A Date with Judy (1948)

Carmen Miranda: Rosita Conchellas

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• Rosita Conchellas : You see, it is just a matter of a little wiggle here and a little wiggle there. You have to get the right wiggle at the right place and at the right time.

• Rosita Conchellas : My profession is an honorable one. You engaged me to teach you the rumba, don't you? And I do not teach in closets!

• Rosita Conchellas : You know something? You too would look 10 years younger, if you did not dress so stuffy.

  Melvin R. Foster : Stuffy?

  Rosita Conchellas : Sí, look at that tie here. So tired. Throw him away. And that tummy, that should go too. Well, never mind. We'll get rid of them dancing.

• Melvin R. Foster : Hope that you're not late for your rehearsal and that Mr. Cugat won't be angry with you.

  Rosita Conchellas : Cugie, angry? Oh, no, he never gets angry. He's sweet and kind just like you, Mr. Foster. Always a gentleman. He's gentle as a kitten.

• Melvin R. Foster : I hope your married life is as happy as mine has been.

  Rosita Conchellas : It will be. If it's not, I hit Cugie right on the head.

• Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra : [singing]  Do you like it?

  Rosita Conchellas : Yes, I like it

  Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra : Do you dig me?

  Rosita Conchellas : Yes, I dig you

  Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra : Is it murder?

  Rosita Conchellas : Sure, it's murda

  Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra : Will you swing it?

  Rosita Conchellas : Yes, I will, I'm the zootiest chick this side of Brazil, Yes, sir! Oh!

• Xavier Cugat : Pancho, go down with eight and come up with the downbeat.

  Rosita Conchellas : [singing]  I love the Latin music of Señor Cugat, He's got the kind of a zip, That only a few got, The music is r-r-r-romantic, The music is ex-citing, But I like a little better what you got...

• Rosita Conchellas : Ah! That's the kind of the music. I like it. It talks to my skin.

• Rosita Conchellas : [singing]  I'm a jitterbug and I'm hot as a pipe, I want to tell you, brother I'm the bobby-sock type, I'm a red tomato and I'm overly ripe...

• Rosita Conchellas : [singing]  I'm an alligator and I'm sharp as a bug, I like to boogie-woogie, Like to chew up a rug, I'm very, very groovy...

• Judy Foster : Weren't you at his office every day this week?

  Carol Pringle : And hiding in his closet?

  Xavier Cugat : Well, were you?

  Rosita Conchellas : Of course, I was. I mean, I was teaching him to rumba.

  Xavier Cugat : In a closet?

• Rosita Conchellas : You want to rumba, yes? That is it, huh?

• Rosita Conchellas : Let's try again. Chin up. Waist in. Shoulders back. Chest out. Come now. One, two, three, hip. One, two, three, hip. Watch the hip. One, two...

  Melvin R. Foster : I am, lady, I am.

  Rosita Conchellas : Then go ahead. Do it. One, two, three, hip. One, two, three, hip. That's it. One, two, three, hip.

• Melvin R. Foster : I'm doing pretty good, don't you think?

  Rosita Conchellas : Magnificent, wonderful. Somewhere in your family tree must be hanging a Spaniard. Let's go. That's it. Now watch the hip. Watch the hip.

  Melvin R. Foster : Yeah, I am. I am.

• Rosita Conchellas : [singing]  We gotta get going, Where are we going? What are we gonna do? We're on our way to somewhere, But only me and you, All we see there, Who we'll see there? What a very big surprise, There may be caballeros, With dark and flashing eyes, We're on our way...

• Rosita Conchellas : [singing]  Beats me up, Barry, And I'll beat you right back...