Wisecracks: Great Lines from the Classic Hollywood Era by Rosemarie Jarski
Scriptwriters from Raymond Chandler to S.J. Perelman penned lines for everyone from Humphrey Bogart to Groucho Marx. It was the era of comedy with acts like Abbot and Costello, Hope and Crosby, the Marx Brothers, Mae West and W.C. Fields, and the double acts like Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. This collection mixes classic Hollywood lines with little-known wisecracks.