Stage Fright (1950)

Marlene Dietrich: Charlotte Inwood

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Quotes 

• Charlotte Inwood : He was an abominable man. Why do women marry abominable men?

• Charlotte Inwood : You can stand just so much of detectives! After all, they are only policemen with smaller feet!

• Charlotte Inwood : Oh, darling, don't confide in me. Pour some tea will you?

• Charlotte Inwood : I'm beginning to feel sad and I shouldn't feel sad. It's so depressing.

• Charlotte Inwood : I had a dog once. He hated me. At last he bit me and I had him shot! When I give all my love and get back treachery and hatred its - its as if my mother had struck me in the face.

• Charlotte Inwood : [to the dressmaker]  This is very nice. If you can call mourning, nice. But, isn't there some way we could, eh, let it plunge a little in front? I suppose not.

• Charlotte Inwood : Ships that pass in the something or other.

• Charlotte Inwood : I HATE rain at funerals.

• Charlotte Inwood : Johnny, you love me? Say that you love me. You do love me, don't you? I think he's dead. I'm sure he's dead. I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it.

• Det. Insp. Wilfred 'Ordinary' Smith : Perhaps you're allergic to bars. Look, would you feel less uneasy if I sat with you? Or, more uneasy? Perhaps you're allergic to strange men too.

  Charlotte Inwood : No, I love strange men! I mean, I'm very fond of them.

• Charlotte Inwood : Hand me a negligee from that cupboard over there, will you?

• Charlotte Inwood : No use trying to stop me. I'm going on tonight! Be at the theater at six o'clock sharp, will you?

• Eve Gill : My Dad says that man on the run might turn up here. Might even get into the dressing room. Might even murder me, madame.

  Charlotte Inwood : The scene of the crime, the murderer returns to - not the theater.

• Charlotte Inwood : Stop acting like a silly school girl! The only murderer here is the Orchestra Leader.

• Male Quartet : [singing]  It's not cause she wouldn't; It's not cause she shouldn't; And, you know, it's not cause she couldn't, It's simply because...

  Charlotte Inwood : I'm the laziest gal in town. Nothing ever worries me, No one ever hurries me, I take pleasure leisurely, Even when I kiss. But when I kiss they want some more, And wanting more becomes a bore...

• Charlotte Inwood : [singing]  Though I'm more than willing to learn, How these gals get money to burn, Every proposition I turn down, Way down...

• Charlotte Inwood : Well, you don't want me to give up everything, do you?

  Jonathan Cooper : Why not? I have.

• Charlotte Inwood : Oh, this is a pleasure. Where have you been? I thought you were dead.

  Eve Gill : Oh, no, Madame. I wasn't. As a matter of fact...

  Charlotte Inwood : You needn't go into detail, darling. I hope you're not going to turn into one of those explicit people who always tell you exactly how they feel when you ask them.

• Charlotte Inwood : Darling! Whatever happened to that peculiar figure of your's?

  Eve Gill : It's a new dress, Madame.

  Charlotte Inwood : Keep it, dear. What it does for you is worth thousands.

• Charlotte Inwood : We may never see each other again. Ships that pass in or something or other. I like you. You're so very sweet and patient. I don't suppose I'm easy to get along with.

  Eve Gill : Oh, but you are, Madame. It's been wonderful working with you. And I do love the theater so.

  Charlotte Inwood : I don't see why. It's an awful life, really. Here darling, a little something extra for you.

  [hands "Doris" a few pounds] 

  Eve Gill : I couldn't, Madame, honestly.

  Charlotte Inwood : Don't be an idiot. Put it in the bank or go out and get drunk or something.