Quotes from John L. Balderston

What girl could fail to make a conquest who collapsed at a man's feet in the moonlight?

Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?

This is the Scroll of Thoth. Herein are set down the magic words by which Isis raised Osiris from the dead. Oh! Amon-Ra--Oh! God of Gods--Death is but the doorway to new life--We live today-we shall live again--In many forms shall we return-Oh, mighty one. (The Mummy, Universal Studios, 1932)

The superstitions of today are the scientific facts of tomorrow.

Don't you think I've had enough excitement for one evening, without the additional thrill of a strange man making love to me? (Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann) to Frank Whemple, who claims to have fallen in love with her at first sight. The Mummy, Universal Studios, 1932)