Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Douglas Fowley: Roscoe Dexter

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Quotes 

• Lina Lamont : Gee, this wig weighs a ton! What dope'd wear a thing like this?

  Rosco : Everybody used to wear them, Lina.

  Lina Lamont : Well, then everybody was a dope.

• [filming a scene with a microphone hidden in a bush] 

  Rosco : Lina! We're missing every other word! You've got to talk into the mike!

  Lina Lamont : [pointing at the bush]  Well, I can't make love to a bush!

• [after the demonstration of a talking picture] 

  R.F. Simpson : What do you think of it, Dexter?

  Rosco : It'll never amount to a thing.

  Olga Mara : [with heavy, snotty accent]  Its vulgar!

  Cosmo Brown : That's what they said about the horseless carriage.

• Rosco : [after seeing the film screw-up]  The sound, its out of synchronization!

  R.F. Simpson : [irritated]  Well tell them to fix it!

  Rosco : [while getting up]  Yes sir, fix it!

• Rosco : [after a take]  We're really rolling, Mr. Simpson.

  R.F. Simpson : Well, you can stop rolling at once.

  Rosco : What?

  R.F. Simpson : Don, Lina.

  Rosco : Ok, everybody save it!

  R.F. Simpson : Save it? Tell them to go home. We're shutting down for a few weeks.

  Rosco : What?

  R.F. Simpson : Well, don't just stand there. Tell them!

  Rosco : Everybody go until further notice! What is it?

• Rosco : It's just a freak!

  R.F. Simpson : Yeah, what a freak. We should have such a freak at this studio.

• Rosco : What's your name?

  Don Lockwood : Don Lockwood sir, but the fellas all call me Donald.

  Rosco : Wise guy, eh? All right, get this guy into Bert's suit! And remember Lockwood, you might be trading that fiddle in for a harp!

• Rosco : Into the bush!

• Rosco : Well, here we go again. I think we have another smash on our hands.

  Don Lockwood : l hope so.

  Rosco : You're darn tootin' we have!

• Rosco : Now, wait a second Mr. Simpson, talking pictures! You should wait...

  R.F. Simpson : Every studio is jumping on the bandwagon, Dexter. All the theaters are putting in sound equipment. We don't want to be left out of it.

  Don Lockwood : We don't know anything about this gadget.

  R.F. Simpson : What do you have to know? Its a picture. You do what you always did. Just add talking to it.