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Movie Quote of the Day – The Fortune Cookie, 1966 (dir. Billy Wilder)
Harry Hinkle: Florida, Mustangs, foxes. . .how are we gonna pay for all this?
Willie Gingrich: Our credit is good.
Harry Hinkle: Don’t you think we better wait til we see some of that insurance money?
Willie Gingrich: Who waits nowadays? Take the government. When they shoot a billion dollars’ worth of hardware into space, it’s all on the Diners Club.
Movie Quote of the Day – It Should Happen To You, 1954 (dir. George Cukor)
Pete Sheppard: Good luck to you, Gladys. I sure hope you make a name for yourself, if that’s what you want. If that’s what you really want, you’ll get it.
Gladys Glover: How?
Pete Sheppard: I don’t know. Just a theory of mine: that not only ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’. . .but, ‘where’s there’s a way, there’s a will’. See?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Peacemaker, 1997 (dir. Mimi Leder)
Julia Kelly: You will not take action without authorization.
Devoe: What do you think I am, some gung-ho, stupid son of a bitch?
Julia Kelly: No, I don’t think you’re stupid.
Movie Quote of the Day – Adam, 2009 (dir. Max Mayer)
Adam Raki: I can see that you’re upset, but I don’t know what to do.
Beth Buchwald: Could you give me a hug?
Adam Raki: Yes.
Beth Buchwald: Adam, I’d like you to give me a hug.
Movie Quote of the Day – Merlin, 1998 (dir. Steve Barron )
Nimue: You’ve grown older.
Merlin: You too.
Nimue: Does it even matter?
Merlin: No. Not anymore.
Oscar Vault Monday – The Hollywood Revue of 1929, 1929 (dir. Charles Reisner)
This is such a strange film. It was MGM’s second feature-length musical and one of the studio’s earliest sound films. Unlike most MGM musicals, this film really has no overarching plot. Like the title suggests, it’s just a revue – a series of skits, songs and dance numbers by basically everyone on the MGM lot (the only major MGM stars of the era missing are Lon Chaney, Ramon Navarro and Greta Garbo). The film was only nominated for Best Picture and the other films up for the top prize that year were Alibi, In Old Arizona, The Patriot (now a lost film) and winner The Broadway Melody (also an MGM musical).
Movie Quote of the Day – Ae Fond Kiss…, 2004 (dir. Ken Loach)
Casim Khan: There won’t be any dress codes.
Roisin Hanlon: No dress codes?
Casim Khan: Cause there’s no expectation, there’s never expectation. Anyone’s allowed.
Roisin Hanlon: So, transvestites to anoraks.
Casim Khan: Burkas to G-strings.
Roisin Hanlon: Where even shy girls can make the first move?
Casim Khan: And nervous little boys won’t run away.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, 1963 (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
Eddie: I think she looks swell. It couldn’t be her eyes.
Tom: Her eyes?
Eddie: They’re not all skinny. You know, like those ladies in the comic books who are no good. They always got skinny eyes.
Tom: Skinny eyes. Anything else?
Eddie: Well, there’s one other thing, but. . .it’s about sex.
Tom: Go ahead. I can stand it.
Eddie: Well, the bad ladies, they always got big busts. Now, don’t get mad, Dad, but it’s true. Very big. Skinny eyes, and big busts is how you tell a bad lady from a good one.
Tom: Aren’t there any good ladies in all that stuff you read?
Eddie: Oh sure. . .but they always got medium-size busts. . .and round eyes, of course.
Tom: I’ll keep that in mind.
Movie Quote of the Day – Ernest Scared Stupid, 1991 (dir. John Cherry)
Trantor the Troll: You will die for the disgrace of your forefathers!
Ernest P. Worrell: I didn’t have four fathers! I only had one father and I didn’t know him that well!
Movie Quote of the Day – Three Coins in the Fountain, 1954 (dir. Jean Negulesco)
John Frederick Shadwell: These girls in love never realize that they should be honestly dishonest instead of being dishonestly honest.
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