The Belle of New York (1952)

Fred Astaire: Charlie Hill

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• Mrs. Phineas Hill : What are those *obscene* remarks she's making?

  Charlie Hill : It's not obscene, it's French.

  Mrs. Phineas Hill : French *is* obscene!

  Frenchie : What is the meaning of this obscene?

  Charlie Hill : It means you better go.

  Frenchie : Very well then, I obscene!

• Angela Bonfils : There's nothing wrong with you.

  Charlie Hill : Yes there is, I'm in love.

  Angela Bonfils : Love?

  Charlie Hill : You probably don't know about love.

  Angela Bonfils : Well I certainly know it isn't about being numb, weak at the knees.

• Charlie Hill : Peanuts. I only wish they were diamonds.

  Angela Bonfils : That's silly, you can't eat diamonds.

  Charlie Hill : Diamonds buy a lot of peanuts.

  Angela Bonfils : I got a lot of peanuts.

• Charlie Hill : I guess I just seem to lose interest in any girl who'd marry a fella like me.

• Charlie Hill : Can I have a magazine? I'll treasure this all my life, I'll sleep with it under my pillow.

  Angela Bonfils : It would do you more good if you read it.

• Angela Bonfils : What are you trying to do?

  Charlie Hill : I wanna be saved by you and for you.

  Angela Bonfils : You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

  Charlie Hill : I am, I'm an awful sinner.

• Charlie Hill : [singing]  Kissing's believing, And when I kiss you, I feel as though, We were miles off the ground, Never knew that dreams came true, But miraculously they do...

• Charlie Hill : How do you know I'm not sincere? People can be wrong sometimes. Now, you mustn't be biased or prejudiced, Miss Bonfils. Just because a man is more "uptrodden" than downtrodden, is no reason to suspect his motives.

• Charlie Hill : [singing]  Oops, my heart went whoops, The moment that we met, My heart went whoops, I never will forget, My heart turned hoops, The moment that I met you. Whoops, my feet went whoops, I nearly took a spill, My knees went whoops, They shook a bit until, My head went whoops...

• Charlie Hill : When I go, I go all the way.

• Charlie Hill : [singing]  And oops, My heart went oops, It went into a spin, Of loop-the-loops, You must have thought me kin, To nincompoops...

• Charlie Hill : [doorbell rings]  Now, who could that be at this hour of the night?

  Max Ferris : Probably a little man, a white coat with a net.

• Charlie Hill : Haven't you any idea where I could find her?

  Elsie Wilkins : Well, let me see. You might try - you might try the gayer places!

• Max Ferris : We gotta do something. We can at least convince her you're not a heel.

  Charlie Hill : You couldn't even convince me.

• Charlie Hill : [singing]  I wanna be a dancin' man, While I can, Gonna leave my footsteps, On the sands of time...