Bird of Paradise (1951)

Alfred Zeisler: Van Hook

Quotes 

• The Trader : Capitán! Capitán! Stop'im! He's gonna throw me to the sharks!

  Skipper : That is good! Throw him. Sharks will vomit.

  Tenga : I'm going up forward. The air is fresher there.

  The Trader : How come he speaks English good?

  Andre Laurence : We went to the same university.

  The Trader : University? School?

  Andre Laurence : Yeah.

  The Trader : Then he is Tenga?

  Andre Laurence : That's right, that's his name.

  The Trader : I know all about him! He ain't no Kanaka. He's quarter white. His grandpa was a white man.

  Van Hook : Makes a big difference, eh?