Gary Merrill
(as Bill Simpson)
Margo Channing:
Heartburn? It's that Miss Caswell. I don't see why she hasn't given Addison heartburn.
Bill Sampson: No heart to burn!
Bill Sampson: No heart to burn!
From All About Eve
George Sanders
(as Addison DeWitt)
Thelma Ritter
(as Birdie)
Fred Astaire
(as Huckleberry Haines)
Huckleberry Haines:
John, everyday you act worse, but today you're acting like tomorrow.
From Roberta
Fred Astaire
(as Huckleberry Haines)
John Kent:
You don't appreciate her. I know she seems a little hard and sophisticated, but underneath she's a pearl.
Huckleberry Haines: And a pearl so I'm told, is the result of a chronic irritation on an oyster.
Huckleberry Haines: And a pearl so I'm told, is the result of a chronic irritation on an oyster.
From Roberta
Helen Broderick
(as Mabel Anderson)
Mabel Anderson:
[after having just been hit in the face with a snowball] You know, snow tastes just as bad as water.
From Swing Time
Fred Astaire
(as Jerry Travers)
Horace Hardwick:
You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing?
Jerry Travers: Well, what would you have done? Sold tickets?
Jerry Travers: Well, what would you have done? Sold tickets?
From Top Hat
Fred Astaire
(as Jerry Travers)
[talking about the horse]
Dale Treemont: Who was his dam?
Jerry Travers: What?
Dale Treemont: I said, who was his dam?
Jerry Travers: I don't know miss, he didn't give a...
Dale Treemont: Who was his dam?
Jerry Travers: What?
Dale Treemont: I said, who was his dam?
Jerry Travers: I don't know miss, he didn't give a...
From Top Hat
Lucille Ball
(as Kitty Collins)
Kitty Collins:
[to sailor trying to hit on her] Tell me, little boy, did you get a whistle or baseball bat with that suit?
From Follow the Fleet
Claudette Colbert
(as Ellie)
Ellie Andrews:
What is it that we're supposed to be doing again?
Peter Warne: Hitchhiking.
Ellie Andrews: Well you've shown me an excellent example of the hiking part. When does the hitching come in?
Peter Warne: Hitchhiking.
Ellie Andrews: Well you've shown me an excellent example of the hiking part. When does the hitching come in?