Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Jane Powell: Nancy Barklay
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Quotes
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Frances Elliott , Nancy Barklay , Charles : [singing] One kiss to last us forever
Frances Elliott : Then let our moment be through...
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Nancy Barklay : Just concentrate on the important ones.
Scotty Sheldan : Well, how do I know which is which.
Nancy Barklay : Well, some look important and some look unimportant. The ones who look unimportant are the important ones.
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Nancy Barklay : They're not just people putting on plays in barns, they're the future of the theater, tomorrow's Oliviers and Bernhardts. They're offering their time and their talent and their dreams.
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Nancy Barklay : How's my favorite actress?
Frances Elliott : How's my favorite daughter?
Nancy Barklay : Oh, just fine. But, my hands are so sore from applauding so long and hard. Gee, you were wonderful.
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Nancy Barklay : Oh, men are so innocent. They're just like children.
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Nancy Barklay : I feel like I've lived all the parts I've acted. I've been a nun, I've been a drunkard. I've played Portia, I've been in love. I've been so many people, sometimes I wonder if the real me can ever fall in love.
Frances Elliott : When you fall in love, darling, you'll be just plain Nancy Barklay and your only concern will be to make your husband happy.
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Nancy Barklay : Jinkies. Maybe I better sit down. Oh, gosh, thank you so much.
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Scotty Sheldan : Brazil is so far away.
Nancy Barklay : Not if two people love each other.
Scotty Sheldan : Oh, golly, do you - ? Do you mean it, Nancy?
[kiss]
Scotty Sheldan : Oh, gee. Gosh!
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Nancy Barklay : [singing] If it strikes my fancy, A-sailin' south goes Nancy, In my new sombrero, Headin ' for Janeiro...
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Nancy Barklay : [singing] Eatin' a banana, Right off the plantation, I'll cement our Pan-American relations...
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Nancy Barklay : Wait right there. I'll be down in a jiffy.
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Frances Elliott : Are you sure this is funny?
Nancy Barklay : It doesn't sound very funny when you tell it; but, oh, the dialogue's simply magnificent. And, well, there's a great part in it for me. I fall in love and I have a nervous breakdown and men commit suicide over me and, oh, just everything. Oh, you'll love it.
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Nancy Barklay : [singing] Just one look at you, My heart grew tipsy in me, You and you alone, Bring out the gypsy in me...
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Nancy Barklay : [singing] I want my arms about, Don't be a
[wink]
Nancy Barklay : naughty baby, Come to Mama, Come to Mama, do...
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Nancy Barklay : Don't you believe people are destined for each other?
Paul Berten : I haven't given it much thought. Look, Nancy, our souls may be very chummy; but, we hardly know one another.
Nancy Barklay : Well, I was born in New York and I'm 19.
Paul Berten : I thought you said you were 17.
Nancy Barklay : Oh, I'm getting older as fast as I can.