Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Lucille Ball: May Daly, Madame Du Barry

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Quotes 

• May Daly : I see you want to buy me.

  Louis Blore : Gosh no, Miss Daly, I want to marry you!

• Niagara : Willie the wolfman's out there waiting.

  May Daly : Yes, I know. He sent in the evidence.

  Niagara : Oh, six orchids! My, my, my! What's he trying to do, landscape you?

• Alec Howe : You're human, aren't you?

  May Daly : I hope not!

• King Louis XV : Don't you know that kings can do no wrong?

  Madame Du Barry : That's my plan!

• Madame Du Barry : He's mad about me!

  Ginny : They're all mad about you!

• Black Arrow : Du Barry! That jay! That jezebel! That spoiler of kings!

  Madame Du Barry : Isn't he wonderful?

  Black Arrow : Does she love the king? No! She loves rubies! So your children go hungry! She loves silks! So your wives go naked!

  Madame Du Barry : [dreamily]  Look at his eyes.

• May Daly : I trust my appearance pleases you.

• May Daly : Now, don't you worry about me. I'm not falling for anyone. Not until I see the whites of their checkbooks.

• King Louis XV : The royal flowers from the royal garden into your royal arms.

  Madame Du Barry : And right in your royal kisser!

• Madame Du Barry : Find the man I want and bring him here, to me!

  King Louis XV : Well, personally, I think you have enough men here now. What is this, the boudoir or the barracks?

• [last lines] 

  Louis Blore : You know, Ginny, I never appreciated you till now. Can we still be friends?

  Ginny : Absolutely not.

  [kiss and sings] 

  Ginny : If they ever black your eyes, put me wise ,If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose, If they ever put a bullet through your brain, I'll complain

  Louis Blore , Ginny , May Daly , Alec Howe , Tommy Dorsey : It's friendship, friendship, Just a perfect blendship, When other friendships go up in smoke, Ours will still be oak

  Louis Blore , Ginny , May Daly , Alec Howe , Tommy Dorsey : Good evening, friends

• Alec Howe : Louis, you're a Prince.

  Louis Blore : Ah, I used to be a King.

  May Daly : You still are, Louis.

• Innkeeper : All right, what'll it be?

  Madame Du Barry : Champagne.

  Innkeeper : Champagne?

  Madame Du Barry : The champagne of the poor, beer.

  Du Barry's Companion : And stale bread.

• May Daly : No, we want to start out broke, Louis. Then anything that happens to us will be an improvement.