Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Verna Felton: Queen of Hearts

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Quotes 

• King of Hearts : What do you know about this unfortunate affair?

  March Hare : Nothing.

  Queen of Hearts : Nothing whatever?

  March Hare : Nothing whatever!

  Queen of Hearts : THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT! Jury, write that down!

• Queen of Hearts : Who's been painting my roses red? WHO'S BEEN PAINTING MY ROSES RED? /Who dares to taint / With vulgar paint / The royal flower bed? / For painting my roses red / Someone will lose his head.

  Card Painter : Oh no, Your Majesty, please! It's all *his* fault!

  Card Painter : Not me, your grace! The ace, the ace!

  Queen of Hearts : You?

  Card Painter : No, two!

  Queen of Hearts : The deuce, you say?

  Card Painter : Not me! The three!

  Queen of Hearts : That's enough! Off with their heads!

• Queen of Hearts : I warn you, child... if I lose my temper, you lose your head! Understand?

• White Rabbit : Your Majesty, members of the jury, loyal subjects... and the King... the prisoner at the bar stands accused of enticing Her Majesty, the Queen of Hearts, into a game of croquet, thereby and with malice of forethought, molesting, tormenting, and otherwise annoying our beloved...

  Queen of Hearts : Never mind all that! Get to the part where I lose my temper.

  White Rabbit : ...thereby causing the Queen to lose her temper.

• Alice : [as a giant]  And as for you... Your Majesty! Your Majesty indeed! Why, you're not a queen,

  [shrinking] 

  Alice : But just a - a fat, pompous, bad tempered old ty...!

  [normal size] 

  Alice : Tyrant.

  Queen of Hearts : [giggles]  And uh, just what were you saying, my dear?

  Cheshire Cat : Why, she simply said that you're a fat, pompous, bad tempered old tyrant!

  [cackles] 

  Queen of Hearts : [screaming at the top of her lungs]  OFF WITH HER HEAD!

• Queen of Hearts : Now, where do you come from?

  Alice : Well, I'm trying to find my way home...

  Queen of Hearts : Your way? All ways here are my ways!

  Alice : Yes, I know, but I was just thinking...

  Queen of Hearts : Curtsy while you're thinking. It saves time.

  Alice : [curtsying]  Yes, Your Majesty, but I just wanted to ask you...

  Queen of Hearts : I'll ask the questions! Do you play croquet?

  Alice : Why, yes, Your Majesty.

  Queen of Hearts : Then let the game begin!

• King of Hearts : Rule 42: All persons more than a mile high must leave the court immediately.

  Alice : I am not a mile high, and I'm not leaving.

  Queen of Hearts : Sorry. Rule 42, you know.

• Queen of Hearts : Now... are you ready for your sentence?

  Alice : Sentence? But there has to be a verdict first...

  Queen of Hearts : Sentence first! Verdict afterwards.

  Alice : But that just isn't the way...

  Queen of Hearts : [shouting]  All ways are...!

  Alice : ...your ways, your Majesty.

• Queen of Hearts : [after the Queen of Hearts is hit in the head and covered in the table cloth]  Someone's head IS GOING TO ROLL FOR THIS!

• [Alice reaches the door to escape from the mob] 

  Doorknob : [tries to open the door]  D'oh! I'm - still locked, you know!

  Alice : [in horror]  But the queen! I simply *must* get out!

  Doorknob : [chuckles]  But you *are* outside.

  Alice : [releases her grip on the Doorknob]  What?

  Doorknob : [opens his mouth]  See for yourself.

  [Alice sees through his mouth and sees herself asleep with Dinah also sleeping on her lap by a tree in a beautiful meadow] 

  Alice : Why - why that's me! I'm asleep!

  Queen of Hearts : [shouting from a distance, advancing toward Alice along with a mob of other characters]  Don't let her get away! Off with her head!

  Alice : [in terror, through the Doorknob's mouth]  Alice, wake up! Please, wake up, Alice!

  Queen of Hearts : [comes closer with the rest of the mob]  Off with her head!

  Alice : Alice! Please, wake up, Alice!

  [as the mob draws nearer, the screen goes into swirling multicolor until it shows Alice sleeping by the tree] 

  Alice : [voiceover]  Alice! Alice! Alice!

  Alice's sister : [changes to her sister's]  Alice! Alice! Will you kindly pay attention and recite your lesson?

• Queen of Hearts : Off with their heads.

• Queen of Hearts : And who is this?

  King of Hearts : Let me see, my dear. It's certainly not a heart. Do you suppose it's a club?