Jack Buchanan credited as playing...
Jeffrey Cordova
- Jeffrey Cordova: I'm sick of these artificial barriers between the musical and the drama. In my mind, there is no difference between the magic rhythms of Bill Shakespeare's immortal verse and the magic rhythms of Bill Robinson's immortal feet.
- Jeffrey Cordova: You used the phrase 'he sells his soul to the Devil', now that's the line you have to carry straight through. Just like Faust, this man is tempted by the Devil and his compromise, his sell out, must end in eternal damnation
- Lester Marton: That'll leave 'em laughing!
- Jeffrey Cordova: You could be greater than you ever were! We're going to make you explode on the theater scene like a skyrocket. Not just the old trademark with the top hat, tie and tails; but, a great artist in the peak of his powers. The new Tony Hunter. Tony Hunter 1953!
- Tony Hunter: But, can I do it?
- Jeffrey Cordova: Oh, its a challenge. Its a challenge to all of us; but, that's what the theater is about. The challenge!
- Tony Hunter: Well, whatever I am, whether its the new me or the old me; remember, I'm still just an entertainer.
- Jeffrey Cordova: Well, what do you think I am? What do you think they are? What do you think the theater is? It's all entertainment!
- Jeffrey Cordova: I tell you, if it moves you, if it stimulates you, if it entertains you, its theater. When the right combination gets together and it spells theater, well I got to be right in there up to my armpits.
- Lily Marton: I knew that you could say it so beautifully.
- Jeffrey Cordova: Oh, Lily, you splendid animal!
- Lester Marton: Hey, take your hands off my wife and let's get down to business.
- Jeffrey Cordova: Tony, nobody admires you more than I. I've seen every show and every move you've ever done. But, let's face brutal facts, times have changed, Tony, and you haven't changed with them. You've gone stale!
- Jeffrey Cordova, Lily Marton, Lester Marton, Tony Hunter: [singing] Some great Shakespearean scene, Where the ghost and a prince meet, And everyone ends in mincemeat...
- Jeffrey Cordova, Lily Marton, Lester Marton, Tony Hunter: [singing] The world is stage, The stage is a world of entertainment!
- Jeffrey Cordova: These four walls will be our universe. Our private world. We enter with nothing but a dream. But, when we leave, we'll have a show!
- Jeffrey Cordova: Up to now, I've been giving you orders as director. But, when next you see me, I shall be just as one of you: an eager ham, anxious to make good. Actors, let's go!
- Jeffrey Cordova: Order me a corned beef sandwich, will you? Lean, now. No fat. No gristle. Oh, and a cream soda and a pickle!