Did you all notice how many references they make to a lot of the actors and actresses of that time?
For instance, Madame Diliyovsky (oh dear i can't spell that name) says "I have trained everybody, from Nijinsky to Mickey Rooney!"
Then a little girl at one point comes out of a door, wailing, "I don't wanna be like Margaret O'Brien!" (which i thought was hysterical).
Then the Dinah Shore/dinosaur joke
I love that. Most people don't get the Margaret O'Brian reference. The first time I saw that I was like "she dosen't look like Margaret O'Brian." but a friend of mine went "yeah, but she looks like Shirly Temple, who was considered 'the next Margaret O'Brian'" So I felt stupid for not getting it, but now it's one of my favorite quotes.
shareThat would be the other way around, as Temple was a major child star in the Thirties and O'Brien in the Forties. So the joke is rather that at the time of the movie O'Brien was the ideal kid but the kid in the film looks like Temple. Otherwise I agree with you Sinatrachairman, great line!
shareIn the song modern man Clark Gable is mentioned :)
Like Websters dictionary we're Morocco bound
So is Van Johnson.
shareAlso, one of the guys mentions Ava Gardner, who was later married to Frank Sinatra.
share"Who you got waitin' for you in New York, Ava Gardner?"-Ozzy (Jules Munshin) That is one of my favorites!!
"I grew up with 6 brothers, that's how I learnt to dance - waiting for the bathroom" - Bob Hope
"Who you got waitin' for you in New York, Ava Gardner?"-Ozzy (Jules Munshin) That is one of my favorites!!
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Darn it, I just started a new post on this. Yeah, this was toooooo funny.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Me too, this film is so clever!
The little girl who says that about Margaret O'Brien actually appeared in Little Women (1949) with O'Brien.
I have another two! When Lucy cmes to be Gabeys replacement date, she says something about being "A streetcar named impulsive", and She makes a reference to "The Lost Weekend". Damn I'm good.
You're obviously not a woman.
Slick!
Oh oh--- Did anyone mention "goodbye Mr. Chips"???
Oh yeah! I forgot about that one!
You're obviously not a woman.
What about. . ."Dr. Kinsey, I presume?" When Hilde meets Claire. That's another great cultural reference of the time, since she catches Claire kissing Ozzie and Dr. Kinsey was doing all that sex research.
shareIt's evidence that using pop culture referances in films can enhance a film sometimes as opposed to cheapening it. I love hearing all those referances!
shareI thought that I was going to get to post the "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" line!!
Thank you for posting all of these! It's always great to see other people finding things I may have missed!!
I really liked this movie a lot! All those great locations shots made me really homesick for NY!!
Yes Kinsey's book 'Sexual Behaviour In the Human Male' came out in 1948 just before the film which was released the following year.
You're dead, son. Get yourself buried!