Don't Knock the Twist (1962)
Mari Blanchard: Dulcie Corbin
Quotes
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Ted Haver : Want to know something? I was going to propose to you tonight. Now, I don't know whether to propose to you or proposition you.
Dulcie Corbin : When in doubt, darling, proposition.
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Dulcie Corbin : I'm going to leave for New York in the morning, draw up the contract, start working on your new costumes. Ted, you and Chubby start teaching Madge and the kids some of the Twist routines. We can get started immediately!
Ruth Emerson : Ah, just like Cinderella.
Frank Emerson : Yeah! Cinderella in tight pants!
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Dulcie Corbin : My latest creation comes under neither the Rome nor the Madrid influence. You will notice the soft drape across the bodice.
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Dulcie Corbin : The Twist? Of course, the Twist! Oh, darling, I love you, pick me up at eight.
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Dulcie Corbin : I want this gown finished by seven o'clock.
Amy - the Dressmaker : Hew! This must be something special.
Dulcie Corbin : "Shock 'em!" she said. "Shock 'em and play magic music!"
Amy - the Dressmaker : [looking at what Dulcie is drawing] Is that what it's going to be like?
Dulcie Corbin : Even more so.
Amy - the Dressmaker : Are you gonna put it on or paste it on?
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Ted Haver : What are you trying to do? Win an award for the best undressed woman of the year?
Dulcie Corbin : Shhh! Darling, Chubby Checkers is going to sing.
Chubby Checker : [singing] I love to Twist, Baby, I do, I love to Twist, Ah, baby, with you, Sweet little Miss, Come on, let's Twist, The way they do, Yeah, that's all brand new...
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Ted Haver : You're not going to Twist in that!
Dulcie Corbin : Of course, I am. I designed this gown especially for Twisting. Now, no inhibitions, darling.
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Dulcie Corbin : That trip to the dressing room was worth $6400.
Ted Haver : $6400?
Dulcie Corbin : Eight new gowns, designed especially for Twisting, at 800 apiece. Money, money, money! It's exquisite, darling. All of those fat, juicy little dollar signs. I just love'em!
Ted Haver : Dulcie, you and money are carrying on the greatest love affair since Napoleon and Josephine.
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Ted Haver : I should have known I couldn't make a wife out of a Fast Buck Kid in one easy lesson.
Dulcie Corbin : We're both Fast Buck Kids! That's one of the big things we've had in common. That's why we've lasted together for so long, Ted. Now, don't get religion on me.
Ted Haver : Ah, Dulcie, forget it. You know, my mistake was thinking about you as Dulcie - rather than, Dulcie, Incorporated.
Dulcie Corbin : I tell you what, how about spending the weekend with me at my place at the lake?
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Dulcie Corbin : What happened the other night at the Spice Island Club gave me the idea: a whole line of Twist outfits. Not just the kind I wore the other night; but, Twist outfits for every kind of occasion!
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Dulcie Corbin : Don't tell me that's Joe Albright's little Madge?
Joe Albright : Little? She's only little in the right places.
Len Barry - Dovells Member : And those pants look good! The way capri pants should!
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Dulcie Corbin : Darling, if you were wearing contact lenses, they'd be all steamed up.
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Ted Haver : Look at that girl, go. And I bet she never had a lesson.
Ruth Emerson : Just doin' what comes natural.
Ted Haver : The way she uses her body!
Dulcie Corbin : Yes! Yes! Ted, you're right!
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Madge Albright : Why me, Miss Corbin? You must have lots of models working for you already?
Dulcie Corbin : I want someone new, Madge. A face and figure that hasn't been used by every designer in the industry. Someone fresh! Like yourself. A modern girl for modern dresses.
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Dulcie Corbin : Ah, a signed contract. Well, little Miss Swivel Hips is all mine.
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Amy - the Dressmaker : You don't seem afraid to leave Mr. Haver up in the mountains with Nature Girl?
Dulcie Corbin : Afraid? Huh, I have Ted eating out of my hand. The way to keep a man, Amy, is to keep saying no.
Amy - the Dressmaker : Until he meets someone who'll start saying yes.
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Dulcie Corbin : Salome costume? Salome! Are you talking about that cotton-picking wench that did the dance of the seven veils and walked around with a head on a tray?
Ted Haver : I am.
Dulcie Corbin : Well, you can put the tray away. I'm not designing any outfits I can't sell! And the Salome costume went out of style a few thousand years ago.
Ted Haver : Come on, Dulcie, we built up a big Salome production number for the finale! All we're trying to do is show that Salome did a version of the Twist in those days.
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Dulcie Corbin : Just what kind of magic did that little witch practice up at Magic Lake?
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Dulcie Corbin : Little Miss Swivel Hips. Sugar and spice and everything nice.
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Dulcie Corbin : I never do anything I'm sorry for.
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Mrs. Morrison : My dear, what perfectly ravishing conception these Twist fashions! They're so young, so full of vitality.
Dulcie Corbin : That's the whole idea, Mrs. Morrison. They're meant to make a girl feel even girlier.
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Amy - the Dressmaker : Mr. Haver called again.
Dulcie Corbin : About the Salome costume?
Amy - the Dressmaker : Uh-huh. They're having a dress rehearsal in the morning and they need it.
Dulcie Corbin : Well, call Mr. Haver and tell him it'll be there by 10.
Amy - the Dressmaker : Are you still serious about sending over that costume?
Dulcie Corbin : But of course I am.
Amy - the Dressmaker : The censors will blow a fuse, Miss Corbin. I wear more than that when I take a bath!
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Mrs. Morrison : One man's meat is another man's poison.
Dulcie Corbin : And if you're smart, the other fellow always gets the poison.
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Dulcie Corbin : What do you want?
Dulcie Corbin : Mr. Morrison's on the phone. He sounds very angry.
Dulcie Corbin : Well, tell him I'm going to China!
Secretary : Yes, ma'am. Red China or Nationalist China?
