Salome (1953)
Judith Anderson: Queen Herodias
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Quotes
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Queen Herodias : The desperate can only survive by taking desperate measures.
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Queen Herodias : I wonder, should beauty be wasted or used for a purpose?
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Queen Herodias : Would you say that I have done everything I could to protect my daughter from the King?
Micha : Well, you could do no more. Sending her to Rome to keep her far from the King.
Queen Herodias : And now that she is near him and his appetite has grown much keener.
Micha : Much keener, Your Majesty.
Queen Herodias : Could her return not be used to my advantage?
Micha : It is quite within the realm of possibility. Your Majesty, may I suggest, for your sake, that you lose no time in - using - that advantage.
Queen Herodias : Yes, Micha!
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Queen Herodias : You threaten me?
King Herod : You will learn, I am King here. I command who lives and who dies.
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Queen Herodias : You can persuade him.
Princess Salome : How?
Queen Herodias : With your matchless beauty! Dance for him tonight.
Princess Salome : Dance for him? Mother you know who dances for the King, becomes his possession.
Queen Herodias : Yes, I know the custom.
Princess Salome : You would have me give myself to...
Queen Herodias : For the throne, yes!
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King Herod : Where is the Princess? You keep her from me. Command her to appear.
Queen Herodias : Command her, yourself!