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Conversations at the Street Market
Street Vendor
You buy? Nice, cheap, cheap-
Corbaccio
Eyy, scram. SCRAM! Get outta here. You gotta watch out for those guys, they take you to the cleaners.
[to Kornblow]
Kornblow
What about you?
Corbaccio
I take you to the hotel.
Kornblow
Just what is your racket?
Corbaccio
I gotta no racket! I make up my living with camels.
Kornblow
What do you do with your camels?
Corbaccio
They're taxi-cabs. I'm-a President of the Yellow Camel Company.
Kornblow
Aren't ALL the camels in Casablanca yellow?
[surprised]
Corbaccio
Eyy, you crazy. We gotta Checker Camel Company, too.
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Flattery for a Favor
Kornblow
You know, I think you're the most beautiful woman in the whole world.
Beatrice
Do you really?
[eagerly]
Kornblow
No, but I don't mind lying if it'll get me somewheres.
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The Challenge of Saying No
Beatrice
You wouldn't say "No" to a lady!
Kornblow
Why not? They always say "No" to me!
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Introductions at the Hotel
Beatrice
My name's Beatrice Rheiner. I stop at the hotel.
Kornblow
My name's Ronald Kornblow. I stop at nothing!
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A Night in Casablanca's Humorous Promise
Taglines
100 Girls! 1,000 Scenes! 10,000 Laffs!
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Questioning the Fate of the Last Manager
Ronald Kornblow
Well, gentlemen, I'm a different man behind a desk - as any stenographer can tell you. But, uh, what I want to know, is why they're burying the last manager. And don't tell me it's because he's dead.
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A Night in Casablanca - Ronald Kornblow
Ronald Kornblow
After all, I'm a man and you're a woman... and I can't think of a better arrangement.
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A Night in Casablanca - Dialogue 12
Kornblow
Call me Montgomery.
Beatrice
Is that your name?
Kornblow
No. I'm just breaking it in for a friend. How about getting rid of that mutt?
Beatrice
Oh, Frou-Frou's a watchdog.
Kornblow
Well, let him watch somebody else.
Beatrice
Oh, Frou-Frou won't bother us. He has such good manners.
Kornblow
If he had such good manners, he'd get off your lap and give me a seat. He can stand up better than I can, he's got twice as many legs.
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A Night in Casablanca - Dialogue 8
Annette
Good heavens, Mr. Kornblow, what happened?
[Noticing a very disheveled Mr. Kornblow making his way back to the hotel]
Kornblow
What happened! I was stood up by a woman, and knocked down by a car. These Casablanca drivers are terrible! He missed me three times. I finally had to climb a palm tree, and he hit that instead.
Anette
A palm tree?
[chuckles]
Kornblow
Yeah... until I saw you two, I thought every date in town was broken!
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Prioritizing Speed in Hotel Service
Ronald Kornblow
From now on the essence of this hotel will be speed. If a customer askes you for a three-minute egg, give it to him in two minutes. If he asks you for a two-minute egg, give it to him in one minute. If he askes you for a one-minute egg, give him the chicken and let him work it out for himself!
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A Night in Casablanca - Dialogue 2
Governor Galoux
Monsieur! We caught him stealing money! We were forced to discharge him!
[lying about why the last manager was "fired"]
Kornblow
I see. You want a manager that doesn't steal money. Good day, gentlemen.
[tries to leave]
Prefect of Police Capt. Brizzard
Please Monsieur Kornblow do not take offense. You are making a mountain out of a molehill.
[holds Kornblow back]
Kornblow
Well, that's quite a trick. You try that sometime.
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Resentment Towards Pointed Heads
Ronald Kornblow
I don't mind being killed, but I resent hearing it from a character whose head comes to a point!
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A Night in Casablanca - Dialogue 10
Corbaccio
What you need is a good bodyguard.
Kornblow
What I need is a good body. The one I've got isn't worth guarding. By the way, since when are YOU a bodyguard? I thought you were in the camel business.
Corbaccio
Oh, well in the daytime, I'm in the camel business; at night, I'm a bodyguard.
Kornblow
I see; well, suppose I get killed in the daytime?
Corbaccio
Well, then I give you free ride on my camel. Look-a boss, I could keep you alive for fifty francs a week-
Kornblow
It isn't worth it.
Corbaccio
Well, you can't take it with you-
Kornblow
Well, I'm not gonna leave it lying around here.
Corbaccio
But-a boss! If I'm your bodyguard, I'll watch-a you like a mother watches her baby!
Kornblow
Is the mother pretty?
Corbaccio
What's-a the difference?
Kornblow
Well, there's a lotta difference; if the mother's pretty I'll watch the mother and you can watch the baby!
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Conversation About Location in Casablanca
Kornblow
Who's he talkin to?
Corbaccio
Salt Lake City.
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Witty Exchange on Marital Shame
Mr. Smythe
Sir, this lady is my wife. You should be ashamed.
Ronald Kornblow
If this lady is your wife, YOU should be ashamed.
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A Broke Man's Search for Information
Pierre
All right, what do you want?
Gambler
Not so quick, my friend. It costs money.
Pierre
Why ask me? You know I'm broke!
Gambler
I also know, that you're looking for a man who wears... a toupee.
Pierre
You know who he is?! This means everything to me; if you know who he is, please tell me!
[Rusty and Corbaccio wander over]
Gambler
The wheel has been unkind to me tonight; I should like to try again. It would only take a few hundred francs...
Pierre
What the- I'll pay you, I promise!
Gambler
A croupier doesn't accept promises-
Pierre
Tell me his name!
[grabs his collar]
Gambler
If you should happen to find a few hundred francs, I'll be at the Brass Monkey.
[pulls himself free and walks away]
Corbaccio
What's the matter, Pierre, you need-a some money?
Pierre
Don't worry, Corbaccio. I'll get what I want from that rat without money.
[leaves]
Corbaccio
He'll never get nothin from that rat without money. That rat's just-a like me. Eyy, what I say? I'm crazy. You know, I'm-a worried about Pierre. We gotta find him some money. You gotta idea? Eyy, notta that way!
[Rusty laughs and claps him on the back; Rusty rolls up his sleeves; Rusty reaches into a guest's pocket]
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Invitation to the Supper Club
Beatrice
I shall be in the Supper Club.
Kornblow
The Supper Club?
Beatrice
Yes. Will you join me?
Kornblow
Why? Are you coming apart?
Beatrice
Oh, come on now. You wouldn't say no to a lady.
Kornblow
I don't know why not. They always say no to me.
Beatrice
If you come to the Supper Club, I shall sing some opera for you. Bye-bye now...and remember, I shall be singing only for you.
Kornblow
] "You don't have to sing for me... Just whistle." That reminds me, I must get my watch fixed!
[imitating Humphrey Bogart; as she leaves, he notices her swaying rear end and turns to the camera]
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The Howl Raiser: A 1946 Perspective
Taglines
The Howl Raiser of 1946
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Humor in Unattainable Idealization
Ronald Kornblow
It's a funny thing. I've met a lot of pin-up girls, but I've never been able to pin one down.
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A Night in Casablanca - Dialogue 4
Kornblow
The first thing we're going to do is change all the numbers on all the rooms.
Hotel employee
But you can't do that! Think of the confusion!
Kornblow
Yes, but think of the fun!
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