Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Dorothy Ford: Receptionist, Polly
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Quotes
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Polly the Housekeeper : [Admiring princess Eloise's dress in a mirror] Oh, it's beautiful! But it's a trifle too small for me.
Patrick the Harp : A trifle she says. Glory be, I do wish I knew why the master keeps a wench like you around?
Polly the Housekeeper : He likes my cooking. And I don't wanna hear another word out of you.
Patrick the Harp : Cooking? Can you make an Irish stew? Can you boil a potato, like my poor mother used to boil them?
Polly the Housekeeper : I can put you back in the cupboard if you don't shut up.
Patrick the Harp : And I can tell the master you never put the princess in her cell, like he told you to.
Polly the Housekeeper : You win this time.
Patrick the Harp : Patrick always wins.
[sings]
Patrick the Harp : Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen...
[talking]
Patrick the Harp : Aah, 'tis in fine voice, I am today.
Princess Eloise : I still can't believe that harp talks.
Polly the Housekeeper : He talks too much.
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Princess Eloise : I meant to ask you, are you the giant's wife?
Polly the Housekeeper : Heavens no! I'm his housekeeper. He stole me last year from another kingdom.
Princess Eloise : Well, what'll do with me?
Polly the Housekeeper : Release you for ransom money, perhaps.
Princess Eloise : And if there is no ransom money?
Polly the Housekeeper : You'd make a lovely Sunday dinner.
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Polly the Housekeeper : [Polly, Jack and Dinklepuss enter the castle] I'll show you what you're supposed to do.
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Yeah, you show me, and I'll show him.
Patrick the Harp : Make the little fat one work till his back breaks. How I love the sound of cracking bones.
Jack : You're a bad harp, and you're gonna have a bad ending.
Patrick the Harp : Sticks and stones, sticks and stones!
Polly the Housekeeper : Alright blabbermouth, into the cupboard you go!
[Takes the harp over to the cupboard and starts putting him inside it]
Patrick the Harp : Don't you dare put me in that dark cupboard again! Don't you dare! A thousand curses on you, and I'll have me revenge! Come back to Erin, Mavourneen, Mavourneen! A thousand curses on ya...
[Polly closes the cupboard doors]
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Patrick the Harp : [the giant just entered the castle dining hall, carrying a bag filled with jewels] And a good "Good Morning" to ya master!
The Giant : Good morning, harp. Housekeeper, housekeeper!
[Polly enters as he's emptying the bag onto the table]
The Giant : Where's my breakfast?
Polly the Housekeeper : On the way.
The Giant : And bring me my favorite hen.
Patrick the Harp : What, heaven forbid, do you see in that white feathered biddy?
The Giant : Golden eggs, Patrick. Solid golden eggs!
Polly the Housekeeper : [Jack enters the room, pushing a grill, wearing a chef's hat and apron. Polly whispers in his ear] The cells are unlocked and I put the keys back.
Patrick the Harp : They're whispering master! What're they whispering about?
[Jack sneers at the harp]
Jack : Oh, I hate him.
Polly the Housekeeper : Please take care of yourself.
[Exits the room]
Jack : [Musing to himself] I think she's worried. She cares for me.
The Giant : Where's my breakfast?
[Looking over the jewels]
Patrick the Harp : Beautiful they are, but can they bring you happiness?
[the giant finds a very small one and tosses it on the floor]
The Giant : How'd that little one get in here?
[Getting impatient]
The Giant : Where's my breakfast?
Mr. Dinkelpuss : You heard the giant!
[Picks up the jewel the giant tossed and looks at it through a magnifying glass]
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Can I help you put them away?
The Giant : Can I trust you?
[Begins putting the jewels back in the bag]
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Eh, why, what a ridiculous question.
[the giant grabs him by the shirt and repeats the question]
The Giant : Can I trust you?
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Well frankly, no...
The Giant : [Polly has come back, carrying a hen. The giant takes it from her and starts petting it] My jewel of jewels!
Patrick the Harp : My jewel of jewels. What can she do that I can't do?
The Giant : [Looks over at the harp] Can you lay a golden egg?
Patrick the Harp : I shudder at the thought.
The Giant : [Lays the hen down on the table] Show him how talented you are. Lay hen, lay!
[after a moment it lays a golden egg, the giant picks it up]
Patrick the Harp : It's only gold.
The Giant : It's my main source of wealth.
[to Polly]
The Giant : Take her away.
[to Dinkelpuss]
The Giant : You!
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Y-yes, sir?
The Giant : I like a dishonest man, who admits it. Carry these jewels back to the vault. She'll show you where it is.
Mr. Dinkelpuss : Yes, sir.
[Takes the bag and leaves with Polly]
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Polly the Housekeeper : [the giant is preparing to eat Jack] The prince and the princess, they're trying to escape!
The Giant : Let them.
Polly the Housekeeper : They've taken your jewels and your hen that lays the golden egg!
The Giant : The scoundrels! Keep him salted.
[Hands her the salt and exits the room]
