The Gay Divorcee (1934) - Quotes

Introducing "The Continental" Dance Sensation

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The Royal Couple of Carioca

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Musical Triumph Across Two Continents

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Fate and Foolishness in Relationships

Tonetti: Signora. Fate is a foolish thing to take chances with!

Aunt Hortense: [pause] So are you.

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A Proposal Amidst Unconventional Offerings

Guy Holden: Can I offer you anything? Frosted chocolate? Cointreau? Benedictine? Marriage?

Mimi Glossop: What was that last one?

Guy Holden: Benedictine?

Mimi Glossop: No, the one after that.

Guy Holden: Oh, marriage?

Mimi Glossop: Do you always propose marriage as casually as that?

Guy Holden: There is nothing casual about it. In fact, I've given it long and sincere thought.

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A Tense Moment of Departure

Mimi Glossop: Please don't ask me to stay.

Guy Holden: All right, I won't. Don't go!

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Childhood Reflections on Gender Roles

Mimi Glossop: I don't care what you did as a boy.

Guy Holden: Well, I did nothing as a girl, so there goes my childhood.

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Chasing and Consequences in Relationships

Guy Holden: I was chasing you, you shouldn't run away like that.

Mimi Glossop: Why not?

Guy Holden: It's bad for my health.

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An Embarrassing Dress Incident Unfolds

Mimi Glossop: Oh, here you are Hortense. I've just had the most embarrassing experience. A man tore my dress off!

Aunt Hortense: My goodness! Anyone we know?

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Men Don't Pine, They Just Suffer

Egbert Fitzgerald: Guy, you're not pining for that girl?!

Guy Holden: Pining? Men don't pine. Girls pine. Men just... suffer.

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The Gay Divorcee - Dialogue 5

Guy Holden: I wonder if she resented me tearing her skirt?

Egbert Fitzgerald: Well, I wouldn't at all be surprised. That's the usual reaction. What did you do that for?

Guy Holden: She couldn't move.

Egbert Fitzgerald: Sounds very unsporting of you, Guy, really!

Guy Holden: Well, you don't understand... uh... it was an accident.

Egbert Fitzgerald: It usually is.

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Humorous Exchange About Geology and Identity

Waiter: I have an unnatural passion for rocks.

Guy Holden: You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Waiter: Professor Brown, he's a geologist. Him and his wife stopped at the last place I worked. Do you know sir, it was Professor Brown who told me that this sea coast round here is really a... an igneous intrusion.

Guy Holden: You know, you're somewhat of an igneous intrusion yourself.

Waiter: Oh thank you sir!

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A Request for Delicacy and Assurance

Egbert Fitzgerald: And now, Tonetti, remember: I want delicacy, tact, assurance, finesse.

Tonetti: I've brought everything.

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A Comedic Exchange Between Two Characters

Tonetti: Rodolfo Tonetti at your service.

Egbert Fitzgerald: Yes... well, I am Mr. Fitzgerald.

Tonetti: [shaking hands] Mr. Fitzgerald? Oh, I'm delightful!

Egbert Fitzgerald: Oh, I shouldn't doubt it, old man, I shouldn't doubt it. But, don't you think that a corespondent ought to come to work quieter? Let's have more repose and less Rigoletto.

Tonetti: Ha, I am ready for action, and I will do a first-class job.

Egbert Fitzgerald: Well, don't be too determined about it. Remember, the lady in question is very sensitive, and you must treat her accordingly.

Tonetti: Bene, whichever way the wind she is blowing, that is the way I sail.

Clandestine Affairs and Complicated Relationships

Aunt Hortense: [Going with Mimi to check into the hotel] Oh, Egbert, are you coming with us?

Egbert Fitzgerald: What? Hortense, oh my. You can't remain with her. This is supposed to be a clandestine affair. You can't have a clandestine affair between three people!