Royal Wedding (1951)
Fred Astaire: Tom Bowen
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Quotes
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Tom Bowen : He didn't have to chase very hard after Ellen. She stood still and waited.
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Ellen Bowen : Didn't your mother never teach you no manners?
Tom Bowen : I never had no mother. We was too poor.
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James Ashmond : Do I look like a gentleman?
Tom Bowen : You look like a banker.
James Ashmond : But do I look like a gentleman?
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[last lines]
Tom Bowen : They didn't have to go to all this trouble, a small wedding would have been alright.
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Tom Bowen : Miss Boner, may I escort you to Klinger's clanmate tomorrow night?
Ellen Bowen : Wow, I'll be delighted, and what a surprise you're asking me! Oh Tommy, let's be terrific tomorrow night!
Tom Bowen : Cosmic!
Ellen Bowen : Stupendous!
Tom Bowen : A smash... we hope!
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Tom Bowen : Ellen's British romance - John Brindale. Do you know him?
Irving Klinger : [Edgar Klinger] Know the family - very old. Uh, they do say that young John is a bit of a chaser.
Tom Bowen : He didn't have to chase very hard after Ellen. She stood still and waited.
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Tom Bowen : You should have seen the expression on your face when you saw me.
Anne Ashmond : How did I look?
Tom Bowen : As if I were a dentist.
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Ellen Bowen : [referring to the royal couple] I wonder what the bride is doing today.
Tom Bowen : Why don't you call her up and ask her?
Ellen Bowen : [chuckles] I wonder what I would be doing a month before my wedding.
Tom Bowen : Probably trying to find a way out of it.
Ellen Bowen : Do you really think so?
Tom Bowen : You know you would.
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Tom Bowen : I wonder what the groom is doing today.
Ellen Bowen : Why don't you call him up and ask him?
Tom Bowen : Very funny.
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Tom Bowen : Sorry, I thought you were *him*.
Anne Ashmond : How odd.
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Irving Klinger : [as Edgar Klinger] Uh, tell me old boy - how are things in the colonies these days?
Tom Bowen : Oh, fine, fine.
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Ellen Bowen : Well, what are you so pleased about?
Tom Bowen : I always smile when I'm heartbroken.