Let's face it. The Best line in the film was when Charles Coburn calls marilyn Monroe into his office and tells her that he needs something typed up, but to have someone else do it. And as she leaves he turns to Cary Grant, who is checking her out, and says "Anyone Can Type".
shareYes, that scene was top-notch in terms of words vs. meaning. For me the best one was "Zillion billions!" (if I remember correctly) by Cary Grant under the table. It gets even more ridiculous when followed by the serious men fuming and further toning down the subject to "a bike or a pony"...
'Nu chto gliadite? Ne poluchali davno?'
That is a great one. I also love at the beginning when Marilyn she's there early because she needs to work on her "punctuation". Adorable! But for my money, the BEST line in the movie is toward the end, when Cary Grant sums up youth: "I don't think youth is all it's cracked up to be. We remember it is a time of nightingales and valentines. But what are the facts? Maladjustments, near idiocy, and a series of low comedy disasters, that's what youth is. I'm surprised anyone survives it." Haha! Jaded and cynical yes, but an ironic ring of truth to it.
share"I don't think youth is all it's cracked up to be. We remember it is a time of nightingales and valentines. But what are the facts? Maladjustments, near idiocy, and a series of low comedy disasters, that's what youth is. I'm surprised anyone survives it."
Near the end, I think it was the last scene.
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I'm with the OP on this. The scene is done so well, and the comic timing is impeccable. Cary Grant gives Charles Coburn the slightest of looks, questioning his motives in hiring this "secretary", and Coburn waits just enough time to give his punch line answer.
We could have high times
if you'll abide
paraphrasing, what about just after cary has been inspecting monroe's legs/nylons, and says something like:
"i was just checking out her acetates...".. :)
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My favorite line--and I'm paraphrasing--is when Ginger is complaining about Monroe being so seductive and Cary shrugs is off with "That girl is half infant." To which Ginger replies, "Not the half that shows."
shareHaha, I love that line too....a scene that really cracks me up is when they are in the hotel room together and she freaks out at him for "striking" her and she locks him out....
shareCoburn's line to Monroe was funny enough, a Secretary Who can't type, but, I'd have to say when a jealous Ginger Rogers, tells Her Husband referring to Monroe's Character, She was going to "Pull Her Blonde Hair out by it's Dark roots". And, another line, when speaking about Monroe's Character, Rogers makes a comment about Her figure, after Grant says, "She's only an Infant", Rogers- "Not the part that's visible".
shareBang on: that's a stellar line.
share"She was just showing me her acetates".
shareThe best line in the film goes by so quickly it's easy to miss. Barnaby, after an argument with Edwina and without his glasses, stumbles into the wrong hotel room and while fumbling with the front of his pajamas says to the startled woman in bed, "All right, now if you'll just cooperate!" causing her to scream.
I have to go with: "In my opinion, your opinion that it's a silly song is a silly opinion". - Barnaby says to Miss Laurel In regards to his and Edwina's song. Said with classic Cary Grant panache!
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