The Band Wagon (1953)
Oscar Levant: Lester Marton
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Quotes
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Lester Marton : Shhh! Someone's liable to think we are quarreling!
Lily Marton : We're not quarreling! We're in complete agreement! We hate each other!
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Lester Marton : I can stand anything but failure!
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Jeffrey Cordova , Lily Marton , Lester Marton , Tony Hunter : [singing] That's En-ter-tain-ment.
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Lester Marton : Joe - tell Mrs. Marton that I've gone to Tahiti. To paint!
[Walks into a bar]
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Jeffrey Cordova : You used the phrase 'he sells his soul to the Devil', now that's the line you have to carry straight through. Just like Faust, this man is tempted by the Devil and his compromise, his sell out, must end in eternal damnation
Lester Marton : That'll leave 'em laughing!
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Lester Marton , Lily Marton : Rah, rah Tony! Rah, rah Tony! Tony! Hunter! Sis boom bah!
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Lester Marton : I can stand anything but pain!
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Tony Hunter : [Doubtful] This guy can direct a musical?
Lester Marton : [Enthralled] This guy can do anything!
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Lily Marton : I knew that you could say it so beautifully.
Jeffrey Cordova : Oh, Lily, you splendid animal!
Lester Marton : Hey, take your hands off my wife and let's get down to business.
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Jeffrey Cordova , Lily Marton , Lester Marton , Tony Hunter : [singing] The world is stage, The stage is a world of entertainment!
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Jeffrey Cordova , Lily Marton , Lester Marton , Tony Hunter : [singing] Some great Shakespearean scene, Where the ghost and a prince meet, And everyone ends in mincemeat...
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Tony Hunter : [singing] How I love a glass of beer.
Lester Marton : More beer!
Tony Hunter : Beer goes very good with beer.
Lester Marton , Lily Marton : More beer!
Tony Hunter : When I'm drinking beer, I'm thinking, Ach, life is beer...
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Lester Marton : Gosh, with all this raw talent around, why can't us kids get together and put on ourselves a show! Maybe, we could find ourselves a barn or something.
