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Movie Quote of the Day – Woman on the Run, 1950 (dir. Norman Foster)
Inspector Martin Ferris: Why won’t you help us, Mrs. Johnson?
Eleanor Johnson: I’m helping! What do you want me to do?
Inspector Martin Ferris: I want you to answer a few questions.
Eleanor Johnson: Go ahead, ask.
Inspector Martin Ferris: Where does he generally go when he’s not at home?
Eleanor Johnson: I haven’t the faintest idea.
Inspector Martin Ferris: Has he any relatives in this area?
Eleanor Johnson: No.
Inspector Martin Ferris: Who are his friends?
Eleanor Johnson: I don’t know his friends. The dog is our only mutual friend.
Movie Quote of the Day – Cause for Alarm!, 1951 (dir. Tay Garnett)
Ellen Jones: It was one of those awful dreams, the kind I used to have when George was overseas. That man lying there was George, my husband, and he was dead. He died trying to kill me.
Movie Quote of the Day – Two Smart People, 1946 (dir. Jules Dassin)
Ace: There isn’t any kind of after for people like us. We’re a special kind of breed. We were born after the clock stopped. No yesterday, no tomorrow.
Movie Quote of the Day – Lust For Gold, 1949 (dir. S. Sylvan Simon)
Julia: A man named Jacob Waltz has just arrive in town. I want to meet him.
Pete: Why?
Julia: He’s discovered gold.
Pete: What do you want to meet him for? I’ve got a right to know!
Julia: Really? Well, I have a right to some things too! Like being sick and tired of running a bakery.
Pete: Now, wait a minute, Julia!
Julia: You’ve had four years to do something about getting me out of here, Pete.
Pete: I’ve had bad luck! I’m doing the best I can.
Julia: Yes, you’ve done very well. Have you been able to keep a job? Have you replaced our savings you so cleverly invested in grazing lands no animal could live on? Have you, Pete?
Pete: That wasn’t my fault! I got swindled!
Julia: No, I got swindled! So now you’re going to bring that man here.
Pete: Oh no, I won’t, Julia!
Julia: Yes, you will. There’s still that unsolved murder in Milwaukee.
Pete: Alright.
Julia: Good. Of course, he’s not to know I’m married to you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Destination Murder, 1950 (dir. Edward L. Cahn)
Laura: Aren’t you forgetting the man upstairs?
Alice: Him? What’s he got that anybody wants?
Laura: Money. Position and power. What else is there, Alice?
Female Filmmaker Friday: Love & Basketball, 2000 (dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood)
Somehow I missed this film when it was first in theaters and just saw it for the first time a few weeks back at a screening at the Cinefamily with writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood in attendance. This look at the film will be partially my thoughts on the film and a some of the insights she shared with the audience during the Q&A after the film. There will be some plot spoilers.
Movie Quote of the Day – His Kind of Woman, 1951 (dir. John Farrow)
Dan Milner: I’m too young to die. How about you?
Mark Cardigan: Too well-known.
Dan Milner: Well, if you do get killed, I’ll make sure you get a first-rate funeral in Hollywood, at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
Mark Cardigan: I’ve already had it. My last picture died there.
Movie Quote of the Day – Southside 1-1000, 1950 (dir. Boris Ingster)
Riggs: You’re pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you Deane?
Deane: As sure as death.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Second Woman, 1950 (dir. James V. Kern)
Jeff Cohalan: Ellen, you’d better go now. You’re not safe with me. Do you understand?
Ellen Foster: Suppose I don’t want to be safe?
Movie Quote of the Day – Framed, 1947 (dir. Richard Wallace)
Paula: You’re afraid.
Mike: Of what?
Paula: Me.
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