Blonde Venus (1932)
Dickie Moore: Johnny Faraday
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Quotes
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Johnny Faraday : Go on, Mommy. It was springtime in Germany.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : It was springtime in Germany, and it was warm. I had spring fever, and the air was full of blossoms.
Johnny Faraday : Now it's your turn.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Well, let's see. I was out with some other students on a walking trip, and pretty soon we came to a dragon sitting in an automobile who told us there was a magic pool in the forest.
Johnny Faraday : And what did you do?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Oh, we went to the pool, of course. And what do you suppose we saw?
Johnny Faraday : What?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Imagine! Half a dozen princesses taking a bath.
Johnny Faraday : And what did you do when you saw him?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Oh, I told him to go away.
Johnny Faraday : And did he?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : He did not.
Johnny Faraday : And what happened then?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : The most beautiful princess of all said that if I'd go away, she'd grant me my wish.
Johnny Faraday : And what'd you wish?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I wished to see her again. I couldn't think of anything better to wish. So that night, I went to a theater. The music began to play. And out upon the stage stepped this princess, and she looked more beautiful than ever. Oh, she was beautiful.
Johnny Faraday : And then your heart began to go like this, huh?
[he thumps his doll]
Johnny Faraday : And Mommy began to sing?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : And my heart stopped beating entirely.
Johnny Faraday : What happened to you when you saw him?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I could hardly sing, and I could barely wait until I saw him again.
Johnny Faraday : But you did see him again, didn't you?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Mm-hmm. I met him later that night.
Johnny Faraday : What happened then?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : You can never guess. We went walking.
Johnny Faraday : Go on, walk.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Okay, skipper.
[she takes Ned's arm and they walk]
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : And then we came to a park.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Only there was a tremendously large yellow moon up in the sky. It was altogether too big and too bright.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : But it was dark under the trees. Very dark.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : [Ned drapes a blanket over their heads] This is a tree, Johnny.
Johnny Faraday : And what happened under the trees?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Then he kissed me.
Johnny Faraday : And what happened after that?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : He kissed me again.
Johnny Faraday : And what happened then?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Then we were married.
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Johnny Faraday : Please tell me a story before you go, Mommy.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Which one do you want to hear?
Johnny Faraday : About Germany, You know, springtime in Germany. I haven't heard that for a long time.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Father knows it better than I do.
Johnny Faraday : But he says he's forgotten it.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Ask him again.
Johnny Faraday : Oh Dad!
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : What is it, Johnny?
Johnny Faraday : Mommy says you do too know the story about Germany.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I told you I've forgotten it.
Johnny Faraday : But try to remember it. It was springtime in Germany and you were on a walking trip.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Now let's see. I was out on a walking trip with some other students, and as I remember it, I was very happy.
Johnny Faraday : And then what happened?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I've forgotten.
Johnny Faraday : Don't you remember, you came to a dragon sitting in an automobile?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Yes, I remember that.
Johnny Faraday : And you went and saw a lot of princesses taking a bath, didn't you?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Yes, I suppose I did.
Johnny Faraday : What did you do then?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I told him to go away, but he wouldn't until I granted him a wish.
Johnny Faraday : What was the wish?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : He wanted to see me again.
Johnny Faraday : You didn't want any other wish, did you?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : No, I was very sentimental in those days, and very foolish.
Johnny Faraday : Why were you foolish? That night you went to a theater, didn't ya?
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Yes, I went to a theater.
Johnny Faraday : And then you saw Mommy on the stage. She was very beautiful. And then your heart went like this -
[Johnny knocks on the side of his bed]
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : I didn't know much about women in those days.
Johnny Faraday : Oh, you're trying to do it different. You tell it, Mommy. What happened when you saw him?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I don't know, Johnny dear.
Johnny Faraday : Don't you remember, Mommy?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : I could hardly sing.
Johnny Faraday : What happened then?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : You could never guess. We went walking.
Johnny Faraday : Please walk, Mommy.
[Helen stands next to Ned]
Johnny Faraday : And then you came to a par, and there was a dark tree and a yellow moon! Aw, you're not doing it right at all. You're supposed to kiss each other.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Better be a good boy and go to sleep, Johnny. Your mother's got to go away now.
Johnny Faraday : All right, Daddy.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : [Helen sings "Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt"] Let me stay with you both, Ned.
Edward 'Ned' Faraday : That's where you belong, Helen.
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Johnny Faraday : [Johnny shows Helen a newspaper] Isn't this your picture, Mommy?
[She tears it up]
Johnny Faraday : Why'd you do that?
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Oh, it was such a bad picture.
Johnny Faraday : I thought it was pretty good.
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Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : [On telephone] Please send a maid to One Fifty-one.
Johnny Faraday : [Over Helen's shoulder] One hundred and sixty-two.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : No, One Fifty-one.
Johnny Faraday : Hundred and seventy-five.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Johnny!
[On phone]
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : No, it's definitely One Fifty-one.
Johnny Faraday : Hundred and ninety-eight.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : Yes.
[She hangs up]
Johnny Faraday : Hope they never find us.
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones : You bad boy.
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Edward 'Ned' Faraday : Sorry about the pudding. You see, I never tried making one before.
Johnny Faraday : It's pretty good, Daddy, if you only eat the middle.