The Belle of New York (1952)
Vera-Ellen: Angela Bonfils
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Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Phineas Hill : The Belle of New York. A fine title for somebody in our type of work.
Angela Bonfils : Oh, it's only their way of showing their love for our welfare house.
Mrs. Phineas Hill : Amazing how they've grown to love our welfare house since you've grown.
[Miss Wilkens bangs her bass drum]
Mrs. Phineas Hill : Miss Wilkins.
Angela Bonfils : Well, the important thing is they do come here.
Mrs. Phineas Hill : But that *look* in their eyes. Not exactly the right kind of look for men who are seeking guidance - you know what I mean?
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Mrs. Phineas Hill : Honestly, if it weren't for your parents who built this welfare house, I'd advise you to - choose some other type of career.
Angela Bonfils : Oh, but, Mrs. Hill this has been my home, my life. And I've tried so hard to - to equip myself for this kind of work.
Elsie Wilkins : If you ask me, it's your equipment that's causing all the...
Mrs. Phineas Hill : Miss Wilkins!
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Angela Bonfils : The fact that you have chosen to spend your time here, in these surroundings, is proof that you have forsaken your former hangouts - those environments of sin and temptation. We are proud of the great number of you who have deserted the evil of wine, women and song.
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Mrs. Phineas Hill : Oh, it's not your fault, Angela. If you were only a little plainer. If you don't look so... so...
Angela Bonfils : So?
Mrs. Phineas Hill : Well, if you only would look a little more so-so than so.
Angela Bonfils : Oh.
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Angela Bonfils : [singing] Give old Lucifer a shove, You can light your way above, If you let a little love, In your life.
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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.
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Angela Bonfils : Love is - an emotion that's *alive*, exciting, vibrant. You feel like a - billowy cloud. And you walk on air.
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Angela Bonfils : [singing] Wanna be naughty, Naughty but nice, See if I'm made of, Sugar and spice, To all convention, I call out: Gangway, I confess that I wanna care less...
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Angela Bonfils : How could I act like a - a frivolous woman?
Elsie Wilkins : Well, you've got every part to play it with.
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Angela Bonfils : Where's my corset?
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Angela Bonfils : Oh! Elsie!
Elsie Wilkins : Oh, look at - garters!
Angela Bonfils : Garters! Oh, but do you think we can be this bad?
Elsie Wilkins : Oh, you're not being bad. You're just being a little naughty.
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Angela Bonfils : Elsie, I'm frightened.
Elsie Wilkins : Why?
Angela Bonfils : I like it.
Elsie Wilkins : Me too.
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Angela Bonfils : I ordered champagne, I wanted champagne, and I expected to get champagne.