The Wild Party (1975)

James Coco: Jolly Grimm

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• Nadine : [She walks into the garden, carrying a toolbox]  Is this Mr. Grimm's house?

  Jolly Grimm : That's right.

  Nadine : Well, do you know where I can find Mr. Grimm?

  Jolly Grimm : You're looking at him.

  Nadine : Oh! I'm sorry... wow, you look thinner. Oh, well I didn't mean... it's just on the screen you look gigantic!

  Jolly Grimm : Who are you?

  Nadine : Oh gosh, I'm sorry. My sister said I should come. You know, Grace. Grace Jones. She came with Eddie Mangione.

  Jolly Grimm : What's your name?

  Nadine : Nadine. Nadine Jones.

  [she smiles] 

  Jolly Grimm : [He takes her hand]  Welcome Nadine. How did you get here?

  Nadine : I hitchhiked. Thumbed all the way from Burbank. See, I'm a dancer. Acrobatics, ballet... like that. And I'm good too, Mr. Grimm. I thought maybe you like to let me entertain all these movie people and...

  Jolly Grimm : Not tonight. It's not a good time.

  Nadine : Oh no... really?

  Jolly Grimm : You must be starved. Why don't you go to the kitchen and get some chow. I think there's some sasparilla in the icebox. Ask for Wilma. Go on now, it's right through there.

  Nadine : Thanks, Mr. Grimm... but maybe later?

  Jolly Grimm : We'll see.

• Nadine : [referring to Queenie]  Did you put her in your pictures, Mr. Grimm?

  Jolly Grimm : Nah. But I took care of her, Nadine. Real good care.

  [He reaches out and touches Nadine's hair] 

  Nadine : Grace says I should be nice to you. Says maybe you'll put me in your pictures.

  Jolly Grimm : You sure do... remind me of Queenie...

  Nadine : Listen... Grace says if you want... you can kiss me and stuff like that.

• Jolly Grimm : [about Queenie]  I want to give her something... some kind of feeling of security. I don't know... that's what most girls want, isn't it?

  Tex : She asked for that?

  Jolly Grimm : Nah. You know her. She's too proud.

• Fruit Dealer : [to his daughter]  Rosa, give Mr. Jolly a nice kiss.

  Jolly Grimm : No, that's alright.

  Fruit Dealer : No, no, no. Rosa, she will bring you luck. She is like a saint.

• Jolly Grimm : [introducing his new movie]  My friends, when I first thought about how to introduce "Brother Jasper" to you, I thought to myself, "Jolly, be humble!" That's the ticket this time. Then I thought about it some more. Me be humble? Why, that's like Calvin Coolidge dancing the Black Bottom.

  [audience laughs] 

  Jolly Grimm : If you saw it, you wouldn't believe it! Me saying, all coy like: "Ladies and gentlemen, I do sincerely hope you like my latest picture." When what I really want to tell you - is how proud I feel. Proud for me, because I wrote it, directed it, and naturally I star in it. Plus putting up all the money for it!

• Jolly Grimm : [referring to Dale Sword, who is upstairs with Queenie]  That son-of-a-bitch had better come down here and watch a great actor doing a great scene!

• Kate : Well, happy Sunday morning to you.

  Jolly Grimm : [referring to Queenie]  Why is she doing this to me? I don't understand.

  Kate : Had to happen. She's young and you ain't.

  Jolly Grimm : I don't understand.

  Kate : There were lots of guys before you. There'll be lots of guys after you. That's just how it goes.

  Jolly Grimm : No!

  Kate : Oh, look, Dale probably ain't the first.

  Jolly Grimm : Don't say that.

  Kate : Come on, be a realist! You guys think you got some kind of patent on foolin' around? A woman's got needs too, you know.

  Jolly Grimm : Don't say that. I don't want you to say that.

  Kate : Come on! Dale's probably number 679. Last week the milk man. This week Dale. Next week the bootlegger.

  Jolly Grimm : Shut up!

