You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Fred Astaire: Robert Davis

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• Robert Davis : When do I start dancing?

  Eduardo Acuña : You do not start dancing.

  Robert Davis : But didn't you come to see me about...?

  Eduardo Acuña : About one of my daughters. The one you so gallantly referred to as "the inside of a refrigerator"?

  Robert Davis : Oh... but, I'm afraid I don't follow you.

  Eduardo Acuña : She thinks you're in love with her.

  Robert Davis : Would it be rude of me to inquire if there is any insanity in your family?

• Robert Davis : I was just thinking, maybe...

  Eduardo Acuña : No, you do the dancing, I'll do the thinking.

• Robert Davis : I'll admit my attempt at conversation wasn't so hot. Shall I try again? It's a nice day, isn't it? The air is nice. And there seems to be an abundance of it.

  [sarcastically] 

  Robert Davis : Say, look, would you mind very much if I tear myself away from you?

  Maria Acuña : No.

• Eduardo Acuña : Now, what is it about that girl that made you go, "errrrrr"? She's beautiful!

  Robert Davis : She's beautiful, all right; but, she has a personality like the inside of a refrigerator.

  Eduardo Acuña : In addition, to which, she is my daughter!

  Robert Davis : She is? She is!

  Eduardo Acuña : She is. Now, what is it that you wanted of me?

  Robert Davis : Just your permission to go out and hang myself.

• Eduardo Acuña : Maybe there is insanity in the female branch of the family. They've conceived a misguided affection for you!

  Robert Davis : Only because they think I'm in love with Maria.

  Eduardo Acuña : Why the mere mention of the word love between you and my daughter makes my flesh creep!

• Robert Davis : Look, little lady, as they'd say in Brooklyn: I can't bat in your league. I'm a plain, ordinary guy from Omaha, Nebraska. Just an old fashioned, every day, Midwesterner. Why, my grandfather was a cattle raiser.

  Maria Acuña : So was mine!

  Robert Davis : But, you're streamlined, you're today. Sister, I was raised amongst the grasshoppers. I am strictly from corn!

  Maria Acuña : [singing]  I am not such a clever one about the latest fads, I admit I was never one adored by local lads, Not that I ever tried to be a saint...

• Robert Davis : A little faster, Cuggie, please.

• Robert Davis : We were just running over a thing from Harlem. But, I don't suppose you ever heard of Harlem down here.

  Maria Acuña : Isn't that where the zoot suit with the reet pleat comes from?

  Robert Davis : [surprised]  Yeah.

• Robert Davis : Oh, Cuggie, let's have it!

• Robert Davis : [singing]  Sitting at the table I was never able, To become the host's delight, But now you've given me my after dinner story, I'll just describe you as you are in all your glory, You were never lovelier...

• Robert Davis : [after being kissed by Maria]  Oh, doctor, you struck a nerve!

• Robert Davis : She's a big girl now. Have you taken a good look at her lately?

• Eduardo Acuña : My boy, a woman't advice isn't worth listening to; but, any man who doesn't take it - is a fool. And that's me.

  Robert Davis : I've been pretty much of a dope myself.

• Eduardo Acuña : I have an instinct for what goes on...

  Robert Davis : For what goes on in a woman's heart, I know.

  Eduardo Acuña : I know this: every woman wants to be swept off her feet and carried away.

• Maria Acuña : [final lines]  Lochinvar? Never heard of him.

  Robert Davis : Darling, that's all I wanted to know!

• [first lines] 

  Robert Davis : [hailing a taxi from the racetrack]  Hotel Acuna please.

  [upon arrival, a sign reads - Xavier Cugat In The Sky Room] 

  Robert Davis : Eh, what's his name?

  Hotel Acuña Bellboy : Uh, Eduardo Ecuna. He's the big boss, here's his office.

  Robert Davis : Oh, thanks. Oh, boy...

  [reaches in his pocket for a tip but doesn't have any money] 

  Robert Davis : ... huh, I'll get ya later. Thanks.

  [pats him on the back and enters Mr. Scuna's office for a dancing position business proposition]