The Good Fairy (1935)

Margaret Sullavan: Luisa

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• Dr. Metz : What's your name again, my little peach blossom?

  Konrad : Yes, but she's not your little peach blossom.

  Luisa : I can't tell you that.

  Dr. Metz : Oh, incognito?

  Luisa : Oh, no, that's not it. You'll never guess it.

  Dr. Metz : [laughing]  Very sharp! She reminds me of myself.

• Dr. Schultz : Would you like to be an usherette, Luisa?

  Luisa : Oh, yes, ma'am.

  Dr. Schultz : Do you know what an usherette is?

  Luisa : N-n-no, ma'am.

• Luisa : [In an energetic telling of a fairy tale for the other orphans]  Wampa wampa, Wumpa wumpa, Eenie meenie minie mo; Sweet and faithful Rosalinda, Take me where I want to go.

• Konrad : What does he do?

  Luisa : Oh, my husband?

  Konrad : Oh, well we're right back where we started. Certainly, your husband. What does he do?

  Luisa : I never asked him.

  Konrad : Oh, you never asked him. What does he do? I never asked him. When I say what does he do, I mean is he a butcher, a horse doctor, a dentist, or an undertaker, or what?

  Luisa : What would you like him to be?

  Konrad : What would I like him to be? Uh, whatever I'd like him to be, I mean, he would just be?

  Luisa : He's very willing.

  Konrad : Yes, well that always sounds bad. I suppose he'd be a deep-sea diver or something. That would give me a lot of trouble. Why couldn't you have married a lawyer or something?

  Luisa : A lawyer? He is a lawyer.

  Konrad : Well why didn't you say that in the first place?

  Luisa : I was afraid maybe you didn't need one.

  Konrad : What's his name?

  Luisa : Oh, do you have to know his name?

• Detlaff, the Waiter : What's your name?

  Luisa : Luisa Ginglebusher.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Ginglebusher? Baron so and so, shake hands with, with Miss Ginglebusher? Never!

  Luisa : Well, wh..

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Don't mention your name to anybody. Just be aristocratic.

  Luisa : I'll try.

• Detlaff, the Waiter : [Standing and taking off his shoes]  And now, I'm going to give you a dancing lesson.

  Luisa : Can you dance?

  Detlaff, the Waiter : I've been watching it long enough to know the gist.

• Luisa : Oh, no, I've never been anywhere.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Really?

  Luisa : Except to the asylum.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Huh?

  Luisa : Where I came from.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : [as he slowly takes a dinner knife from Luisa that she's been fiddling with]  Ohhh. The asylum huh? Have you been out long?

  Luisa : Just this morning.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Just this morning? And how does it feel to be out?

  Luisa : Oh, wonderful.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : It must be, uh, uh, cured of course?

  Luisa : Huh?

  Detlaff, the Waiter : I mean, you didn't run away or anything?

  Luisa : Oh, no, I didn't run away. Some of the girls run away sometimes. They always bring them back.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Good.

  Luisa : Well, I, I don't blame 'em much for running away. It isn't as much fun as you think being an orphan.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Orphan asylum?

  Luisa : Why, naturally.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : [Looking very relieved]  I'm glad to hear it.

• Luisa : [Hugging Dr. Schultz and sobbing]  Oh, goodbye, Dr. Schultz.

  Dr. Schultz : Oh, be brave, Luisa. The time has come for you to try your wings.

• Detlaff, the Waiter : Say, would you like some beer and sandwiches?

  Luisa : [Having dodged an aggressive Romeo, Caesar Romero]  Oh, yes, with a face like yours.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : What's the matter with my face?

  Luisa : I like it.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Come on, then. I know a place with music.

  Luisa : Oh, I love music.

• Luisa : [Directing seating as an usherette, with her pointing arrow]  Uh, you're supposed to go this way.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : That way?

  Luisa : Yes, sir

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Why?

  Luisa : Why?

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Yes, why?

  Luisa : Well, I, I, don't know, sir.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Then why do you do it?

  Luisa : Well, it's orders.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : You trying to give me orders?

  Luisa : Oh, no, sir

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Because I don't like being given orders. I take orders all day in the restaurant, and when it comes night time, I like to be free. Like the birds. Remember that.

  Luisa : Yes, sir.

• Konrad : Yes, certainly, his name.

  Luisa : Do you have to know his name?

  Konrad : Do I have to know his name? Luisa, really, sometimes, after all, you're a lit... -- do I have to know is name?

  Luisa : Oh, heh, his name.

  Konrad : Yes, certainly, his name. After all, it isn't as if I

  [They are interrupted when a tipsy Dr. Metz bursts into room, followed by Detlaff] 

• Konrad : [after Detlaff leaves the private dining room]  Did you notice that fellow's eyes? They're like angry marbles.

  Luisa : No, I didn't notice.

  Konrad : I think he's crazy. Bar none! Free for all! Any style! This is the worst hotel in the whole world.

• Luisa : Are you a minister too?

