I'll Get By (1950)

Gloria DeHaven: Terry Martin

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• Tony : Miss Martin. Two gentlemen at table number 4 asked you to join them.

  Liza Martin : Give them our regrets, Tony,

  Terry Martin : Now, never say "no" without a look. You might be hittin' the jackpot right in the kisser. Where are they?

  Liza Martin : Number 4.

  Terry Martin : [Looks out at table #4]  Oh, no. Not him.

  Liza Martin : Who?

  Terry Martin : The one with two heads. The creep I use to know before I knew better. Freddy Lee.

  Liza Martin : But Terry. The other one.

  Terry Martin : Who?

  Liza Martin : The one who bumped into us at the Peter Pepper's.

  Terry Martin : The guy with the five alarm fire in his eyes?

  Liza Martin : Always get the name of the guy who sends orchids.

  Terry Martin : I have to. That character will blackmail me. He knows my real name!

• Liza Martin : [after Bill slams into a studio door being opened by Liza and Terry and falls to the floor]  Oh, for heaven's sake. Are you alright?

  William Spencer : [a bit stunned]  I'm terribly sorry. It's all my fault.

  [Looking around] 

  William Spencer : My briefcase.

  Liza Martin : [Picks up his briefcase]  Here it is. Are you sure you're ok?

  Terry Martin : You gotta slow down on the curves in this country.

  Liza Martin : Oh, let's help you.

  William Spencer : I'm alright, thanks.

  [Notices Liza for the first time and smiles] 

  William Spencer : And I do mean, thank you.

  Liza Martin : Oh, that's alright.

  Terry Martin : Pardon me for pointing, buster, but your fangs are showing.

  Liza Martin : Oh, Terry.

  Terry Martin : C'mon before he drools all over your coat. You just got it back from the cleaners..

• Freddy Lee : Gosh, you mean you're not going to see me again?

  Terry Martin : You're a sweet boy and I like you very much. But there are two things wrong with you. Number one is you're not rich. Number two is I'm not rich.

• Freddy Lee : Gosh, I sure am glad you found me again, Hortense. Whoops, sorry.

  Terry Martin : I'm going to make you remember Terry Martin if I have to engrave it on every bone in your head.

  Freddy Lee : Yeah. It sure is swell seeing you again. Remember the happy times we had back in Texas? Remember the time you proposed to me and I accepted?

  Terry Martin : I was only 12 at the time and I had two Cokes.

• Terry Martin : [Angrily]  The fact remains when they passed out the nerve, you sure got more than your share.

  William Spencer : Terry, I said I was sorry.

  Terry Martin : Oh, fine. Great. That fixes everything. Listen, Svengali, you can spread your old black magic over Liza but it's tattletale gray on me.

  William Spencer : Relax, will you? Take it easy.

  Terry Martin : All you think of is yourself. It just so happens that Rodgers and Hammerstein were out front tonight and because you had to threesh, Liza and I may have missed our big chance with their new show.

  William Spencer : Well, why didn't you tell me?

  Terry Martin : Well, I'm telling you now. Quit mixing business with pleasure or you are going to lose my temper.

• Terry Martin : Why don't you try tacking a "Standing Room Only" sign on him? Little Boy Blue isn't going to get you anything but trouble.

  Liza Martin : Oh, give him time.

  Terry Martin : Give him nothing. Liza. You're not going on with that guy, are ya?

  Liza Martin : Yes, I am.

  Terry Martin : Got it bad, huh? How does a big... how does Bill feel about this cottage small by a waterfall?

  Liza Martin : Oh, we haven't gotten around to particulars yet.

  Terry Martin : When are you going to?

  Liza Martin : Oh, I don't know. I'm seeing him tomorrow. Maybe...

  Terry Martin : No maybe about it. He'll pop the question, you'll melt into his arms and say, "yes."

  Liza Martin : Do you think so?

  Terry Martin : Sure. It's the same old question he pops every day. "Will you plug my new song, dear?"

  Liza Martin : Oh, Terry.

  Terry Martin : Wanna make book? I'll give you odds.

  Liza Martin : Oh, honey. You just don't understand. And besides, when we teamed up as a sister act, we agreed not to pry into each other's affairs.

  Terry Martin : Right. But this time I've got to. I love you, Liza, and I just don't want to see you get the short end. You've fallen for a guy whose middle name is "Ambition." He's going to climb over everything and everybody to get ahead. And that includes you. Well, I've said my little piece. Now I'll shut up.