Mon petit poussin chéri (1940)
Mae West: Flower Belle Lee
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Quotes
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Flower Belle Lee : Mmm, funny, every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Flower Belle Lee : Any time you got nothin' to do and lots of time to do it, come up.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : May I present my card?
Flower Belle Lee : 'Novelties and Notions.' What kind of notions you got?
Cuthbert J. Twillie : You'd be surprised. Some are old, some are new. Whom have I the honor of addressing, m'lady?
Flower Belle Lee : Mmm, they call me Flower Belle.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Flower Belle, what a euphonious appellation. Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes.
Flower Belle Lee : You're kinda cute yourself.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Thank you. I never argue with a lady.
Flower Belle Lee : Smart boy.
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[giving schoolboys an arithmetic lesson]
Flower Belle Lee : Two and two is four and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Flower Belle Lee : I generally avoid temptation... unless I can't resist it.
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Jeff Badger : I'm Jeff Badger. I own this place. Is there anything I can do for you?
Flower Belle : Yeah, you can get outta my way.
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Schoolboy : We was doin' arithmetic on the blackboard when Miss Foster took sick.
Flower Belle Lee : Oh, arithmetic... I was always pretty good at figures myself.
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Judge : Are you trying to show *contempt* for this court?
Flower Belle : No... I'm doin' my best to *hide* it!
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Wayne Carter : Spring is the time for love.
Flower Belle Lee : What's the matter with the rest of the year?
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Flower Belle Lee : [to Wayne Carter] You're a man with ideals. Well, I guess I better be goin' while you still got 'em.
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Flower Belle Lee : [reading off the blackboard] "'I am a good boy. I am a good man. I am a good girl." What is this, propaganda?
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Jeff Badger : You are the sheriff wife now. It would be very embarrassing for you to know who I am.
Flower Belle Lee : Mmm... I've never been embarrassed in my life.
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Jeff Badger : I wonder what kind of a woman you really are.
Flower Belle Lee : Too bad, but I can't give out samples.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : I will be all things to you: father, mother, husband, counselor, jackanapes, bartender...
Flower Belle Lee : You're offering quite a bundle, honey.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : My heart is a bargain today. Will you take me?
[she sneaks a look at his satchel full of what she thinks is money]
Flower Belle Lee : I'll take you - and how.
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[last lines - each saying a line associated with the other]
Cuthbert J. Twillie : If you get up around the Grampian Hills - You must come up and see me sometime.
Flower Belle Lee : Ah, yeah, yeah, I'll do that, my little chickadee.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : Babydoll, these weed-benders have been running off at the mouth... to your detriment.
Flower Belle Lee : Hmmm, I ain't surprised. Bad news travels fast.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : I understand you need a Cicero and guide.
Flower Belle Lee : I need more than that, honey.
[she places her arm on the seat back between them - he takes her hand]
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Ah, what symmetrical digits! Soft as the fuzz of a baby's arm.
Flower Belle Lee : But quick on the trigger.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Mmm, yes. Uh, may I?
[kisses her fingers]
Flower Belle Lee : Help yourself.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Would you object if I avail myself of a second helping?
Flower Belle Lee : Don't you think you're a little forward on such short acquaintance? You're compromising me.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : I've been worried about you, my little peachfuzz. Have you been loitering somewhere?
Flower Belle Lee : I've been learning things.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Unnecessary! You are the epitome of erudition... a double superlative. Can you handle it?
Flower Belle Lee : Yeah, and I can kick it around, too.
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Wayne Carter : I never argue - with a lady.
Flower Belle Lee : Play it safe, huh?
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Wayne Carter : I think you could turn a man's head very easily if he wasn't careful.
Flower Belle : Well, there's no fun in being too careful.
Wayne Carter : Aren't you forgetting that you're married?
Flower Belle : I'm doin' my best.
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Wayne Carter : There's no such thing as law and order in this town. Decent citizens live in fear of their lives.
Flower Belle Lee : That ain't right. There should be a law against it.
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Aunt Lou : These are right pretty pictures of you, Flower Belle.
Flower Belle Lee : Yeah, I like'em. They look just like me.
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Flower Belle Lee : Don't mind being' held up, but I don't like the inconvenience.
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Flower Belle Lee : I was in a tight spot, but I managed to wiggle out of it.
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Flower Belle Lee : [Commenting on Jeff's bar, "The Last Gasp"] Hmm, this reminds me of the "White Palace" in Chicago... only this ain't white.
Jeff Badger : Oh, you're from Chicago?
Flower Belle Lee : Yeah, every bit of me.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : There's something sweet and dainty about a woman's boudoir.
Flower Belle Lee : How do *you* know?
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Ah... huh? Huh?
Flower Belle Lee : Come on, answer the question.
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Why, the latest etiquette books are just full of such knowledge!
Flower Belle Lee : Oh... for a second I thought I heard the voice of experience.
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Cuthbert J. Twillie : [Parting with Flower Belle] Well, I have to hurry back east to attend to some oil wells I have there.
Flower Belle Lee : [Surprised] Oil wells?
Cuthbert J. Twillie : Yes, uh, 'hair oil' wells.
Flower Belle Lee : [Chuckles, rolls her eyes] What a man!
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[first lines]
Stagecoach driver : [the masked bandit shoots a gun, forcing the stagecoach to stop] Whoa, hup! Whoa!
Masked Bandit : Drop those guns.
[the driver and his partner throw their guns to the ground and put their hands up]
Masked Bandit : Everybody get out.
[the passengers leave the stagecoach]
Masked Bandit : Do not try anything and nobody will get hurt.
Stagecoach driver : He said to come out, Miss Flower Belle.
Flower Belle Lee : Well, I got nothing he wants.
Masked Bandit : I will be the judge of that. Come out, or I will have to kill all these nice people.
Flower Belle Lee : Hmm, don't mind being held up, but I don't like the inconvenience.
Mrs. Gideon : The masked bandit!
Flower Belle Lee : He's just another man to me.
Masked Bandit : Bring down the gold box.
[the driver tosses the strongbox to the ground, which the masked bandit shoots open]
Flower Belle Lee : Well, come on, take what you want, and let's get outta here.
Masked Bandit : I will do that... my pretty one. Put the gold in my saddlebags.
[the outlaws stuff the gold into the saddlebags and ride away]