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Movie Quote of the Day – Private Hell 36, 1954 (dir. Don Siegel)
Cal Bruner: Fifty-dollar bill’s a pretty big tip. What did you do for it?
Lilli Marlowe: Just put this down in your little book. Ready?
Cal Bruner: Mmm-hmmm.
Lilli Marlowe: Not what you’re thinking.
Movie Quote of the Day – Suddenly, 1954 (dir. Lewis Allen)
Ellen Benson: Don’t you have any feelings?
John Baron: No, they were taken outta me by experts.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Star Is Born, 1954 (dir. George Cukor)
Esther Blodgett: You know as much about me now as I do myself. But you see how long it’s taken me to get this far. Now, all I need is just a little luck.
Norman Maine: What kind of luck?
Esther Blodgett: Oh, the kind of luck that every girl singer with a band dreams of. . .one night a talent scout from a big record company will come in and he’ll let me make a record.
Norman Maine: Yes, and then?
Esther Blodgett: Well, the record will become number one on the Hit Parade, it’ll be played on the jukeboxes all over the country. . .and I’ll be made. End of dream.
Norman Maine: There’s only one thing wrong with that.
Esther Blodgett: I know. . .it won’t happen!
Norman Maine: No, it might happen very easily. . .but the dream isn’t big enough.
Movie Quote of the Day – Magnificent Obsession, 1954 (dir. Douglas Sirk)
Dr. Bob Merrick: Starting tomorrow, we’ll never be apart.
Helen Phillips: Tomorrow, tomorrow, oh tomorrow.
Movie Quote of the Day – Johnny Guitar, 1954 (dir. Nicholas Ray)
Johnny: There’s nothing like a good smoke and a cup of coffee. You know, some men got the craving for gold and silver, others need lots of land with herds of cattle, and there’s those that got their weakness for whiskey and for women. When you boil it all down, what does a man really need? Just a smoke and cup of coffee.
Oscar Vault Monday – Three Coins In The Fountain, 1954 (dir. Jean Negulesco)
I simply adore this movie. It is Old Hollywood charm at its best. But it also slyly dances around certain taboo subjects (promiscuity, etc.) in quite a remarkable way, though not quite as blatantly as Otto Preminger’s 1953 film The Moon Is Blue (also starring Maggie McNamara). Three Coins In The Fountain contains some truly breathtaking color cinematography by Milton R. Krasner of Italy – and in Cinemascope, too! I would just love to see this film on the big screen. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning two: Best Color Cinematography (won), Best Original Song (won) and Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were The Cain Mutiny, The Country Girl, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and winner On The Waterfront.
Movie Quote of the Day – Sabrina, 1954 (dir. Billy Wilder)
Linus Larrabee: How do you say in French my sister has a yellow pencil?
Sabrina Fairchild: Ma soeur a un crayon jaune.
Linus Larrabee: How do you say my brother has a lovely girl?
Sabrina Fairchild: Mon frère a une gentille petite amie.
Linus Larrabee: And how do you say I wish I were my brother?
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