Gilda (1946)
George Macready: Ballin Mundson
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Quotes
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Johnny Farrell : You're a lucky man.
Ballin Mundson : I make my own luck.
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Ballin Mundson : [referring to his knife cane] It is a most faithful and obedient friend: it is silent when I want it to be silent, but talks when I want to talk.
Johnny Farrell : Is it that your idea of a friend?
Ballin Mundson : That is my idea of a friend.
Johnny Farrell : You must lead a gay life.
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Gilda : If you're worried about Johnny Farrell, don't be. I hate him!
Ballin Mundson : And he hates you. That's very apparent. But hate can be a very exciting emotion. Very exciting. Haven't you noticed that?
Gilda : You make it sound...
Ballin Mundson : There is a heat in it, that one can feel. Didn't you feel it tonight?
Gilda : No.
Ballin Mundson : I did. It warmed me. Hate is the only thing that has ever warmed me.
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Johnny Farrell : I thought we agreed that women and gambling didn't mix.
Ballin Mundson : My wife does not come under the category of women, Johnny.
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Ballin Mundson : Now then, before we were interrupted, I believe we were about to drink a toast. So: disaster to the wench who did wrong by our Johnny. No, Gilda? You won't drink to that?
Gilda : Why not? Disaster to the wench!
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Ballin Mundson : Look your best, my beautiful. This will be the casino's first glimpse of you.
[He kisses her]
Gilda : I'll look my very best, Ballin.
[Looks at Johnny]
Gilda : I want all the hired help to approve of me. Glad to have met you, Mr. Farrell.
Ballin Mundson : His name is Johnny, Gilda.
Gilda : Oh, I'm sorry. Johnny is such a hard name to remember and so easy to forget.
[In a breathy voice]
Gilda : Johnny. There. See you later, Mr. Farrell.
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Ballin Mundson : You're a child, Gilda. A beautiful greedy child. And it amuses me to feed you beautiful things because you eat with such a good appetite.
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Ballin Mundson : Did you teach Gilda how to swim, Johnny?
Johnny Farrell : I taught her everything she knows, Ballin. Does that satisfy you?
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Ballin Mundson : You're still dressed.
Gilda : Yes.
Ballin Mundson : Anything wrong?
Gilda : Everything's wonderful. But, I told you, zippers throw me.
Ballin Mundson : May I help?
Gilda : Thank you.
Ballin Mundson : You'll have a maid in the morning.
Gilda : Will she be old and ugly?
Ballin Mundson : Those are your orders.
Gilda : I think that's good business, to surround yourself with ugly women and beautiful men.
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Ballin Mundson : Women are funny little creatures, Johnny.
Johnny Farrell : Why, I don't know much about 'em.
Ballin Mundson : Odd things are important to them.
Johnny Farrell : Really?
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Ballin Mundson : [to Gilda] I want to have look at you in your costume before you go. I see you're going to carry a whip. Have you warned Johnny?
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Ballin Mundson : Quite a surprise to hear a woman sing in my house, eh Johnny?
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Ballin Mundson : It amuses me to feed you beautiful things, because you eat with such a good appetite.
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Ballin Mundson : They won't let you use your own dice.
Johnny Farrell : I didn't think it showed.
Ballin Mundson : A man who makes his own luck, as I do, recognizes in others.
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Ballin Mundson : This I must be sure of, that there is no woman anywhere.
Johnny Farrell : There's no woman anywhere.
Ballin Mundson : Gambling and women do not mix.
Johnny Farrell : Those are the very words I use myself.
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Ballin Mundson : I feel great, Johnny.
Johnny Farrell : You look foolish.
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Gilda : Did you tell him what I'm doing here, Ballin?
Ballin Mundson : No, I wanted to save that as a surprise too.
Gilda : Hang on to your hat, Mr. Ferrell.
Ballin Mundson : Gilda is my wife, Johnny.
Gilda : Mrs. Ballin Mundson, Mr. Farrell. Is that all right?
Johnny Farrell : Congratulations.
Ballin Mundson : Oh, you don't congratulate the bride, Johnny. You congratulate the husband.
Johnny Farrell : Really? Well, what are you supposed to say to the bride?
Ballin Mundson : You wish her good luck.
Johnny Farrell : Good luck.
Gilda : Thank you, Mr. Farrell. My husband tells me you're a great believer in luck.
Ballin Mundson : We make our own luck, Johnny and I.
Gilda : I'll have to try that sometime.
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Johnny Farrell : It looks like one thing; then, right in front of your eyes, it becomes another thing.
Ballin Mundson : Well, you haven't much faith in the stability of women, have you Johnny?
Johnny Farrell : That's right.
Ballin Mundson : One wonders who the woman was who brought our Johnny to this pretty past, don't one Gilda?
Gilda : One does. Let's hate her. Shall we, Ballin?
Ballin Mundson : Let's. Shall we, Johnny?
Johnny Farrell : Let's! Now, that I'll drink to.
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Johnny Farrell : Who are the two krauts? I've seen them before.
Ballin Mundson : Messenger boys.
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Ballin Mundson : Johnny takes care of all the things that belong to me.
Gilda : He runs the joint.
Ballin Mundson : He runs the joint.
Gilda : Here that Johnny? You're to take care of me because I belong to the boss. How will you like that?
Johnny Farrell : Well, I do all kinds of jobs.
Gilda : I bet this is the oddest job you ever had.
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Ballin Mundson : When a man becomes as weak enough to accept a bribe, he's already a dying man.
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Ballin Mundson : I bought her, Johnny. Just as I bought you.
Johnny Farrell : Well, she knows that, doesn't she?
Ballin Mundson : That's just it. Money doesn't mean very much to Gilda. If she should become restless? I'm mad about her, Johnny. Mad.
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Johnny Farrell : We went swimming. You were asleep.
Ballin Mundson : Yes?
Gilda : All of the sudden, I just had to go swimming! It was so hot.
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Ballin Mundson : You play for the full stake or you pass the shoe. You can't rule the world by passing the shoe, Johnny.
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Gilda : Glad to have met you, Mr. Farrell.
Ballin Mundson : His name is Johnny, Gilda.
Gilda : Oh, I'm sorry. Johnny is such a hard name to remember... and so easy to forget.
