Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Douglas Fowley: Roscoe Dexter
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Quotes
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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.
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[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!
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[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.
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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!
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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?
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Rosco : It's just a freak!
R.F. Simpson : Yeah, what a freak. We should have such a freak at this studio.
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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!
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Rosco : Into the bush!
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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!
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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.