Nora Charles:
Nickie, have you any pictures of yourself taken as a baby?
Nick Charles: [Trying to sleep] No.
Nora Charles: Aww, that's a shame. I want to see what you looked like.
Nick Charles: I'll have some taken in the morning.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in After the Thin Man
Nick Charles: [Trying to sleep] No.
Nora Charles: Aww, that's a shame. I want to see what you looked like.
Nick Charles: I'll have some taken in the morning.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in After the Thin Man
Nora Charles:
Pretty girl.
Nick Charles: Yes. She's a very nice type.
Nora Charles: You got types?
Nick Charles: Only you, darling. Lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
Nick Charles: Yes. She's a very nice type.
Nora Charles: You got types?
Nick Charles: Only you, darling. Lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
Nora Charles:
You know, that sounds like an interesting case. Why don't you take it?
Nick Charles: I haven't the time. I'm much too busy seeing that you don't lose any of the money I married you for.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
Nick Charles: I haven't the time. I'm much too busy seeing that you don't lose any of the money I married you for.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
Master of Ceremonies:
Are you wanted by the police?
Godfrey: That's just the trouble. Nobody wants me.
--William Powell (as Godfrey) in My Man Godfrey
Godfrey: That's just the trouble. Nobody wants me.
--William Powell (as Godfrey) in My Man Godfrey
Policeman with flashlight:
We're going to have to shoot that mutt. We'll never find him like this.
Nick Charles: Wait a minute. He's not going to come running up to a lot of strange men with lights. What do you think he is? A moth?
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in Another Thin Man
Nick Charles: Wait a minute. He's not going to come running up to a lot of strange men with lights. What do you think he is? A moth?
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in Another Thin Man
Reporter:
Well, can't you tell us anything about the case?
Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.
--William Powell (as Nick Charles) in The Thin Man
[Brad and Paula in the morgue]
Paula Bradford: My goodness, that looks just like a refrigerator. What is it?
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: A refrigerator.
--William Powell (as ) in The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Paula Bradford: My goodness, that looks just like a refrigerator. What is it?
Dr. Lawrence Bradford: A refrigerator.
--William Powell (as ) in The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
[first lines]
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Ah... Saturday, September twenty fifth. Another heavenly day. Ah, yes. Always a heavenly day.
--William Powell (as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) in Ziegfeld Follies
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Ah... Saturday, September twenty fifth. Another heavenly day. Ah, yes. Always a heavenly day.
--William Powell (as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) in Ziegfeld Follies
[tt the city dump]
Irene: Could you tell me why you live in a place like this when there's so many other nice places?
Godfrey: You really want to know?
Irene: Oh, I'm very curious.
Godfrey: It's because my real estate agent felt that the altitude would be very good for my asthma.
--William Powell (as Godfrey) in My Man Godfrey
Irene: Could you tell me why you live in a place like this when there's so many other nice places?
Godfrey: You really want to know?
Irene: Oh, I'm very curious.
Godfrey: It's because my real estate agent felt that the altitude would be very good for my asthma.
--William Powell (as Godfrey) in My Man Godfrey
Johann Christian Lenz, Nightwatchman:
Always be suspicious. Don't be fooled by anybody. Anything strange, if it ain't more than a mouse's whisker -- call the police.
Robber: There's a man for you!
--William Powell (as The Robber) in Jewel Robbery
Robber: There's a man for you!
--William Powell (as The Robber) in Jewel Robbery
