The Big Parade (1925)
John Gilbert: James Apperson
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Quotes
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James Apperson : [to Melisande, who speaks French] French is Greek to me.
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Black Barber : Are you for sure goin' to take a job in your father's mill?
James Apperson : Me... work? I should say not!
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James Apperson : Voo... and... me... vooley voo... take... little... petite... walk?
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James Apperson : I'm coming back! - Remember - - - I'm coming back!
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James Apperson : Do you think he'll make it all right?
Bull : Sure! Slim'll come back wearin' the Kaiser's moustache!
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James Apperson : Waiting! Orders! Mud! Blood! Stinking stiffs! What the hell do we get out of this war anyway! - cheers when we left and when we get back! But who the hell cares... after this?
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James Apperson : [after Slim is killed] Slim, can't you just try to say... good-bye? They got him! They got him! GOD DAMN THEIR SOULS!
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Melisande : C'est vous qui m'a fait rire, n'est ce pas?
James Apperson : I don't understand a word you say... but I know what you mean.
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Justyn Reed : Aren't you thrilled that we're going to war?
James Apperson : No.
Justyn Reed : You'll look gorgeous in an officer's uniform! I'll love you more than ever then.
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James Apperson : They're not going to send us out in that open field, are they?
Slim : Sure! We're gonna keep goin' till we can't go no farther!
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Bull : Yo... Slim!
Doughboy : [Crawling into Jim and Bull's foxhole] Say, you hyenas... pipe down!
James Apperson : You can't make us shut up! Slim's out there alone!
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James Apperson : Orders! Orders! Who the hell is fighting this war - men or orders?
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Slim : Say, I joined the army to fight... not shovel!
James Apperson : You'll shovel and like it, dearie!
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James Apperson : Me... you... tres... much... love.
[Looks in English-French Dictionary]
James Apperson : Gee... aimy... vowse... boo... coop!
Melisande : Je suis tres contente.
[Looks in French-English Dictionary]
Melisande : I... am... verree... happee!