The Silver Screen Oasis

Thanks! I'll go there next!

We have the same God but a different name... Mix the blood!

-- Blue Buffalo (Charles Bronson) in RUN OF THE ARROW

Wow, that's a great line! I've never heard of the movie. I'll look out for it, now.

I don't like crooks. And if I did like 'em, I wouldn't like crooks that are stool pigeons. And if I did like crooks that are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you!

Gertrude Short in The Thin Man

You know, I could probably quote any line from this movie, it's so rich in great dialogue.

JackFavell wrote:

I don't like crooks. And if I did like 'em, I wouldn't like crooks that are stool pigeons. And if I did like crooks that are stool pigeons, I still wouldn't like you!

Gertrude Short in The Thin Man

You know, I could probably quote any line from this movie, it's so rich in great dialogue.

So, very true ... JackFavell.

Crime fiction has the best dialogue!

"Hey, I like this. Early nothing."

- Debby(Ms. Grahame) in THE BIG HEAT

Ha! Love that line, and it's such a throwaway you almost miss it.

So much more evocative than "What a dump."

From THE LEMON DROP KID

"Santa, are you bringing a doll on Christmas Eve?"
"No. My doll's working."

HA! Super.

[last lines]
Patton: [voiceover] For over a thousand years, Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph - a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children, robed in white, stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror, holding a golden crown, and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.

From Patton starring George C. Scott ... 1970 Movie.

Hi,

In the movie, "All Mine to Give":-

Midwife Hope Emerson tells Cameron Mitchell to stay outdoors.
CM: "But, I'll help; I'd like to do something"..
HE: "You already have!!"....

Larry

snicker

A few seasonal favorites:

When the Better Business Bureau rings the Christmas bell, the suckers forget there's such a business as murder, and businessmen who make it their exclusive line.

-- Narrator (aka Lionel Stander) in BLAST OF SILENCE

Those days whenever I had half a dollar that didn't belong to the butcher, the landlady or the street car company, I'd go to a concert.

-- Abigail Martin (Deanna Durbin) in CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

Good morning; Merry Christmas. I hope I'm in time to see you flip the flapjacks.

-- Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet) in CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT

I wish I could have given you the news you were so anxious to hear. But since I could not, I will conclude with what the prisoner said when the hangman couldn't find the rope: "No noose is good noose".

-- Don Hartman (Franklin Pangborn) in CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Well for one thing, you might say thank you, but if that doesn't fit into your plans let's skip it.

-- John Sargent (Fred MacMurray) in REMEMBER THE NIGHT

Ho, ho, ho!