Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Tommy Noonan: Gus Esmond Jr.

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• [Dorothy is admiring some athletes] 

  Gus Esmond : Dorothy Shaw. I want you to remember you're supposed to be the chaperone on this trip.

  Dorothy Shaw : Now lets get this straight, Gus. The chaperone's job is to see that nobody else has any fun. Nobody chaperones the chaperone. That's why I'm so right for this job.

• Gus Esmond : [as she tries on the diamond ring he's just given her]  Is it the right size?

  Lorelei Lee : Well, it can never be too big. Do you think that's too small, Dorothy?

  Dorothy Shaw : [whistles]  Looks like it oughta have a highball around it.

• Lorelei Lee : Dorothy. Mr. Esmond and I are getting married.

  Dorothy Shaw : To each other?

  Gus Esmond : Of course to each other. Who else to?

  Dorothy Shaw : Well, I don't know about you Gus, but I always figured Lorelei would end up with the Secretary of the Treasury.

• Gus Esmond : [trying to have a serious talk with Lorelei, but she is bouncing up and down on the bed]  Dear... dear... dear, stop that! It's most distracting.

• Lorelei Lee : Where's Dorothy?

  Gus Esmond Jr. : Oh, I don't know. Someone whistled at her and she disappeared.

• Gus Esmond Jr. : Dorothy Shaw, I'm counting on you to keep those athletes to yourself.

  Dorothy Shaw : What a coincidence! That's my plan too.

• Gus Esmond Jr. : I hope she's not going to be a bad influence on you.

  Lorelei Lee : Oh, no, lover. Dorothy's not bad. Honest! She's just dumb. Always falling with some man just because he's good-looking. I keep telling her, it's just as easy to fall with a rich man as a poor man. But, she says, "Yes, but..." If they're tall, dark and handsome, she never gets around to vital statistics until it's too late. That's why I'm her best friend, I guess. She really needs somebody like I to educate her.

  Gus Esmond Jr. : Yes, dear. But very few girls have your - wonderful willingness to learn.

  Lorelei Lee : I suppose that's true.

• Lorelei Lee : I want to kiss you goodbye.

  Gus Esmond Jr. : Very well.

  Lorelei Lee : No, no. Not in front of everybody. Come on in, Daddy darling.

• Gus Esmond Jr. : Lorelei, I want to talk to you.

  Lorelei Lee : Sure.

  [sits down and starts bouncing up-and-down on the bed] 

  Gus Esmond Jr. : Dear, I want to tell you something... I want to remind you of something... Very... Stop that! Please. It's most distracting.