Blonde Vénus (1932)

Cary Grant: Nick Townsend

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• Nick Townsend : Hello, Helen.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Well, if it isn't old Nick himself. I expected you to pop up someday.

  Nick Townsend : If this is a dream, Helen, I hope I never wake up. Let me come backstage, will ya?

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I seem to remember you came backstage once before.

• Nick Townsend : Why don't you cool down and run along? We don't want any trouble.

  Big Fellow : Yellow, huh?

  Nick Townsend : Yes, maybe I am. As a matter of fact, I'm scared stiff. And being reasonably certain that someone's gonna get a punch in the jaw, I'm going to make sure it isn't me.

  [punches him] 

  Minor Role : Are you goin' back for more, or will we go home, ya big stiff? Come on Mary.

  Big Fellow : [as he's being picked up off the floor]  Who hit me?

  Dan O'Connor : Sorry this happened, Mr. Townsend.

  Nick Townsend : Oh, that's all right, O'Connor, I rather enjoyed it.

• Nick Townsend : What are we going to do about tonight? Shall I wait for you after the show?

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I don't know. I think I'd rather go home alone.

  Nick Townsend : Honestly, you'd do me a great favor.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : A great favor?

  Nick Townsend : Yes, a great favor.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Will I get a bracelet for it?

  Nick Townsend : Has Taxi been talking about me?

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : She said some very nice things about you.

  Nick Townsend : Well, now, don't get the wrong idea. Taxi really did me a favor, and only a favor. There's nothing more between us than just that, although she likes to give people the impression that there is.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : How am I to believe that, Mr. Townsend?

  Nick Townsend : Well, I'll give you a bracelet. There's nothing between us, is there?

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I don't accept bracelets from a stranger.

  Nick Townsend : There's no reason why we should remain strangers.

• Nick Townsend : Say, O'Connor, I meant to call you up yesterday but I didn't get around to it. Miss Jones isn't going to work for you anymore.

  Dan O'Connor : What's the idea? She can't quit me like this.

  Ben Smith : Who's that?

  Nick Townsend : Nick Townsend. After me giving her all this publicity and workin' up a swell following for her?

  Nick Townsend : Do you happen to have a contract with Miss Jones?

  Dan O'Connor : Have you got that dame under contract?

  Ben Smith : Have I got a million dollars?

• Nick Townsend : Aw, it's no use trying to fool myself or you, Helen. I'm crazy about you. I want you to like me too, if you can.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : You're making it difficult for me not to.

  Nick Townsend : Come on, honey, give me a little kiss, will you? Just a little one?

• Nick Townsend : Kinda wish now I'd never met you. No, I take that back. A little of you is worth a lifetime with any other woman. Let's end this thing right, Helen.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Can we end it right?

• Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I wish I was someone else. Then I could stay here with you forever.

  Nick Townsend : So do I, Helen. Not only for my sake but for your own. There's trouble ahead of you.

  Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I know it.

• Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I've been teaching Johnny to forget his mother. It's been a pretty tough job, and I don't intend to have my work spoiled.

  Nick Townsend : I see. You're not so very well off financially, are you?

  Edward 'Ned' Faraday : That's nobody's business but my own.

  Nick Townsend : Would it be worth, let us say... a thousand dollars, to let her see him for ten minutes?

  Edward 'Ned' Faraday : A hundred dollars a minute. Surely, Mr. Townsend, you can afford to be more liberal.

  Nick Townsend : I'll raise it to a thousand dollars a minute. Ten thousand dollars. How about it, Faraday?

  Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I suppose you feel pretty good the way you can throw money around. Ten thousand dollars for ten minutes doesn't mean very much to you, does it? Well, it doesn't mean anything to me. I can throw money around the same as you can. Let her come in... for nothing.

• Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : [singing]  Hot voodoo, I'm aflame, I'm really not to blame, That African tempo is meaner than mean, Hot voodoo makes me brave, I want to misbehave, I'm beginning to feel like an African queen, Those drums bring out, The devil inside me, I need some great big angel to guide me, Hot voodoo gets me wild, Oh, fireman, save this child, I'm going to blazes, I want to be bad!

  Nick Townsend : [clapping and talking]  Not bad, eh, Henry?

  Henry : I should say not.

  Nick Townsend : Where'd you dig her up, O'Connor?

  Dan O'Connor : How do you like her, boys?

  Nick Townsend : Pretty good.

• Nick Townsend : Beat it, Charlie.

  Charlie Blaine : I knew that was coming.

• Nick Townsend : You can't make enough money there anyway to send to your husband - unless you meet another sucker like me.

• Nick Townsend : Say, what do you happen to know about this Helen Jones?

  Judge in Paris Nightclub Talking to Nick : You don't mean to tell me you're interested in her!

  Nick Townsend : Well, I didn't say I was, did I?

  Judge in Paris Nightclub Talking to Nick : They say she came over from South America about five months ago. When she got here, she used man after man as a stepping stone. Then all of a sudden, Paris went wild over her. That's all I know, except they say she's as cold as the proverbial icicle.

  Nick Townsend : That's pretty cold, isn't it?

  Judge in Paris Nightclub Talking to Nick : It's cold enough for me.

• Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Well, Nick, did you succeed in forgetting me?

  Nick Townsend : Forget you? I should say not. I haven't stopped thinking about you a single day since I last saw you.

• Nick Townsend : I've got a million questions to ask you.

  Taxi Belle Hooper : Better not ask them, Nick. I'd rather not talk about the past.

  Nick Townsend : Well, let's talk about the present. Are you happy? Are you in love with anybody?

  Taxi Belle Hooper : I'm not in love with anybody, and I'm completely happy. Funny, isn't it?

  Nick Townsend : No, it's tragic to me. Wish I were necessary to your happiness. I guess I never did mean much to you.

  Taxi Belle Hooper : Maybe you did. Anyway, nothing means much to me now. It's better this way. No chains at all. I haven't a care in the world.

  Nick Townsend : Aw, you're lying. Where's Johnny?

  Taxi Belle Hooper : Home, I suppose, with his father.

  Nick Townsend : Say, I know you better than that. All this is fake. You care more about Johnny than anything else on earth.

  Taxi Belle Hooper : What if I did?

  Nick Townsend : I'm going back to the States day after tomorrow. Come with me and look up Johnny and break that crust of ice around your heart.

  Taxi Belle Hooper : What's the use of talking about the impossible? I'm not allowed to go near him.

  Nick Townsend : Are you divorced?

  Taxi Belle Hooper : No.

  Nick Townsend : Well, chuck all this and come back to America with me. Come on, Helen, give me a break too. My life isn't complete without you. Soon as we land, I'll manage it so you can see Johnny.

  Taxi Belle Hooper : Let's forget all that. I don't want to see Johnny again. What for? I'd go to pieces.