The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Ricky Nelson: Tommy Clayton Campbell Jr. (segment "Mademoiselle")
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Quotes
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : What are you thinking? Are you wondering whether I'm a witch?
Tommy: aged 11 : Suppose you are a witch?
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : Suppose I am.
Tommy: aged 11 : Would you do a guy a favor?
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott : I've been waiting for twenty years to do a guy a favor.
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Tell me, boy, what do they tell you about me? Oh, I know my reputation in this place. Do you think I'm a witch?
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : I'm not a baby.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, it's not the babies who believe in the supernatural. It's rather the mature mind that believes there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy. That's Shakespeare.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Sure.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, I'm glad you're conversant with Shakespeare. He's fun! Double, double, toil, and trouble; fire burn and caldron bubble.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Now you're trying to scare me. That's childish.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, you disappoint me. I wasn't trying to scare you; I was simply trying to carry on a literate conversation.
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Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : It's no fun at all, because, I'm sitting here with *that* woman. They call her Mademoiselle, because she's French and full of irregular verbs. She just adores irregular verbs.
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Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : She reads me those mushy French poems all day long. Mush, mush, mush! Boy, am I tired of her silly old face... Sufferin' succotash, she's going to read me another one. I think I'll drop dead.
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Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : She's no witch! She's an American.
Terry (segment "Mademoiselle") : What makes you think a woman can't be both?
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Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Twist this ribbon around your finger. Then, you place it against your forehead. And you must pronounce my name. I love to have my name pronounced. Hazel Pennicott. That's my name.
Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : Hazel Pennicott.
Mrs. Hazel Pennicott (segment "Mademoiselle") : Oh, I could hear it over and over again. It *intoxicates* me. Hazel Pennicott.
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Tommy: aged 11 (segment "Mademoiselle") : I don't want you to be sad! I want you to be gay!