Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Red Skelton: Louis Blore, King Louis XV

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Quotes 

• Charlie : We'll slip him a Rooney.

  Louis Blore : A Rooney? What's that?

  Charlie : It's a high-powered Mickey.

• Ginny : Can't you see I love you and want you for the father of my children?

  Louis Blore : I didn't know you had any!

• Louis Blore : You remind me of one of those girls in Esquire, the ones with clothes on, of course.

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

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

• King Louis XV : Hey! Men don't kiss men!

  Dauphin : They do in France, Pop.

• King Louis XV : Your Majesty, now, may I hang him?

  King Louis XV : Sure. No! What kind of a king do you think I am, anyway? We'll give him a fair trial. Then we'll hang him.

• King Louis XV : [singing]  Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la you've come to wash my face!

  Maids : [singing in return]  Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la we've come to wash your face!

• Louis Blore : Money ain't changed *me*, I'm still lovable!

• King Louis XV : What's this?

  Duc de Rigor : Your breakfast, Sire.

  King Louis XV : Well, who eats who?

• King Louis XV : What's the setup around here, am I really the King?

  Dauphin : Anyone who says you ain't, dies.

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

  Madame Du Barry : That's my plan!

• Duc de Rigor : Who dares to interfere?

  King Louis XV : Me! My Majesty!

• Ginny : You never look at me like that.

  Louis Blore : You never look like tha!

  Ginny : Louis, if you're not doing anything after work, I'd like to take you home.

  Louis Blore : No. Not after last night.

• Louis Blore : She's just excited. She's never married me before.

• Alec Howe : You know, it's too bad May couldn't marry for love *and* money.

  Louis Blore : You mean sort of a double wedding?

• Louis Blore : Here's to I, May, and you - the eternal rectangle. If this was back in the glorious days of France, I would be King Louis, May would be Du Barry, and you would be one of the common folks - a peasant.

• King Louis XV : For parading without a license each of you gets thirty days. For planning to knock me off, you get the guillotine.

• King Louis XV : Wait a minute, son, how old are you?

  Dauphin : 32.

  King Louis XV : Hey, that doesn't make sense! I'm only 28!

• Louis Blore : Look, I don't mean to be chasing you, but I heard you say you wanted to be alone, so I figured you wouldn't mind if I walked with you.

• Louis Blore : The boarding house where I live is so crowded, you have to take a bath piggyback.

• King Louis XV : Say, who's King around here, anyway?

  Duc de Rigor : You are, Your Majesty.

  King Louis XV : You sure I ain't the Queen?

• Louis Blore : Hey, why is it all the rich people have all the money?

• Louis Blore : [singing]  If Lana Turner doesn't set your brain awhirl, Then you don't love a lovely girl...

• King Louis XV : [singing]  Now, pray thee tell me, pretty maids your duty to the throne

  Perfume Girl : After Your Grace has washed his face, We squirt you with cologne...

• King Louis XV : Tell me, have I got a girl?

  Dauphin : Have you got a - are you kidding, Pop? First there was Madam Pompadour.

  [wink] 

  Dauphin : Then, the Duchess de Chateauroux.

  [wink] 

  Dauphin : And then Countess Jailbait.

  [wink] 

• King Louis XV : Hey, where'd you get all those beautiful girls?

  Dauphin : You give them to me for Christmas, and all the time I wanted a pony.

• King Louis XV : if you're married, why are you chasing around those girls?

  Dauphin : Because I want to be like you, Pop.

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

  Madame Du Barry : And right in your royal kisser!

• King Louis XV : You've already got a man. It's me, and I'm against hoarding.

• King Louis XV : I'm sorry if I rushed you, but I may be dreaming and I wanted to catch you before I woke up.

• King Louis XV : [singing]  I regret to say, I'm unable to partake of your table, You'd be more delish, Account of you're my favorite dish, Madam, if, I don't touch a bite, It's not because I've lost my appetite, I want what you've got plenty of, Madam, I came here for love.

• 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?

• King Louis XV : If I pardon him, I'm left holding the bag, while he's holding you.

• [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

• King Louis XV : What's he got that I wish I had, and how can I get it?

• Alec Howe : Louis, you're a Prince.

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

  May Daly : You still are, Louis.

• Duc de Choiseul : Your Majesty knows this scoundrel?

  King Louis XV : Sure, I know him a long time from now.

• King Louis XV : Two hundred years from now, history books will say, "King Louis was screwy."