hands Larry a small telescope. When Larry looks into it, it leaves a black ring around his eye]
Larry Scott: I don't see anything.
Eddie Ellison: No, but we do!
Kay 'Funny Face' Ellison: Oh, Eddie, you and your tricks. You're not going to give that to the baby. You're making her as bad as you are.

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This movie takes its title from the song "Baby, Take a Bow," which James Dunn and Shirley Temple sang in their earlier movie, Stand Up and Cheer!.
Upon its 1934 release, this film was banned in Nazi Germany for its depiction of gangsterism and gun play.
The film's title 'Baby Take a Bow' was taken from a song sung by Shirley Temple and James Dunn in the film Stand Up and Cheer!.
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