The Merry Widow (1934)

Jeanette MacDonald: Sonia

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• Sonia : Girls, the gentleman wants to be entertained.

  [to Danilo] 

  Sonia : Here they are. All your little tonights. And not a tomorrow among them.

• Count Danilo : Are you pretty? Or beautiful?

  Sonia : Gorgeous!

• Sonia : Madame Minushka!

  Madame Minushka : Yes, Madame.

  Sonia : My new dress!

  Madame Minushka : Yes, Madame.

  Sonia : Get everything ready. We're going to Paris! Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning. As soon as possible.

  Madame Minushka : Yes, Madame.

  Sonia : There's a limit to every widow.

• Captain Danilo : You're the freshest Fifi I've ever met.

  Sonia : [pretending to be a Maxim Girl]  But a nice Fifi.

  Captain Danilo : How nice?

  Sonia : Not too nice.

  Captain Danilo : Your right eye says yes, and your left eye says no. Fifi, you're cock-eyed!

  Sonia : Quite right!

• Sonia : [sitting at a dance hall table, Danilo has very reluctantly let go of Sonia's hand]  Now you're acting like a gentleman.

  [significant pause] 

  Sonia : Please give me back my shoe.

• Sonia : Take off my veil?

  Count Danilo : Yes!

  Sonia : I'd do it in a minute if there were any reason for it or the slightest temptation. But, there isn't.

  Count Danilo : Maybe you can't see me very well?

  Sonia : Oh, yes! In fact, too well. I'll admit you're very funny; but, not terrific. Not even colossal.

• Sonia : [singing]  It was all just a fleeting dream, Men are not - not what they seem...

• Count Danilo : You're charming, fascinating, delight - stop kicking me.

  Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  Stop pinching me.

• Count Danilo : Girls who sit at my table don't flirt with other men. Understand?

  Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  I'm not your slave! After all, we're living in 1885.

• Count Danilo : [holding her shoe]  May I put it on?

  Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  Please.

• Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl, admiring a painting of Napoleon]  Great man. His only mistake was he attacked too early. That's how he lost Waterloo.

  Count Danilo : Oh, now, listen, I don't matter if you're teasing. I rather enjoy it sometimes. But, this is absolutely demoralizing!

• Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  Do you love me?

  Count Danilo : Forever.

  Sonia : How long is forever with you?

• Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  You like Maxim Girls best, don't you?

  Count Danilo : Of course, I do. Where in all the world can you find so beautiful, so charming, who can dance like you girls, who can smile like you?

  [kiss] 

  Count Danilo : Ah, you're wonderful! And let me tell you something, Fifi, stay just what you are. Have you ever met a Society Woman?

  Sonia : Never.

  Count Danilo : Well, you haven't missed a thing.

  Sonia : You don't like Ladies?

  Count Danilo : Oh, yes! Yes, I like them. They are nice; but, they take life too seriously. They can't enjoy it without bothering about tomorrow.

• Count Danilo : May I ask you who you are?

  Sonia : Just one of those women that asks you silly questions - and then you have to lie.

• Count Danilo : Now, listen Fifi.

  Sonia : [pretending to be Fifi, a Maxim Girl]  Fifi. That's all you really want. That's what every woman is to you. Fifi!

  [sarcastically] 

  Sonia : You great lover.

  Count Danilo : Oh, please.

  Sonia : Oh, you don't even know what love is.

• Sonia : [singing]  I find that many men say, Widows are charmed, Widows are gay, And if the poor ones, Should be rich ones, We are much more, attractive that way...

• Count Danilo : Yesterday, I fell in love with a girl. Madly! But she disappeared! And you, Madame, are the only one in the world who can help me find her. Her name is - Fifi.

  Sonia : Fifi is no more. You killed her. After she left you last night, she came home and committed suicide. She jumped into a cold bath and you'd be surprised, Captain, what cold water can do.

• Sonia : [singing]  How wonderful a moment for a gay time, This is Paris and its playtime...

• Count Danilo : Let's calm down! Let's keep cool. I have it! Let's fool them. Let's not fall for each other. That should be easy.

  Sonia : Very!

  Count Danilo : Why should two people who hate each other...

  Sonia : Love each other!

  Count Danilo : Right!