The Good Fairy (1935)
Margaret Sullavan: Luisa
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Quotes
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Dr. Schultz : Would you like to be an usherette, Luisa?
Luisa : Oh, yes, ma'am.
Dr. Schultz : Do you know what an usherette is?
Luisa : N-n-no, ma'am.
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Luisa : [In an energetic telling of a fairy tale for the other orphans] Wampa wampa, Wumpa wumpa, Eenie meenie minie mo; Sweet and faithful Rosalinda, Take me where I want to go.
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Konrad : What does he do?
Luisa : Oh, my husband?
Konrad : Oh, well we're right back where we started. Certainly, your husband. What does he do?
Luisa : I never asked him.
Konrad : Oh, you never asked him. What does he do? I never asked him. When I say what does he do, I mean is he a butcher, a horse doctor, a dentist, or an undertaker, or what?
Luisa : What would you like him to be?
Konrad : What would I like him to be? Uh, whatever I'd like him to be, I mean, he would just be?
Luisa : He's very willing.
Konrad : Yes, well that always sounds bad. I suppose he'd be a deep-sea diver or something. That would give me a lot of trouble. Why couldn't you have married a lawyer or something?
Luisa : A lawyer? He is a lawyer.
Konrad : Well why didn't you say that in the first place?
Luisa : I was afraid maybe you didn't need one.
Konrad : What's his name?
Luisa : Oh, do you have to know his name?
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Detlaff, the Waiter : What's your name?
Luisa : Luisa Ginglebusher.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Ginglebusher? Baron so and so, shake hands with, with Miss Ginglebusher? Never!
Luisa : Well, wh..
Detlaff, the Waiter : Don't mention your name to anybody. Just be aristocratic.
Luisa : I'll try.
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Detlaff, the Waiter : [Standing and taking off his shoes] And now, I'm going to give you a dancing lesson.
Luisa : Can you dance?
Detlaff, the Waiter : I've been watching it long enough to know the gist.
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Luisa : Oh, no, I've never been anywhere.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Really?
Luisa : Except to the asylum.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Huh?
Luisa : Where I came from.
Detlaff, the Waiter : [as he slowly takes a dinner knife from Luisa that she's been fiddling with] Ohhh. The asylum huh? Have you been out long?
Luisa : Just this morning.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Just this morning? And how does it feel to be out?
Luisa : Oh, wonderful.
Detlaff, the Waiter : It must be, uh, uh, cured of course?
Luisa : Huh?
Detlaff, the Waiter : I mean, you didn't run away or anything?
Luisa : Oh, no, I didn't run away. Some of the girls run away sometimes. They always bring them back.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Good.
Luisa : Well, I, I don't blame 'em much for running away. It isn't as much fun as you think being an orphan.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Orphan asylum?
Luisa : Why, naturally.
Detlaff, the Waiter : [Looking very relieved] I'm glad to hear it.
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Luisa : [Hugging Dr. Schultz and sobbing] Oh, goodbye, Dr. Schultz.
Dr. Schultz : Oh, be brave, Luisa. The time has come for you to try your wings.
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Detlaff, the Waiter : Say, would you like some beer and sandwiches?
Luisa : [Having dodged an aggressive Romeo, Caesar Romero] Oh, yes, with a face like yours.
Detlaff, the Waiter : What's the matter with my face?
Luisa : I like it.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Come on, then. I know a place with music.
Luisa : Oh, I love music.
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Luisa : [Directing seating as an usherette, with her pointing arrow] Uh, you're supposed to go this way.
Detlaff, the Waiter : That way?
Luisa : Yes, sir
Detlaff, the Waiter : Why?
Luisa : Why?
Detlaff, the Waiter : Yes, why?
Luisa : Well, I, I, don't know, sir.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Then why do you do it?
Luisa : Well, it's orders.
Detlaff, the Waiter : You trying to give me orders?
Luisa : Oh, no, sir
Detlaff, the Waiter : Because I don't like being given orders. I take orders all day in the restaurant, and when it comes night time, I like to be free. Like the birds. Remember that.
Luisa : Yes, sir.
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Konrad : Yes, certainly, his name.
Luisa : Do you have to know his name?
Konrad : Do I have to know his name? Luisa, really, sometimes, after all, you're a lit... -- do I have to know is name?
Luisa : Oh, heh, his name.
