Cover Girl (1944)
Gene Kelly: Danny McGuire
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Quotes
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Genius : You know something? I love him too.
Danny McGuire : Yeah?
Genius : You know why?
Danny McGuire : Why?
Genius : Because he's dumber than me.
Danny McGuire : Dumber than I.
Genius : Okay. Then he's dumber than the both of us.
[Danny winces]
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Pop : Say, maybe if you'd had a horse under ya' over there in North Africa instead of one of them there tanks, you wouldn't have got shot up the way you was and sent home... Where'd it get ya', Danny?
Danny McGuire : In Libya.
Pop : Well, it don't show a bit.
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Danny McGuire : [indicates Noel Wheaton] This gentleman has been in the theater a good many years.
[to Wheaton]
Danny McGuire : Now, you've been in my theater a good many years too. Why don't you be a good boy and scram?
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Genius , Rusty Parker , Danny McGuire : [being served raw oysters] Come on, pearl!
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Danny McGuire : This puts me in a grave spot, Chicken. If I'm sorry nothing came of it, I'm a liar. If I'm glad, I'm a heel. Where do we go from here?
Rusty Parker : Dancing around the world, Danny - on my feet.
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Jim : Those little dames can sure grip, can't they, Danny.
Danny McGuire : The bigger the grip, the better the army, Jim. And there, my friend, is a great little army.
Jim : You're not kiddin'!
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Rusty Parker : I get so tired, Danny. This way it takes so long before you get anywhere. If you can get there quicker, why shouldn't you?
Danny McGuire : Look, Chicken, when you get there quick, you're out quick. Easy get, easy lose. I've never seen it fail. You gotta work for what you get. You're gonna be a great star, Rusty. But, you're gonna get there on your feet, not your face. Oh, Shortcut Susie!
Rusty Parker : Oh, Hardway McGuire!
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Rusty Parker : [sarcastically] We're a fine pair.
Danny McGuire : We're a wonderful pair.
Rusty Parker : Aren't we though.
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Joe : I think it's a fake! I don't think pearls come from oysters. I don't think pearls come from oysters!
Genius : How long since you left Harvard?
Joe : Neva heard of it. I beg you to be reasonable. How could an oyster give birth to a pearl?
Danny McGuire : How could an oyster give birth to an oyster?
Rusty Parker : Hey, that's something to think about.
Genius : You know what I say? They can live their lives and I'll live mine.
Danny McGuire : When? I want to see that.
Joe : I don't.
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Danny McGuire , Rusty Parker , Genius : [singing] What if it rains and it pours? It only rains out of doors! Let every frown disappear, And you'll find that tomorrow's here!
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Genius : Now, you two say good night like you mean it.
Danny McGuire : Good night, Chicken.
Rusty Parker : Good night, Danny.
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Danny McGuire : You're a genius in everything but minding your own business, aren't you? A girl's got a right to make up her mind about her own life, hasn't she? Why didn't you let her tear up her own telegram?
Genius : Things like this that make me a genius! Ain't they?
Danny McGuire : Wait till the landlady sees the hall.
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Danny McGuire : [singing] Put me to the test, lady, Just make your request, And anything that you desire, Is yours.
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Danny McGuire : What are you crying about, Chicken?
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Danny McGuire : You've been meeting so many people lately, I guess you forgot what I look like. I'm the man with the whip, remember?
