Morocco (1930)

Marlene Dietrich: Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

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• Amy Jolly : Every time a man has helped me, there has been a price. What's yours?

  La Bessiere : My price? A smile.

  Amy Jolly : I haven't got much more.

• Amy Jolly : You'd better go now. I'm... beginning to like you.

• Amy Jolly : I seem to have the unhappy faculty of causing trouble... wherever I go.

• Tom Brown : [Noticing an old photo on Amy's wall, in which she is elegantly attired]  How long ago was that picture taken?

  Amy Jolly : Why?

  Tom Brown : That looks like Russian sable. That coat's worth a loada' shekels. Ya' still got it?

  Amy Jolly : Don't be absurd. If I still had that coat, I wouldn't be here.

• Amy Jolly : [singing, at the nightclub]  What am I bid for my apple, the fruit that made Adam so wise? On the historic night, when he took a bite, they discovered a new paradise. An apple, they say, keeps the doctor away, while his pretty young wife has the time of her life, with the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker... Oh, what am I bid for my apple?

• Amy Jolly : Where is Tom Brown? Was he killed?

  Sergeant Tatoche : Not so rough, Mademoiselle. I'm liable to fall apart. We left him in at Amalfa. You can't kill that long drink of water.

• Tom Brown : I'd sit down if I were you.

  Amy Jolly : You're pretty brave - with women.

  Tom Brown : What's the matter? Don't you like brave men?

  Amy Jolly : Perhaps.

• La Bessiere : Mademoiselle, may I have the honor of your company after the performance?

  Amy Jolly : I am sorry, I have disposed of the balance of the evening.

  La Bessiere : Some other time, perhaps?

  Amy Jolly : [Coyly]  Of course.

• Tom Brown : Two weeks pay is a lot of money for an apple.

  Amy Jolly : You can have it for nothing, if you like.

  Tom Brown : Nothing doing. I always pay for what *I* get.

  [Accompanying soldiers applaud] 

• Tom Brown : [Visiting Amy Jolly's apartment]  You've made this place look pretty nice. It looks different now.

  Amy Jolly : [Suddenly suspicious]  How do you know? Have you... been here before?

  Tom Brown : [Coyly]  Well... I've been stationed in this town for a long time...

• Amy Jolly : [Bessiere has presented her with a very expensive-looking piece of jewelry]  I can't accept this. It's worth a fortune.

  La Bessiere : Anything of less value would be unworthy of you.

• Tom Brown : What in the name of 10,000 purples did you come to a country like this for anyway?

  Amy Jolly : I understand that men are never asked why they enter the Foreign Legion.

  Tom Brown : That's right! They never asked me and if they had I wouldn't have told. When I crashed the Legion, I ditched the past.

  Amy Jolly : There's a Foreign Legion of women, too. But we have no uniforms, no flags, and no medals - when *we* are brave. No wound stripes - when *we* are hurt.

  Tom Brown : Look here, is there anything I can do to help you?

  Amy Jolly : No. I've thought that before. Or, do you think you can restore my faith in men?

  Tom Brown : Not me. You got the wrong man for that! Anybody who has faith in me is a sucker.

  Amy Jolly : You better go now. I'm - beginning to like you.

  Tom Brown : I've told women about everything a man can say. I'm going to tell you something I've never told a woman before: I wish I'd met you ten years ago.

• Amy Jolly : [a group of women with bundles over their shoulders are following the company of Legionnaires going on a mission]  What are those women?

  La Bessiere : I'd call them the rear guard.

• La Bessiere : Do you love him?

  Amy Jolly : I don't know. I hope not.

• Lo Tinto, Nightclub Owner : Don't waste your time down there. There's no money in the pit!

  Amy Jolly : Isn't there?

  [proceeds to the pit] 

• Amy Jolly : Oh! It's you?

  Tom Brown : What's the matter? Were you expecting someone else?

  Amy Jolly : Can I offer you something? Cognac?

  Tom Brown : Too hot. Got any gin?

  Amy Jolly : Yes. Cigarette?

  Tom Brown : Thanks.

• Amy Jolly : Nothing like independence, is there?

• Amy Jolly : You evidently don't think much of women.

  Tom Brown : I tell you lady, it's their fault, not mine.

• Tom Brown : You've a lot of pictures of that man. Your husband?

  Amy Jolly : Husband? I never found a man good enough for that.

  Tom Brown : That's just the way I feel about women.

• Tom Brown : It's good that you found me. This quarter isn't safe at night. I'd better take you home.

  [picks up Amy, carries her down the street and lets her down] 

  Tom Brown : 120?

  Amy Jolly : No, I wish I were. I only feel so light to you; because your arms are so powerful.

• La Bessiere : Possibly I can help you.

  Amy Jolly : Every time a man has helped me there's been a price. What's yours?

  La Bessiere : My price? A smile?

  Amy Jolly : I haven't got much more.

• Amy Jolly : How do you like me now?

  La Bessiere : You seem gay tonight!