  Konrad : Well, no, not exactly, although people often take me for one. I'm, I'm in the meat business.

  Luisa : Oh.

  Konrad : Uh, strictly wholesale, of course.

  Luisa : Eh, heh, you don't look like a butcher.

  Konrad : A butcher? Who me? I, wh.., I, I'm in, uh importer and exporter.

  Luisa : But of meat?

  Konrad : Well, why not? Uh, heh, heh, are you a vegetarian or something?

  Luisa : Oh, no, no, I, uh, meat is very nice.

  Konrad : Heh, you darn tootin' it is.

• Luisa : Besides, you can't.

  Konrad : Don't use that word. It irritates me. All my plans are fool proof.

  Luisa : Oh, please don't let me cry.

  Konrad : Well, why do you wanna cry when you can do a good deed for somebody?

• Luisa : Oh, Detlaff, I'm so grateful to you. This has been the most wonderful evening in my whole life.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Not for me, it hasn't. I've never spent such an evening. This is positively the last time that I play nursemaid. If I ever do anything like this again you can call me a dish washer.

• Luisa : Is this the story of the Enchanted Woods?

  Konrad : Oh, no, no - the enchanted bankroll.

• Konrad : Well, I'll see him in the morning, and I'll make him... I, I, I, I'll do anything for you. I'll make him General European Legal Representative.

  Luisa : Ohhh! What does it mean?

  Konrad : Well, it doesn't mean anything, but I'll make him something. Now, what's his name?

  Luisa : Oh, his name?

• Luisa : Look! Somewhere out there... Just think, somewhere out there in the night - maybe one of those twinkling lights, maybe one of those dark windows, is little Maxie, sleeping gently.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Little who?

  Luisa : He's worried about his rent, or how he's going to eat tomorrow, or something like that. And he doesn't know, Detlaff - just think, he doesn't know.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Doesn't know what?

  Luisa : That I'm watching over him while he sleeps. That I'm' taking care of him. That I'm his good fairy.

• Luisa : Well, I mean, I suppose everybody really wants to do something for somebody naturally, because it makes you feel good, and all happy in your heart, and... well, I suppose everybody naturally wants to feel that way, don't you think?

  Dr. Sporum : I believe one could say that with safety.

• Luisa : Even if he doesn't like me anymore, he's got to keep his pencil sharpener, Detlaff.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : Who thinks what? What do you mean, his pencil sharpener? The trouble with you is you've been drinking again.

  Luisa : Don't be silly. If you start off to be a good fairy you can't stop right in the middle.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : In the middle of what? Where does the pencil sharpener come in? You ought to go back in the asylum.

• Luisa : [Talking about Max buying a car]  All right then, it's gotta be pink.

  Dr. Sporum : Pink?

  Luisa : Of course it has. You can't take that beard around with a black car. Why, you'll frighten the children.

  Dr. Sporum : You oughta be spanked.

• Dr. Sporum : You are the good fairy. You flew into my life and changed everything.

  Luisa : No, you're the good fairy who changed my life.

  Detlaff, the Waiter : No, no, no! As a matter of fact, I'm entirely responsible.

  Konrad : If you say it was you, I'll punch you right in the eye. If there's any good fairy around here, it's me.

• Detlaff, the Waiter : [Meeting Luisa when she leaves the theatre employee entrance]  I thought I'd better just keep an eye on you. Where'd you get that fur?

  Luisa : I don't want an eye kept on me.

• Luisa : Oh, my name is Luisa.

  Dr. Sporum : Luisa?

  Luisa : Ginglebusher.

  Dr. Sporum : Gingle what?

  Luisa : Busher.

  Dr. Sporum : Oh, yes, and you need to see me about...

  Luisa : No, I just wanted to see what you look like.

  Dr. Sporum : Uh huh. And how do I look?

  Luisa : [Smiling]  Terrible, heh, heh

  Dr. Sporum : Really?

  Luisa : You look just the way Ginglebusher sounds.

  Dr. Sporum : Oh, then I can't look so terrible. Will you sit down?

• Dr. Sporum : But if I had a name like Ginglebusher, I should certainly use no other.

  Luisa : If I had a beard like that... I certainly wouldn't make fun of Ginglebusher.

  Dr. Sporum : That, I think , concludes the legal business.

• Dr. Sporum : Did you know there's an ice box that actually makes it's own ice?

  Luisa : Noooo!

  Dr. Sporum : And with gas.

  Luisa : I don't believe it.

  Dr. Sporum : I didn't either, but I read about it and I might even buy one.

• Luisa : And I certainly wouldn't wear a beard either.

  Dr. Sporum : What?

  Luisa : Well, I wouldn't.

  Dr. Sporum : Oh, you wouldn't?

  Luisa : I know it isn't any of my business, but if I didn't have anything to hide, I certainly wouldn't wear a beard.

• Luisa : [In an energetic telling of a fairy tale for the other orphans]  Wampa wampa, Wumpa wumpa, Eenie meenie minie mo; Sweet and faithful Rosalinda, Take me where I want to go.