Boy! What a Girl! (1947)

Alan Jackson: Mr. Cummings

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• Mr. Cummings : I'm also interested in the Opera.

  Bumpsie : You call it Opera, I call it burlesque.

  Mr. Cummings : There's nothing burlesque about the Opera I've seen.

  Bumpsie : Then, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

• Bumpsie : [masquerading as a woman]  Lollipop, do you mind if I take a couple of drags off of that cigar?

  Mr. Cummings : A cigar? A lady?

  Bumpsie : Oh, all the lady's smoke in Paris. That's an old boulevard custom.

  Mr. Cummings : Aw, yes, everything goes in Paris.

• Bumpsie : [masquerading as a woman]  I never married because I never found the right woman.

  Mr. Cummings : But, how could you? Who ever heard of anyone marrying a woman?

  Bumpsie : My brother did.

• Bumpsie : [masquerading as a woman]  Mr. Cummings! Remember, I am a lady.

  Mr. Cummings : Oh, yes, I completely forgot myself.

• Bumpsie : [masquerading as a woman]  It's called the rent party.

  Mr. Cummings : Rent party? That's an unusual name.

  Donaldson (the landlord) : There's nothing unusual about it. That goes on every night in Harlem.

  Bumpsie : And I let you all know its the custom that when you go upstairs to the rehearsal you drop a little donation.

  Mr. Cummings : Oh, I see, another Paris custom.

  Bumpsie : No, honey. A Harlem custom. Strictly a Harlem custom.

• Donaldson (the landlord) : You must have kidnapped her!

  Mr. Cummings : You must have kidnapped her!

  Donaldson (the landlord) : You must have kidnapped her!

  Mr. Cummings : You must have kidnapped her!

  Donaldson (the landlord) : You must have kidnapped her!