Lucille La Verne: Queen, Witch
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Queen : Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness I summon thee. Speak! Let me see thy face.
Magic Mirror : What wouldst thou know, my Queen?
Queen : Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
Magic Mirror : Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee.
Queen : Alas for her! Reveal her name.
Magic Mirror : Lips red as the rose, hair black as ebony, skin white as snow.
Queen : [looking offended] Snow White!
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Queen : Magic Mirror, on the wall, who *now*, is the fairest one of all?
Magic Mirror : Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest one of all.
Queen : Snow White lies dead in the forest. The huntsman has brought me proof. Behold, her heart.
Magic Mirror : Snow White still lives, fairest in the land. 'Tis the heart of a pig you hold in your hand.
Queen : The heart of a pig! Then I've been tricked!
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Queen : Take her far into the forest. Find some secluded glade where she can pick wildflowers.
Humbert : [bowing briefly] Yes, Your Majesty.
Queen : And there, my faithful huntsman, you will *kill* her!
Humbert : [protesting] But Your Majesty, the little princess!
Queen : [rising] Silence! You know the penalty if you fail.
Humbert : [solemnly] Yes... Your Majesty.
Queen : But to make doubly sure you do *not* fail, bring back her heart - in this.
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Queen : Now, a formula to transform my beauty into ugliness. Change my queenly raiment to a peddler's cloak. Mummy dust, to make me old. To shroud my clothes, the black of night. To age my voice, an old hag's cackle. To whiten my hair, a scream of fright. A blast of wind to fan my hate. A thunderbolt to mix it well. Now, begin thy magic spell.
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Queen : But wait! There may be an antidote. Nothing must be overlooked.
[flips through the book she was reading earlier till she finds the antidote]
Queen : Ohhh, hear this: The Victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by Love's First Kiss.
[scoffs]
Queen : Love's First Kiss!
[slamming the book closed]
Queen : Bah! No fear of that. The dwarfs will think she's dead; she'll be buried alive!
[Cackles as she puts the poisoned apple in a basket filled with other apples and leaves by a trapdoor in the cellar floor]
Queen : Buried alive!
[cackles again as she leaves]
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Queen : And because you've been so good to poor old Granny, I'll share a secret with you. This is no ordinary apple, it's a magic wishing apple.
Snow White : A wishing apple?
Queen : Yes! One bite, and all your dreams will come true.
Snow White : Really?
Queen : Yes, girlie. Now, make a wish, and take a bite.
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Queen : [Passes the skeleton of a prisoner reaching for a pitcher] Thirsty? Have a drink!
[Kicks the pitcher; the skeleton crumbles and a spider skitters out]
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Queen : [as she attempts to pry a boulder to try and crush them] I'll fix ya! I'll crush your bones!
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Queen : Look! My hands!
[the Queen's formerly smooth hands grow and turn wrinkled and clawed with long pointed fingernails, a large cyst on her left, as her cloak turns jet black]
Queen : My voice!
[the Queen's voice is no longer deep and smooth at this point, but now rough and witch-like]
Queen : My voice!
[evil cackle]
Queen : A perfect disguise!
[another dark cackle, as the Queen in her complete peddler disguise reveals her whole face, terrifying the raven as he dives into a skull in terror]
Queen : And now, a special sort of death... for one so fair. What shall it be... ahhh!
[the terrified raven in the skull jumps back, shivering and quaking as he hides behind a desk]
Queen : A poisoned apple! Sleeping death! Oh ho ho ho. One taste of the poisoned apple, and the victim's eyes will close forever... in the sleeping death!
[the hag turns to face the camera, smiling devilishly as it zooms in on her face, before it fades to black]
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Queen : All alone, my pet?
Snow White : Why, why, yes, I am, but...
Queen : Then the little men are not here?
Snow White : No, they're not, but...
Queen : Mmm, mm-hmm.
[Sniffing]
Queen : Baking pies?
Snow White : Yes, gooseberry pie.
Queen : It's apple pies that make the menfolks' mouths water.
[presenting the poisoned apple to Snow White]
Queen : Pies made from apples like these.
Snow White : Oh, they do look delicious.
Queen : Yes, but wait till you taste one, dearie. Like to try one, hm? Go on. Go on, have a bite.
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Snow White : [as she takes a bite of the poisoned apple] Oh, I feel strange.
[Starts gasping for air]
Queen : [to herself] Her breath will still. Her blood congeal.
[Snow White drops to the floor in a deep sleep, the apple rolling from her hand]
Queen : [Cackling triumphantly] Now I'll be fairest in the land!
[continues cackling as the leaves the cottage, until the dwarfs spot her]
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Queen : Dip the apple in the brew. Let the Sleeping Death seep through.
[the poison on the apple forms a skull]
Queen : Look! On the skin! The symbol of what lies within. Now, turn red, to tempt Snow White, to make her hunger for a bite.
Queen : [offering the apple to the raven] Have a bite?
[the raven flaps wildly, trying to escape]
Queen : [laughing] It's not for you, it's for Snow White. When she breaks the tender peel, to taste the apple in my hand, her breath will still, her blood congeal, then I'll be fairest in the land!
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Queen : And because you've been so good to poor old Granny, I'll share a secret with you. This is no ordinary apple. It's a magic wishing apple.
Snow White : A wishing apple?
Queen : Yes! One bite and all your dreams will come true.
Snow White : Really?
Queen : Yes, girlie. Now, make a wish and take a bite.
