Les Girls (1957)

Mitzi Gaynor: Joanne 'Joy' Henderson

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Quotes 

• Joy Henderson : Would you like a glass of water?

  Barry Nichols : Why, do you want to soak your feet?

• Joy Henderson : Barry, remember what the doctor told you!

  Barry Nichols : The doctor told me not to dance. I'm not gonna dance.

• Barry Nichols : Have you any idea how much time l put in day and night teaching her how to dance?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Especially nights.

  Barry Nichols : lf l need jokes, l'll hire a comedian.

• Angèle Ducros : [after a performance of 'Les Girls']  Barry, Barry, Barry, Feel my heart, you can almost hear it pounding.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Does it chime the hour?

• Angèle Ducros : ls he - unhappy to be away from his - wife?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Barry fell in love with himself the first time he looked in a mirror and he's been faithful ever since.

• Lady Sybil Wren : Where were you working before, Angèle?

  Angèle Ducros : l was last in a ballet called 'Le Coquerico'. All about chickens.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Did you lay an egg?

  Angèle Ducros : l do not understand.

  Lady Sybil Wren : Joy means, ''did you get fired?''

  Angèle Ducros : Oh, no. l quit! Nobody could see me behind all those feathers.

• Joanne 'Joy' Henderson , Lady Sybil Wren , Angèle Ducros : [singing]  Ah, what charms they disclose, From their hats to their hose, From the tips of their toes, Up to their - curls!

• Angèle Ducros : [referring to Barry]  l like him.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : What about Pierre?

  Angèle Ducros : Oh, Pierre is in La Porte. And l'm in Paris. l mustn't allow myself to be despondent.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Vive la France.

• Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Don't you ever knock before you walk into a room?

  Barry Nichols : What for? You got secrets?

• Pierre Ducros : Do you work with Angèle at the hospital?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Oh, no. No, we flunked out. Couldn't tuck a sheet.

• Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : There's an interesting thing about Poughkeepsie, it's south of Claverack, and it's west of Mahopac, it's east of Nyack and it's north of Hackensack.

  Sir Gerald Wren : Bit of a sticky wicket, what?

• Angèle Ducros : Put the coffee on. I'll get the bed ready.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Fill the bath.

  Lady Sybil Wren : With Gin!

• Lady Sybil Wren : l was very naughty, wasn't l?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Yeah. Maybe a cool damp cloth'll help.

• Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Barry, what do you want to talk about?

  Barry Nichols : Books, vegetables, cauliflower, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, l don't care!

• Barry Nichols : There. Was I all right?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : You were a perfect little gentleman. I promise not to tell. I know what your reputation means to you.

• Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : l like companionship and l like men. Only, the ones l meet, companionship is not what they're looking for.

• Barry Nichols : Where'd you get that dress?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : l bought it for your party.

  Barry Nichols : How do you like that?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : l wanted to look especially nice for you.

  Barry Nichols : It's beautiful. Beautiful.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : Yeah.

  Barry Nichols : What is it? ls it silk?

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : No. Peau d'ange.

  Barry Nichols : Peau d'ange. Angel skin. lt sure feels like it.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : lt cost a fortune.

  Barry Nichols : Not much back to it.

  Joanne 'Joy' Henderson : With this kind of a dress, you know, you're paying for what they leave out.