Joan Leslie credited as playing...
Joan Manion
- Joan Manion: You know, purely in a sociological way, you interest me. A little.
- Fred Atwell: Well, it's a beginning, isn't it?
- Joan Manion: Don't get me wrong! What interests me is this passion you seem to have for having your picture taken.
- Fred Atwell: Let's talk it over.
- [to bartender]
- Fred Atwell: I'll have the same, please.
- Joan Manion: You know, I'm supposed to be taking pictures of celebrities.
- Fred Atwell: Couldn't I be the fellow who never gets his name mentioned? The one they call 'a friend'? You know: 'Ginger Rogers - and friend.'
- Joan Manion: It's possible but extremely improbable.
- Joan Manion: [Fred and Joan have just finished a dance number] Where did you learn to dance like that?
- Fred Atwell: Arthur Murray.
- Joan Manion: Why don't I get to go to London or China?
- Fred Atwell: Why not?
- Joan Manion: Sure, why not? I have brains, I have, eh, talent.
- Phil Harriman: And beauty. Don't overlook that.
- Joan Manion: Oh, you can't sidetrack the issue with that palaver. Now, why didn't I get sent over there?
- Phil Harriman: 'Cause I like you here. Beside, you're a girl.
- Joan Manion: Margaret Bourke-White went to Russia.
- Phil Harriman: Well, I don't happen to be in love with Margaret Bourke-White.
- Fred Atwell: [singing] You're lonesome, I'm stranded
- Joan Manion: You're truthful, I'm candid, And we're both left-handed
- Fred Atwell: I seem to have a lot in common with you
- Joan Manion: You slay me, I floor you
- Fred Atwell: You vex me, I bore you.
- Joan Manion: But I can't ignore you
- Joan Manion, Fred Atwell: We seem to have a lot in common, We two...
- Joan Manion: For a minute, I thought you were going to be on the level. I must be slipping.
- Fred Atwell: Slippery times.
- Fred Atwell: Relax, will ya? You're not as tough as all that. You're just a little unhappy because you're not doing what you want to do. Why don't you just go ahead and do it?
- Joan Manion: Don't tempt me.
- Joan Manion: May I ask why?
- Fred Atwell: You're entitled to the question.
- Joan Manion: Well - why?
- Fred Atwell: Why?
- Joan Manion: That's what I'm asking.
- Fred Atwell: Oh, I don't know. Why does a kid go around kicking a tin can? Why do owls stay up so late? How should I know? It's just one of those things.
- Joan Manion: What were you born with?
- Fred Atwell: Nothing much. Freedom, maybe.
- Joan Manion: Freedom?
- Fred Atwell: Yes, like you. Freedom for anything. To be anything you want to be, somebody - or nobody. Me? Right now I want to be nobody.
- Joan Manion: Isn't there anything you ever wanted enough to get out and work and fight for?
- Fred Atwell: Eat your egg.
- Joan Manion: Well, you have to fight to get anything, don't you believe that?
- Fred Atwell: No.
- Joan Manion: What do you believe?
- Fred Atwell: Sometimes you have to fight to keep something. I believe that.
- Joan Manion: What are you doing here?
- Fred Atwell: Well, I thought the darkroom would be a great place to - pitch a little woo.
- Joan Manion: You'll pitch no woo at me!
- Joan Manion: Oh, I sing if they need me. Or serve, wash dishes, anything. Tonight, I'll probably yodel.