Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Alexis Smith: Christine Gilbert

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• Christine Gilbert : You can make up songs, George, but you can't make up life.

• Christine Gilbert : You're happy.

  George Gershwin : When you're around I am.

  Christine Gilbert : No. You don't need anyone or anything. Whatever you touch turns to gold. You're happy every hour.

• Christine Gilbert : George, you're the perfect bachelor.

• Christine Gilbert : Who did you say it was?

  Friend of Madame DeBreteuil : You mean to say you've never heard of George Gershwin? Why, his music's all the rage just now.

  Madame DeBreteuil : His songs, his Rhapsody; what we call "Le Hot Jazz."

• George Gershwin : Chris, you will come to New York?

  Christine Gilbert : It would serve you right if I did.

• George Gershwin : You take me for some kind of curiosity?

  Christine Gilbert : That's stimulating, George. Your interest in me is the same, you know. Whatever I do or say, you think is exotic. I've never thought of myself as exotic.

• Christine Gilbert : Not one word about love. We can talk about painting, coffee, history, society, Times Square, the Champs Elysees, whatever you like; but, not love.

• Christine Gilbert : I know the real thing when I see it; but, I can't put it on canvas.

  George Gershwin : Maybe that's because you're too critical. Why don't you let yourself go?

  Christine Gilbert : That, too, is easier for you than for me.

• George Gershwin : I'm beginning to understand. That painting for you is like music for me.

  Christine Gilbert : If that were true, I'd be the happiest woman in the world.