Honolulu Lu (1941)
Lupe Velez: Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu
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Quotes
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Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : [singing] If you're missing, The kind of kissing, Your mother never gave to you, Just listen, buddy, I'll drive you naughty, Cause that's the kind of work I do...
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[first lines]
Don Estaban Cordoba : Ah, my little pigeon, five days on the water and here we are in the land of romance, the home of the ukulele, the pearl of the - eh - what the name of this ocean?
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Pacific Ocean.
Don Estaban Cordoba : Pacifico. Anyway, it is the home of the hula hula and the wicky wacky wu!
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Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Oh, it's no use. You're a Jesse James, a Casanova, a Bluebeard! Oh, but I love you. One of these days I'm going to leave you. Oh, yes I will. Don't laugh.
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Aloha : Maybe you need a maid, huh? Me like to be your maid. Please don't refuse me, your's sincerely, Aloha.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : That very sweet of you; but, a maid is the last thing I need.
Aloha : That's right. Last come, first serve. Aloha ready. Missy take Aloha home now?
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : I'd love to; but, Missy got no home.
Aloha : That's a fine. Aloha like Missy. Missy come live with Aloha. Her home, fine big house, tin roof, never leak. Everything settled. What next, Missy.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Yes. That's right. What next? Next?
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Bennie Blanchard : Say, where did you learn to throw your hips around like that?
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : At the New York Hips-a-drome.
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Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : [singing] They call attention, To the beach and the ocean, To the cute hula motion, But I'm her to claim, That I offer fame, to Honolulu lu, Honolulu Lulu, They come from near and far, Honolulu Lulu...
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Bennie Blanchard : He's very clever. But, I'm gonna turn the tables and chairs and everything...
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Oh, I give up. I've been double-crossed from Valparaíso to Madagascar; but, I never before let a broad-headed moll get me into a jam like this!
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Aloha : Aloha know a job.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Well, why didn't you tell me?
Aloha : Oh, it's not a very good one.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Where is it?
Aloha : At Blue Chip Cabaret. Nothing to do but be pretty. Easy for you, Missy Consuelo.
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Bennie Blanchard : How old are you?
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : I'm 22 years old. I weigh five feet three and a half and stand 108 pounds in my naked feet.
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Bennie Blanchard : What's your name?
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Oh, I told you. Consuelo Maria Cordoba.
Bennie Blanchard : No, no. That's too long for this kind of a place.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : Okay, take out the Maria. I don't like it anyway.
Bennie Blanchard : Nah. Nah, it's still to long. I think I'll call you Lulu.
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Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu : What's a dinghy?