Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Gene Kelly: Alec Howe, Black Arrow

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Quotes 

• Black Arrow : Be brave, my friend, you're dying for your country.

  Taliostra : Yeah, but I was born in the city!

• Alec Howe : You're human, aren't you?

  May Daly : I hope not!

• Alec Howe : You know, it's too bad May couldn't marry for love *and* money.

  Louis Blore : You mean sort of a double wedding?

• Black Arrow : How embarrassing, to be found hiding behind a woman's skirts.

• Black Arrow : Du Barry! That jay! That jezebel! That spoiler of kings!

  Madame Du Barry : Isn't he wonderful?

  Black Arrow : Does she love the king? No! She loves rubies! So your children go hungry! She loves silks! So your wives go naked!

  Madame Du Barry : [dreamily]  Look at his eyes.

• Alec Howe : [about May Daly]  Isn't she wonderful?

  Taliostra : Just another female woman. Take away her eyes, her nose, her mouth, and her ears - and what have you got? A blank expression.

• [last lines] 

  Louis Blore : You know, Ginny, I never appreciated you till now. Can we still be friends?

  Ginny : Absolutely not.

  [kiss and sings] 

  Ginny : If they ever black your eyes, put me wise ,If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose, If they ever put a bullet through your brain, I'll complain

  Louis Blore , Ginny , May Daly , Alec Howe , Tommy Dorsey : It's friendship, friendship, Just a perfect blendship, When other friendships go up in smoke, Ours will still be oak

  Louis Blore , Ginny , May Daly , Alec Howe , Tommy Dorsey : Good evening, friends

• Alec Howe : Louis, you're a Prince.

  Louis Blore : Ah, I used to be a King.

  May Daly : You still are, Louis.

• Black Arrow : Friends of freedom, foes of iniquity, sons of liberty, arise!