• Queenie : Jolly, listen, I think it's a swell picture. I think it's the best thing you've ever...

  Jolly Grimm : You think? Who gives a flying fart what you think? Murchison's the guy with the moolah.

  Queenie : Now, wait a minute. Kreutzer's still here.

  Jolly Grimm : She's gonna start giving me advice. She's gonna start telling *me* about the picture business. I'm not interested in what you *think*. You're supposed to look good. That's all! Now keep that big, fat trap of yours shut. Do you understand?

• Queenie : [lying on the bed, raising her head and whining]  Jolly, love! Queenie is so tired! Pour out a cup of coffee for me?

  Jolly Grimm : [blearily]  Get it yourself!

  Queenie : Jol-ly! Queenie is so tired!

  Jolly Grimm : Who do you think you are? The Queen of Sheba?

• Jolly Grimm : SPOILER:

  [as the natives in the silent film are preparing to put Brother Jasper into the stew pot] 

  Jolly Grimm : You can't boil me. I'm a Friar!

• Jolly Grimm : Leading me on like a two-bit whore!

  [strikes Queenie] 

  Queenie : Oh! You tryin' to rough me up? You touch me again and I'll brain you, you dirty bastard!

  Jolly Grimm : Easy! Easy, Sweetie.

• Jolly Grimm : This jacket is not just a little snug. This jacket is three sizes too small, at least. Now, I would like to inform you of something: l am what is known as a fat person. Not pleasantly plump, not stout, not husky, just fat. A fat person requires a fat suit. All my life I've been convincing skinny tailors to make me fat suits - and what do I get?

  Tailor : Maybe you get a fat tailor?

• Jolly Grimm : We're late. Come on, let's go.

  Queenie : Tex could take me by the beauty parlor after he drops you, okay? Beauty parlor.

  Jolly Grimm : With that face?

  [to Jimmy] 

  Jolly Grimm : She must have a thing for the sissy hairdresser.

• Jolly Grimm : Look, I've got two hot numbers coming to you tonight.

  Kreutzer : Is one of them possibly a redhead?

  Jolly Grimm : Yeah, they both have red hair. Kreutzer, they'll play Mozart on your stomach if you want them to.

• Jolly Grimm : Go on. Beat it. Go write a poem.

• Jolly Grimm : You're gonna lecture me on slapstick? I was doing comedy when you were pissing your diapers. What's funny is always funny. From Roman times on down to right now.

• Jolly Grimm : He's so horny he'd wang it to Wilma if he had the chance.

• Jolly Grimm : All right, everybody, movie time!

• Jolly Grimm : Projectionist, roll the film.

• Jolly Grimm : It's great. It's gonna be hilarious! It's what you call a comedy highpoint. You know, like Chaplin eatin' his shoe or Harold Lloyd hangin' on the clock. Something great like that. Of course, it takes a great actor.

• Jolly Grimm : Oh, no, don't cry. Don't cry. I'll tell you what. We'll go to the kitchen and I'll give you a piece of Wilma's angel food cake. Is that all right, angel? Come on. Come on.

• Jolly Grimm : What do you think you are, pretty boy? Bigger than me? Because you made one lousy picture? Twenty-seven pictures, that's what I made. That's a career. Not a cheap, two-bit imitation of Valentino.

• Jolly Grimm : That's what you want, some stud, go on, go get your rocks off!

• Jolly Grimm : Who do you think got me where I am? My mother? My father? They dumped me when I was 6 years old. The nuns? They taught me to feel guilty just about being alive. And who do you think taught me to act? My teachers? Never had one! Directors? I directed them. So who built my career? Agents? Bloodsuckers for 10%. Studios? A bunch of horses' asses with nothing but dollar signs in their penny brains. So who made Jolly Grimm? I'll tell you who. Little ol', big ol' me. That's who. Me! And I'll do it again. Not because of any help from you, you freeloaders! But, in spite of you! I'm gonna come back. I'm gonna come back shining and big and bright and hot. Hotter than ever! And I don't need help from anybody.