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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.
Movie Quote of the Day – What’s Your Number?, 2011 (dir. Mark Mylod)
Ally Darling: Where’s my coffee pot?
Colin Shea: I broke it. If you were on Twitter you would know that already.
Movie Quote of the Day – Almost You, 1985 (dir. Adam Brooks)
Alex: Five minutes!
Cabbie: Come on!
Lisa: Two minutes!
Alex: Two minutes?! What do you mean, two minutes?
Lisa: Well, what do you mean, five minutes?
Alex: I mean that in five minutes, I’m going to have you convinced to come away with me tonight.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Producers, 1968 (dir. Mel Brooks)
Leo Bloom: I’m hysterical! I’m having hysterics! I’m hysterical! I can’t stop when I get like this, I can’t stop! I’m hysterical! I’m wet! I’m wet! I’m hysterical and I’m wet! I’m in pain and I’m wet and I’m still hysterical!
Oscar Vault Monday – Johnny Belinda, 1948 (dir. Jean Negulesco)
I first saw this film in the weeee hours of the morning a few days into January of 2011. It was about six months into my new-found obsession with Lew Ayres and it was one of the films that really solidified my undying love for him. It’s a pretty racy film for 1948 and holds up quite wonderfully nearly seventy years later. It’s also one of the most nominated films in Academy history. Johnny Belinda was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning one: Best Sound, Best Score, Best Film Editing, Best B&W Cinematography, Best B&W Art Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Charles Bickford, Best Supporting Actress Agnes Moorehead, Best Actor Lew Ayres, Best Actress Jane Wyman (won), Best Director and Best Picture. The other films up for Best Picture that year were The Red Shoes, The Snake Pit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and winner Hamlet.
Movie Quote of the Day – In the Good Old Summertime, 1949 (dir. Robert Z. Leonard)
Veronica Fisher: Psychologically, I’m very confused, but personally I feel just wonderful.
Movie Quote of the Day – Finding Neverland, 2004 (dir. Marc Forster)
Peter Llewelyn Davies: What did you bring me over here for?
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies: Peter.
Peter Llewelyn Davies: But, this is absurd. It’s just a dog.
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies: Come on, darling.
J.M. Barrie: Just a dog? *Just*? Porthos, don’t listen! Porthos dreams of being a bear, and you want to dash those dreams by saying he’s *just* a dog? What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That’s like saying, “He can’t climb that mountain, he’s just a man”, or “That’s not a diamond, it’s just a rock.” Just.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, 1976 (dir. Nicolas Gessner)
Rynn: This is my house.
Mrs. Hallet: You are an extraordinarily rude little girl, who’s going to do exactly as I say.
Rynn: Last week you took the only good grapes we have and now the crab apples. And you never asked if you might. And today you just walked bang into my house!
Mrs. Hallet: This is not your house!
Rynn: My house!
Mrs. Hallet: Leased. You’re thirteen. Why aren’t you in school?
Rynn: Thirteen means I have no rights, is that it?
Mrs. Hallet: Thirteen means you should be in school.
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