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Lucille Ball and Red Skelton in Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Lucille Ball: May Daly • Madame Du Barry

Du Barry Was a Lady

Lucille Ball credited as playing...

May Daly • Madame Du Barry

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Quotes14

  • May Daly: I see you want to buy me.
  • Louis Blore: Gosh no, Miss Daly, I want to marry you!
  • Niagara: Willie the wolfman's out there waiting.
  • May Daly: Yes, I know. He sent in the evidence.
  • Niagara: Oh, six orchids! My, my, my! What's he trying to do, landscape you?
  • Alec Howe: You're human, aren't you?
  • May Daly: I hope not!
  • King Louis XV: Don't you know that kings can do no wrong?
  • Madame Du Barry: That's my plan!
  • Madame Du Barry: He's mad about me!
  • Ginny: They're all mad about you!
  • Black Arrow: Du Barry! That jay! That jezebel! That spoiler of kings!
  • Madame Du Barry: Isn't he wonderful?
  • Black Arrow: Does she love the king? No! She loves rubies! So your children go hungry! She loves silks! So your wives go naked!
  • Madame Du Barry: [dreamily] Look at his eyes.
  • May Daly: I trust my appearance pleases you.
  • May Daly: Now, don't you worry about me. I'm not falling for anyone. Not until I see the whites of their checkbooks.
  • King Louis XV: The royal flowers from the royal garden into your royal arms.
  • Madame Du Barry: And right in your royal kisser!
  • Madame Du Barry: Find the man I want and bring him here, to me!
  • King Louis XV: Well, personally, I think you have enough men here now. What is this, the boudoir or the barracks?
  • [last lines]
  • Louis Blore: You know, Ginny, I never appreciated you till now. Can we still be friends?
  • Ginny: Absolutely not.
  • [kiss and sings]
  • Ginny: If they ever black your eyes, put me wise ,If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose, If they ever put a bullet through your brain, I'll complain
  • Louis Blore, Ginny, May Daly, Alec Howe, Tommy Dorsey: It's friendship, friendship, Just a perfect blendship, When other friendships go up in smoke, Ours will still be oak
  • Louis Blore, Ginny, May Daly, Alec Howe, Tommy Dorsey: Good evening, friends
  • Alec Howe: Louis, you're a Prince.
  • Louis Blore: Ah, I used to be a King.
  • May Daly: You still are, Louis.
  • Innkeeper: All right, what'll it be?
  • Madame Du Barry: Champagne.
  • Innkeeper: Champagne?
  • Madame Du Barry: The champagne of the poor, beer.
  • Du Barry's Companion: And stale bread.
  • May Daly: No, we want to start out broke, Louis. Then anything that happens to us will be an improvement.

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