Konrad : Yes, certainly, his name. After all, it isn't as if I
[They are interrupted when a tipsy Dr. Metz bursts into room, followed by Detlaff]
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Luisa : Are you a minister too?
Konrad : Well, no, not exactly, although people often take me for one. I'm, I'm in the meat business.
Luisa : Oh.
Konrad : Uh, strictly wholesale, of course.
Luisa : Eh, heh, you don't look like a butcher.
Konrad : A butcher? Who me? I, wh.., I, I'm in, uh importer and exporter.
Luisa : But of meat?
Konrad : Well, why not? Uh, heh, heh, are you a vegetarian or something?
Luisa : Oh, no, no, I, uh, meat is very nice.
Konrad : Heh, you darn tootin' it is.
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Luisa : Oh, Detlaff, I'm so grateful to you. This has been the most wonderful evening in my whole life.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Not for me, it hasn't. I've never spent such an evening. This is positively the last time that I play nursemaid. If I ever do anything like this again you can call me a dish washer.
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Luisa : Look! Somewhere out there... Just think, somewhere out there in the night - maybe one of those twinkling lights, maybe one of those dark windows, is little Maxie, sleeping gently.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Little who?
Luisa : He's worried about his rent, or how he's going to eat tomorrow, or something like that. And he doesn't know, Detlaff - just think, he doesn't know.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Doesn't know what?
Luisa : That I'm watching over him while he sleeps. That I'm' taking care of him. That I'm his good fairy.
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Luisa : Well, I mean, I suppose everybody really wants to do something for somebody naturally, because it makes you feel good, and all happy in your heart, and... well, I suppose everybody naturally wants to feel that way, don't you think?
Dr. Sporum : I believe one could say that with safety.
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Luisa : Even if he doesn't like me anymore, he's got to keep his pencil sharpener, Detlaff.
Detlaff, the Waiter : Who thinks what? What do you mean, his pencil sharpener? The trouble with you is you've been drinking again.
Luisa : Don't be silly. If you start off to be a good fairy you can't stop right in the middle.
Detlaff, the Waiter : In the middle of what? Where does the pencil sharpener come in? You ought to go back in the asylum.
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Luisa : [Talking about Max buying a car] All right then, it's gotta be pink.
Dr. Sporum : Pink?
Luisa : Of course it has. You can't take that beard around with a black car. Why, you'll frighten the children.
Dr. Sporum : You oughta be spanked.
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Dr. Sporum : You are the good fairy. You flew into my life and changed everything.
Luisa : No, you're the good fairy who changed my life.
Detlaff, the Waiter : No, no, no! As a matter of fact, I'm entirely responsible.
Konrad : If you say it was you, I'll punch you right in the eye. If there's any good fairy around here, it's me.
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Detlaff, the Waiter : [Meeting Luisa when she leaves the theatre employee entrance] I thought I'd better just keep an eye on you. Where'd you get that fur?
Luisa : I don't want an eye kept on me.
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Luisa : Oh, my name is Luisa.
Dr. Sporum : Luisa?
Luisa : Ginglebusher.
Dr. Sporum : Gingle what?
Luisa : Busher.
Dr. Sporum : Oh, yes, and you need to see me about...
Luisa : No, I just wanted to see what you look like.
Dr. Sporum : Uh huh. And how do I look?
Luisa : [Smiling] Terrible, heh, heh
Dr. Sporum : Really?
Luisa : You look just the way Ginglebusher sounds.
Dr. Sporum : Oh, then I can't look so terrible. Will you sit down?
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Dr. Sporum : But if I had a name like Ginglebusher, I should certainly use no other.
Luisa : If I had a beard like that... I certainly wouldn't make fun of Ginglebusher.
Dr. Sporum : That, I think , concludes the legal business.
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Dr. Sporum : Did you know there's an ice box that actually makes it's own ice?
Luisa : Noooo!
Dr. Sporum : And with gas.
Luisa : I don't believe it.
Dr. Sporum : I didn't either, but I read about it and I might even buy one.
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Luisa : And I certainly wouldn't wear a beard either.
Dr. Sporum : What?
Luisa : Well, I wouldn't.
Dr. Sporum : Oh, you wouldn't?
Luisa : I know it isn't any of my business, but if I didn't have anything to hide, I certainly wouldn't wear a beard.
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Luisa : [In an energetic telling of a fairy tale for the other orphans] Wampa wampa, Wumpa wumpa, Eenie meenie minie mo; Sweet and faithful Rosalinda, Take me where I want to go.