Hortense's line
I love Hortense's line when Egbert tells her that she can't go to Mimi's room with her because you can't have a tryst with three (or something to that effect). Hortense says, "Oh, can't you though?"
shareEGBERT: "This is supposed to be a clandestine affair. You can't have a clandestine affair with three people."
HORTENSE: "Oh, that's what you think!"
And a similar moment earlier, when Hortense signals her intention to go to the hotel with Mimi:
EGBERT: "You can't go along!"
HORTENSE: "But, nothing is ever done without me!"
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oh those two played against each other so well
i've danced with you, i'm never gonna dance again - Lucky to Penny in Swingtime 1936
Aunt Hortense must have had a pretty racy youth. lol
shareIndeed. At one point - I wish I could remember the context - someone refers to something as "astonishing," to which Hortense replies, "I haven't been 'astonished' since I was twelve."
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i thought it was eight??
i've danced with you, i'm never gonna dance again - Lucky to Penny in Swingtime 1936
Could have been. After I posted, I found myself wondering if "twelve" was correct (I neglected to pop the DVD in to make sure...lazy; shame on me). Either way, precocious child, as you suggest.
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I just watched it again last night. She says, "I haven't been astonished since I was eight. Not that I was precocious. . . just well-informed."
Also, when Egbert (Pinky) says that you can't have a clandestine affair with three people, she responds "That's what you say." (not "think")
I guess that the Hays office wasn't yet in full swing when they were making The Gay Divorcee. . .
Aha! Thanks for the corrections, Balok (I do appreciate accuracy). I guess maybe it's time I popped it into the machine and watched it again.
I think my favorite line occurs when Tonetti is on the phone with his wife (who is obviously entertaining another man in his absence), and when he demands to know who the voice he hears belongs to, she tells him it's his own son, whose voice is changing! (This time I was smart enough not to try and quote it from memory!)
Thanks for the post.
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Thanks for the reminder here to see the mnovie again...
Talking to his wife on the phone he says:
"No, no, da vero!....
(then to Ginger Rogers)
"What do you think?! My little son Rodolfo--only nine years old and already his voice is changing!"
She does a brilliant double-take.
He's Erik Rhodes and is even funnier in "Top Hat." A startling discovery for me is that he's not a "continental"; he's from Oklahoma (born there when it was the Oklahoma Indian Territory)...
I've seen him play a few American characters - a Charlie Chan film, some television appearances - and just recently saw "On Your Toes," in which he plays a Russian ballet dancer. It didn't take much modification of his Tonetti/Beddini accent to approximate a "stage Russian" one (and he even faked a couple leaps and turns).
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"... just well-informed."
She actually says, "... just moderately intelligent." "Well-informed" would have been good=}
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