The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Janet Leigh: Eugenie Rose Chaney

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Quotes 

• Bennett Marco : What's your name?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eugenie.

  Bennett Marco : Pardon?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : No kidding, I really meant it. Crazy French pronounciation and all.

  Bennett Marco : It's pretty.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Thank you.

  Bennett Marco : I guess your friends call you Ginny.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not yet they haven't, for which I am deeply grateful... but you may call me Ginny.

  Bennett Marco : What do your friends call you?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Rosie.

  Bennett Marco : Why?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : My full name is Eugenie Rose. Of the two names I've always favored Rosie, 'cause it smells of brown soap and beer. Eugenie is somehow more fragile.

  Bennett Marco : Still, when I asked you what your name was, you said it was Eugenie.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Quite possible I was feeling more or less fragile at that instant.

• Bennett Marco : You in the railroad business?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not anymore. However if you will permit me to point out, when you ask that question, you really should say: Are you in the railroad line?

• Eugenie Rose Chaney : Are you Arabic?

  Bennett Marco : No.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?

• Eugenie Rose Chaney : Maryland is a beautiful state.

  Bennett Marco : This is Delaware.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : I know, I was one of the original Chinese workmen who made the track on this stretch. But, em... nonetheless, Maryland is a beautiful state. So is Ohio for that matter.

  Bennett Marco : I guess so, Columbus is a tremendous football town.

• Marco : [Part 2 of the complete train dialog. Notice how she goes out of her way to make sure a complete stranger who is behaving strangely remembers her address and phone number. Why would she do this?]  My name is Ben. I mean Bennett, named after Arnold Bennett.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : The writer?

  Marco : No, Lt. Colonel. He was my father's commanding officer at the time.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : What's you last name?

  Marco : Marco.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Major Marco. Are you Arabic?

  Marco : No.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?

  Marco : No. You?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.

  Marco : [pauses]  What's your last name?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Chaney. I'm production assistant for a man named Justin, who had two hits last season. I live on 54th St., a few doors down from the Museum of Modern Art, of which I'm a tea privileges member, no cream.

  [Intently] 

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : I live at Fifty-Three West 54th St., Apt. 3-B. Can you remember that?

  Marco : [Weakly]  Yes.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eldorado 5-9970. Can you remember that?

  Marco : [Weakly]  Yes.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Are you stationed in New York? Or, is "stationed" the right word?

  Marco : I'm not exactly stationed in New York, I was stationed in Washington, but I got sick and now I'm on leave and I'm spending it in New York.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : [Intently]  Eldorado 5-9970.

  Marco : I'm going to look up an old friend of mine who's a newspaperman. We were in Korea together.

  [Fades into Raymond Shaw's apartment] 

• Eugenie Rose Chaney : [Part 1 of 2 of the complete train dialog. Marco and Rosie have just met on the train and he is so discombobulated he can't even light his cigarette. She lights a cigarette for him and offers it to him. Pay close attention to the odd wording - as if it is in some kind of code]  Maryland is a beautiful state.

  Marco : This is Delaware.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : I know, I was one of the original Chinese workmen who laid the track on this straight. But, em... nonetheless, Maryland is a beautiful state. So is Ohio for that matter.

  Marco : I guess so, Columbus is a tremendous football town. You in the railroad business?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not anymore. However if you will permit me to point out, when you ask that question, you really should say: Are you in the railroad line? Where's your home?

  Marco : I'm in the Army. I'm a Major. I've been in the Army most of my life, we move a good deal. I was born in New Hampshire.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : I went to a girl's camp once on Lake Francis.

  Marco : That's pretty far north. What's your name?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eugenie.

  Marco : Pardon?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : No kidding, I really meant it. Crazy French pronunciation and all.

  Marco : It's pretty.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Thank you.

  Marco : I guess your friends call you Jenny.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not yet they haven't, for which I am deeply grateful... but you may call me Jenny.

  Marco : What do your friends call you?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Rosie.

  Marco : Why?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : My full name is Eugenie Rose. Of the two names I've always favored Rosie, 'cause it smells of brown soap and beer. Eugenie is somehow more fragile.

  Marco : Still, when I asked you what your name was, you said it was Eugenie.

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : Quite possible I was feeling more or less fragile at that instant.

  Marco : I could never figure out what that phrase meant, "more or less." Are you Arabic?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.

• Bennett Marco : You Arabic?

  Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.