mr6666 Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 uh-oh, yeah you got it. it's yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Okay, let's try this one: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." It is said by a woman to a man. Name the stars and the film. Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 any connection to Constance Bennett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 sixes wrote: any connection to Constance Bennett? No, sorry. No connection to Constance Bennett. The actress who delivered that line lived a long life and had a long, illustrious career. The quote, again: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." Who said it, and what's the title of the film? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Sounds like Irene Dunne---"The Awful Truth" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 No, not Irene Dunne and not "The Awful Truth" (1937). Ms. Dunne did live a long life, dying at age 91. But her film career was nowhere near as long as the lady's was, who spoke the quote in question. If we include television appearances, our lady had twice the career Ms. Dunne did. But you are in the right decade. The film in which the quote was spoken was indeed released in the 1930s. The quote, again: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." Who said it, and what's the title of the film? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 A wild guess: Barbara Stanwyck in "The Secret Bride" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 mudski wrote: A wild guess: Barbara Stanwyck in "The Secret Bride?" No, not Barbara Stanwyck. And did you actually SEE "The Secret Bride?" I thought that was a lost film. Anyway, the lady who speaks our quote lived a longer life than did Barbara Stanwyck. If you know how many years la Stanwyck lived, that should cut down your research time quite a bit. Once more, here is the quote: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." Who said it, and what's the title of the film? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 How about Katharine Hepburn in "Holiday" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Sorry, no. It isn't Katharine Hepburn in "Holiday" (1938), though you are quite right in sticking to the clues: I had said that the lady with the quote in question lived a longer life than did Barbara Stanwyck, and the film in question was released in the 1930s. So, you are correct on both counts. Except that Katharine H. never spoke those words in a film. But I'm troubled that this question, which properly belongs under "Famous Movie Quotes," is degenerating into a "Do You Know Me?" question. So, let's review. In the scene we are asking about, the speaker is a woman and a flirt. She is speaking to a young man who has just professed his love for her, but he knows the lady is already engaged to another. The scene takes place at a beach. They are lying on the sand -- well, actually they are sitting up. On the beach. And the woman, who is a beautiful flirt, is trying to encourage more words of romance from this young man. Never mind that she is already engaged; she just craves more of his attentive wooing. So she says to him: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." Who said it, and what's the title of the film? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 No new guesses? Okay, to maintain interest in this quote, here's a new clue: The film in question was a remake... and it was later remade again, in the 1980s. Once again: The quote was spoken by an actress who lived a long life, and enjoyed a very long career in films and television. The film was made in the 1930s. The quote is: "Darling, engagements are just like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." Who said it, and what's the title of the film? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Okay, this question has been up for eight (8) days, and no one has even come close to getting the correct answer, despite several extra clues I have given. So I'm pulling the plug. The question was: Name the speaker and the film, in which a beautiful but flirtatious young woman says to the youngish man who wants to woo her although she is already engaged: "Darling, engagements are like vaccinations. Sometimes they take, sometimes they don't." I also told you the movie was made in the 1930s, and that the speaker of the quote had a long life and a lengthy career in movies and TV. But still, no correct answer. Must be a good question. So I'll save it for another day. I now declare the FAMOUS MOVIE QUOTES thread.... OPEN!!! Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 who remembers: "We'll begin with a reign of terror - a few murders here and there. Murders of great men, murders of little men. Just to show we make no distinction." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Claude Rains' first screen "appearance" as *The Invisible Man*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 yup, one of my Rains favs your turn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Try this on for size: "Immorality may be fun. But it isn't fun enough to take the place of 100% virtue and 3 square meals a day." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 It's a classic among classic romantic comedies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 My. Favorite wife ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 cujas wrote: Immorality may be fun. But it isn't fun enough to take the place of 100% virtue and 3 square meals a day. Well, I think it's from "Design for Living" (1933). Edward Everett Horton speaks the line. But I've seen this film recently, and I doubt very much that it's a classic among classic romantic comedies. I'd call it a dud. Perhaps the most significant thing about "Design for Living" is that it is _probably_ the only film in which Edward Everett Horton gets to kiss a woman (Miriam Hopkins). Lemme know, will ya cujas? Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Well, I wasn't speaking for myself about *Design For Living*--I was quoting the critics and the film historians. Frankly, I thought the film was just ok, but a heck of a lot better than the critically acclaimed *Trouble In Paradise*. My favorite Lubitsch is *Ninotchka*, so what do I know? I agree with you in general, but I have an "I Love Lucy" dvd where Edward Everett Horton kisses Lucy and chases her around the apt. Pretty hot stuff. Dan, it's good to see you back--take it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Okay, let's try this one: "Elizabeth, money isn't everything. You can _learn_ to love me!" Now, that line has probably been used a lot, in movies over the years. So, I inserted the woman's name -- Elizabeth -- to differentiate this line from the others. I hope there were no other Elizabeths on the receiving end of that line, but no matter. Also, this movie is a comedy, not a sentimental romantic film. So remember that, when you're trying to come up with the movie title and the speaker of the quote. Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 WHOA!!! After zero replies to my "famous quotes" question, I decided to try and find if that quote had ever been posted to the usual sites... and guess what? I can't find it anywhere! Puzzling. I thought that surely, after 83 years of talking pictures, SOMEBODY would have used that line. Apparently not. Well, somebody DID! In the movie I am asking about! What other clues do you need? Remember, this film is a comedy, not a sappy romance movie. The quote is: "Elizabeth, money isn't everything. You can learn to love me!" Who said that, and in what film? Remember, it's a comedy. Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudskipper Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Buster. Keaton?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneldorado Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 mudski wrote: Buster. Keaton?... No, not Buster. But I am all on edge, wondering HOW in the heck you came up with THAT name. Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 after 5 days, how about some clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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