Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Fred Astaire: Johnny Brett
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Quotes
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King Shaw : The more you know about women, the less you know about women.
Johnny Brett : Maybe it's time you find out they're not all alike.
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Johnny Brett : Nice black coffee for that nice black hangover.
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Johnny Brett : [singing] So, move Grant's Tomb to Union Square
King Shaw : And put Brooklyn anywhere
Johnny Brett , King Shaw : But please, please, I beg on my knees, Don't monkey with old Broadway...
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Johnny Brett , King Shaw : [singing] Please don't monkey with Broadway, Though it's tawdry and plain, It's a lovely old lane, Full of landmarks galore and memories gay...
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Johnny Brett : Come on. Come on! Get out there. We'll give these people a show.
King Shaw : Okay, boy.
Johnny Brett : And remember, you never know who may be out there. So give!
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King Shaw : And we came to New York to get on Broadway.
Johnny Brett : At least after five years of hoofing we're in the right town.
King Shaw : Yeah, but who knows it except us? Just a couple of taxi dancers, pushing around a lot of female lonely-hearts at five cents a dance. And doing a specialty act - without pay.
[sarcastically]
King Shaw : What a career.
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Johnny Brett : When success goes to a dancer's feet, he's all right; but, when it goes to his head, he's top-heavy!
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Johnny Brett : Come on, we'd better go through your routine.
King Shaw : Routine. Routine! Routine! Don't you ever think of anything else?
Johnny Brett : Okay. It's your routine, not mine.
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Johnny Brett : What's the matter, King?
King Shaw : So you took Clare out to lunches?
Johnny Brett : No crime in that, is there?
King Shaw : No, no. We share everything.
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Johnny Brett : The Yes Man says no!