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Quotes
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Irene Castle : I thought you could be a first dancer, a very beautiful first dancer because you are a beautiful dancer but you're so smug and conceited that you can't see any further than your funny nose!
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Irene Castle : What's your name?
Vernon Castle : My name's Castle.
Irene Castle : My name's Foote.
Walter : My name will be mud when I try to explain this to your mother.
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Irene Castle : [singing] Run to you your Mama, For here comes the Yama, Yama Yama Man.
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Irene Castle : What does 'ham' mean?
Vernon Castle : That's just an expression.
Irene Castle : Well, what does it mean?
Vernon Castle : In the theater, we speak of certain actors as hams.
Irene Castle : Oh, that makes me feel so professional! Am I, am I a real ham?
Vernon Castle : Well, yes. You're a little one.
Irene Castle : Oh, wonderful!
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Irene Castle : I hope I don't disappoint you.
Vernon Castle : Come on, you know, chin up, chest out, and best foot forward
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Irene Castle : [singing] The whole French nation, You will hear them saying, A real sensation, And the people will stay, Till the break of the day, While we are dancing...
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Irene Castle : You call me a ham. Well, you're a - a ham with mustard!
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Irene Castle : Oh, Maggie, what am I going to do?
Maggie Sutton : Nothing. War is a man's business. Women only do what they're told.
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Irene Castle : Oh, Vernon, I've forgotten everything.
Vernon Castle : No, come on. Dance with me.
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Vernon Castle : Hey, dance with me.
Irene Castle : All the people downstairs.
Vernon Castle : Look, we can do it quietly like this. Just as if we're walking on air.
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Irene Castle : Well, Vernon, we've nothing to lose.
Vernon Castle : Tell them to play, "Too Much Mustard."
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Irene Castle : I don't dare read the newspapers any more.
Maggie Sutton : Neither do I.
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Irene Castle : Vernon, would they let you dance alone? Because, if they would...
Vernon Castle : Do you think I'd want to dance without you?
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Maggie Sutton : How would you like to try out for a dancing job?
Vernon Castle : What?
Irene Castle : Where?
Maggie Sutton : At the Café de Paris.
Vernon Castle : Café de Paris? Irene!
Irene Castle : Well, you know the manager?
Maggie Sutton : My dear, the manager knows me!
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French Landlady : Mes Amis, Vive l'Amérique!
Vernon Castle : Viva la France!
Irene Castle : Viva la everything!
French Landlady : [singing] Allons enfants...
Vernon Castle , Irene Castle , French Landlady : ...de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
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Irene Castle : I got myself all pressed up.
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Irene Castle : Did Captain Castle say how long he'd be at the flying field?
Hotel Manager : No, ma'am. He arranged for dinner at 7:30 in the private dining room.
Maggie Sutton : Oh, sounds almost wicked.
Hotel Manager : We cater only to a family trade, ma'am.
Maggie Sutton : I beg your pardon.
Hotel Manager : Not at all. My card. If I can be of any service to you, call on me.
[exits]
Maggie Sutton : A wife-beater if ever I saw one.