Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Zero Mostel: Rami - the Swami, Taliostra

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Quotes 

• Black Arrow : Be brave, my friend, you're dying for your country.

  Taliostra : Yeah, but I was born in the city!

• Alec Howe : [about May Daly]  Isn't she wonderful?

  Taliostra : Just another female woman. Take away her eyes, her nose, her mouth, and her ears - and what have you got? A blank expression.

• Rami - the Swami : He is so charming, so debonair. He reminds me of that well-known actor. You know, the one who makes love to beautiful girls like Hedy Lamarr. You know who I mean: Hedy. My name is Pepe le Coco. And I come from the Kasbah, Hedy, the Kasbah. You know what is the Kasbah? It is right next to the delicatessen. Hedy, I love you, I adore you. I love your visage. I love your face. I love your eyes, and your lips and your hair, Hedy. Let me run through your hair barefoot. Hedy, I love you, I adore you. Look across the sea and what do you see? Paris and the white way, and the Rue de Montmartre, and the Champs-Élysées... Hedy. And this one thing, this one question, runs through my mind again and again. And it wants to know this one thing, this one question, this one thing. And my temples throb, and my... doesn't know what to say, my throat clenches tight and my heart beats faster and faster. Faster and faster beats my heart. And it wants to know this one thing, this one question, this one thing. Will you go with me to the high school prom?