Dramatic School (1938)

Melville Cooper: Boulin

Quotes 

• Boulin : You see, Gina darling, the shells open, a girl steps out of every shell, wearing a uniform - with a gun, aiming at the audience.

  Gina Bertier : Wait a minute, were do I come in?

  Boulin : Oh, in the center, my dear, wearing very little and waving a flag.

  Gina Bertier : Yes! I like that.

• Boulin : Come in, my dear. Sit down. So, you're the little girl I've been hearing about. Stand up, Louise. Turn around, slowly. Show your legs. Marvelous. Your friends were right.

  Louise Mauban : My friends?

  Boulin : Oh, yes, you have friends, my dear, and they talk about you. I've heard great things - great things!

  Louise Mauban : You have?

  Boulin : In deed I have. Now, tell me, my dear. Do you sing?

  Louise Mauban : No.

  Boulin : Do you dance?

  Louise Mauban : No.

  Boulin : Well, it doesn't matter. You're just what we want.

• Boulin : What shall it be, Louise, your first staring part?

  Louise Mauban : I may choose?

  Boulin : Anything.

  Louise Mauban : Electra!

  Boulin : Ele... Electra? Well, let me see. That's funny. I don't seem to be able to recall...

  Louise Mauban : The great Greek tragedy, Monsieur Boulin. Electra's mother kills her father, so, Electra has to kill her mother.

  Boulin : Oh, I see. Of course, it all comes back to me now. Well, if that's your choice, my dear, that's what we do!