Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Verna Felton: Queen of Hearts
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Quotes
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King of Hearts : What do you know about this unfortunate affair?
March Hare : Nothing.
Queen of Hearts : Nothing whatever?
March Hare : Nothing whatever!
Queen of Hearts : THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT! Jury, write that down!
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Queen of Hearts : Who's been painting my roses red? WHO'S BEEN PAINTING MY ROSES RED? /Who dares to taint / With vulgar paint / The royal flower bed? / For painting my roses red / Someone will lose his head.
Card Painter : Oh no, Your Majesty, please! It's all *his* fault!
Card Painter : Not me, your grace! The ace, the ace!
Queen of Hearts : You?
Card Painter : No, two!
Queen of Hearts : The deuce, you say?
Card Painter : Not me! The three!
Queen of Hearts : That's enough! Off with their heads!
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Queen of Hearts : I warn you, child... if I lose my temper, you lose your head! Understand?
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White Rabbit : Your Majesty, members of the jury, loyal subjects... and the King... the prisoner at the bar stands accused of enticing Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, into a game of croquet, thereby and with malice of forethought, molesting, tormenting, and otherwise annoying our beloved...
Queen of Hearts : Never mind all that! Get to the part where I lose my temper.
White Rabbit : ...thereby causing the Queen to lose her temper.
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Alice : [as a giant] And as for you... Your Majesty! Your Majesty indeed! Why, you're not a queen,
[shrinking]
Alice : But just a - a fat, pompous, bad tempered old ty...!
[normal size]
Alice : Tyrant.
Queen of Hearts : [giggles] And uh, just what were you saying, my dear?
Cheshire Cat : Why, she simply said that you're a fat, pompous, bad tempered old tyrant!
[cackles]
Queen of Hearts : [screaming at the top of her lungs] OFF WITH HER HEAD!
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Queen of Hearts : Now, where do you come from?
Alice : Well, I'm trying to find my way home...
Queen of Hearts : Your way? All ways here are my ways!
Alice : Yes, I know, but I was just thinking...
Queen of Hearts : Curtsy while you're thinking. It saves time.
Alice : [curtsying] Yes, Your Majesty, but I just wanted to ask you...
Queen of Hearts : I'll ask the questions! Do you play croquet?
Alice : Why, yes, Your Majesty.
Queen of Hearts : Then let the game begin!
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King of Hearts : Rule 42: All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately.
Alice : I am not a mile high, and I'm not leaving.
Queen of Hearts : Sorry. Rule 42, you know.
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Queen of Hearts : Now... are you ready for your sentence?
Alice : Sentence? But there has to be a verdict first...
Queen of Hearts : Sentence first! Verdict afterwards.
Alice : But that just isn't the way...
Queen of Hearts : [shouting] All ways are...!
Alice : ...your ways, your Majesty.
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Queen of Hearts : [after the Queen of Hearts is hit in the head and covered in the table cloth] Someone's head IS GOING TO ROLL FOR THIS!
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[Alice reaches the door to escape from the mob]
Doorknob : [tries to open the door] D'oh! I'm - still locked, you know!
Alice : [in horror] But the queen! I simply *must* get out!
Doorknob : [chuckles] But you *are* outside.
Alice : [releases her grip on the Doorknob] What?
Doorknob : [opens his mouth] See for yourself.
[Alice sees through his mouth and sees herself asleep with Dinah also sleeping on her lap by a tree in a beautiful meadow]
Alice : Why - why that's me! I'm asleep!
Queen of Hearts : [shouting from a distance, advancing toward Alice along with a mob of other characters] Don't let her get away! Off with her head!
Alice : [in terror, through the Doorknob's mouth] Alice, wake up! Please, wake up, Alice!
Queen of Hearts : [comes closer with the rest of the mob] Off with her head!
Alice : Alice! Please, wake up, Alice!
[as the mob draws nearer, the screen goes into swirling multicolor until it shows Alice sleeping by the tree]
Alice : [voiceover] Alice! Alice! Alice!
Alice's sister : [changes to her sister's] Alice! Alice! Will you kindly pay attention and recite your lesson?
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Queen of Hearts : And who is this?
King of Hearts : Let me see, my dear. It's certainly not a heart. Do you suppose it's a club?
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Queen of Hearts : Off with their heads.