Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky

“ You will act as my second."
"Take it!"
"Don't do it, Tom! Don't let them make you fight!"
"He's unarmed! He was raised in the no'th — and he doesn't know the code!"
"The insult to my card is enough—we can leave the lady's name out of this! Name your second!"
"But I—I—don't want to fight!"
"You refuse to fight for the woman you love?"
"Why should I risk my life fighting a disappointed suitor — for a woman I've already won?"
"The worst case of coward I have ever seen in these parts."
"It's all right with me, Miss Elvira, if you want to marry somethin' like that." ”

“ You are a bully — you take advantage of the fact that everyone is afraid of you."
"The only chance a little man has is to make people afraid of him."
"How many men did you kill with this?"
"I never killed any one—I never had but one fight. I only learned to make men fear me."
"And now I'm through with it all—I want to be the Tom you loved."
ST LOUIS
"Not a word—the Cunnel doesn't like unnecessary conversation!" ”

“ I want to be brave—I want to be desperate—I want to be a fighter like you!"
"So they said I hadn't any honor—that I was a coward — and turned me out."
"A little feller like yo' don't stand much chance unless he can make people believe he's dangerous—then he don't need to fight!"
"Excuse me, Cap'n Blackie—I didn't see who it was."
"Sit down!"
"When yo' can make a man sit down, yo've got him!"
"You are the quickest man with your hands in the world. Make you a fighter? Why, suh, I'll make you a demon!" ”