1 | Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett originally envisioned this movie as a comedy, and while the final product turned out more dramatic than intended, it still works in a few humorous lines. |
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3 | * "There's nothing tragic about being fifty...unless you're trying to be twenty-five." |
4 | * Joe's narration for the scene of him paging through Norma's script: |
5 | --> Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be. This promised to go the limit. |
6 | * Joe's expression of disbelief in astrology, when Norma claims the stars foretell Cecil B. [=DeMille=] greenlighting her return: |
7 | -->'''Norma:''' Here's the chart from my astrologer. She read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope. She read mine.\ |
8 | '''Joe:''' She read the script? |
9 | * Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. (Gloria Swanson was friends with Charlie Chaplin in real life.) At least until Max interrupts. |
10 | * A grim joke during the final scene, but the police are unable to use the phones because gossip columnist Hedda Hopper is calling in her report. |
11 | * When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'Film/GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'" |
12 | * When Norma visits Paramount Studios, she's shown to a seat to watch the shoot. When she sits down, she notices a microphone nearby and shoves it away. |
13 | * When Joe first arrives at Sunset, Max says, "Call me if you need help with the coffin." Joe's [[FlatWhat expression]] is ''priceless''. |
14 | * "Oh, shut up. I'm rich." |
15 | * This bit: |
16 | -->'''Joe:''' I mean, this is good dialogue in here. It'll play.\ |
17 | '''Betty:''' It will?\ |
18 | '''Joe:''' Sure! Especially with lots of music underneath. Drowning it out.\ |
19 | '''Betty:''' Don't you sometimes hate yourself?\ |
20 | '''Joe''' ''(grinning)'': Constantly!\ |
21 | ''(Betty gives him a DeathGlare.)'' |
22 | * In the musical, when Joe arrives a bit late for the New Year's Eve party, and Artie takes the coat from the former, he gets surprised: |
23 | -->'''Artie:''' Jesus, Joe, what's this made of? Mink? Who did you borrow this from? Adolphe Menjou? |
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