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The Great Ziegfeld Quotes

The Great Ziegfeld is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . The Great Ziegfeld ended in 1970.

It features Hunt Stromberg as producer, Walter Donaldson in charge of musical score, and Oliver T. Marsh as head of cinematography.

The Great Ziegfeld is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, Marcelle Corday as Marie, Myrna Loy as Billie Burke, Frank Morgan as Jack Billings, Reginald Owen as Sampson, Nat Pendleton as Sandow, and Ernest Cossart as Sidney.

The Great Ziegfeld Quotes

William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

  • (William Powell) "How do you expect Miss Brice to sing a sad song about her man, dressed up like a nightingale? I find personalities, and you try to destroy them. I didn't engage Miss Brice as a showgirl."
  • (Clarence) "Is that all right, Mr. Ziegfeld?"
  • (William Powell) "Well, it's all right for now. Tomorrow, get her another outfit. And don't make it, buy it. Go to a second-hand store and get her an old dress. She's supposed to be a, an apache, a poor French girl, an urchin."
  • (Clarence) "Yes, sir."
  • (Fanny Brice) "So, to work for Mr. Ziegfeld, I gotta' be an urchin. Even in burlesque I was middle class."
  • (Unnamed) "Do you realize you gave me five pounds?"
  • (William Powell) "Yes, I'm trying to lose weight."
  • (William Powell) "Buddy, you're better with your feet than you are with your broom."
  • (Ray Bolger) "Mr. Ziegfeld, you think so? Gee, I wish you'd give me a chance. I've got talent, and I'd like to get away from shifting scenery and moving props."
  • (William Powell) "How long have you been a property boy?"
  • (Ray Bolger) "Five years, but my heart hasn't been in it."
  • (Ray Bolger) "You've been working a long time without your heart, buddy."
  • (William Powell) "She's all right. She's gonna' be great."
  • (Reginald Owen) "And I discovered her."
  • (William Powell) "That's right, Sam, and you deserve a raise."
  • (William Powell) "And I'd give it to him, but I'm afraid he wouldn't approve of the expense."
  • (William Powell) "Oh, Sidney, I'm so terribly broke."
  • (Ernest Cossart) "But sir, isn't Mr. Billings going to help you?"
  • (William Powell) "Sidney, he hasn't a nickel. He was lying to me just to make me feel better. We're both broke."
  • (Ernest Cossart) "I wouldn't worry about that, sir. You've been broke before, sir."
  • (William Powell) "Yes, I know. I've always laughed about it. But I can't laugh anymore, Sidney, because I've been wrong. I've got nothing. Nothing to leave anyone."
  • (Ernest Cossart) "Nothing, sir? You leave them the memories of the finest things ever done on the stage, sir. You'll leave them a name that they can be proud of all their lives. You'll soon feel better, and then you can do more beautiful things than ever before, sir."

Myrna Loy as Billie Burke

  • (Myrna Loy) "I wonder what General Grant would think if he knew we were using the very shadow of his tomb as our meeting place?"
  • (William Powell) "Well, I never knew the general personally but I have an idea that he'd approve."
  • (Myrna Loy) "I'm here."
  • (William Powell) "Yes, and so am I."
  • (Myrna Loy) "But it must seem like kindergarten to you."
  • (William Powell) "Why?"
  • (Myrna Loy) "The great Mr. Ziegfeld, producer of the Follies, surrounded by hundreds of beautiful women, sitting on a bench holding hands, watching the riverboats go back and forth. Doesn't sound a bit like you, does it?"
  • (William Powell) "No, it doesn't. But, here I am, sitting on a bench, holding hands and watching the riverboats go back and forth -- And regretting all the years I haven't known you."
  • (Myrna Loy) "Didn't Anna Held take up a few of those years?"
  • (William Powell) "Yes, Billie, she did. She was truly a wonderful woman."
  • (Myrna Loy) "I love you for saying that."
  • (William Powell) "Look, there's another ferryboat going across to the Palisades. Will you keep your eyes on it while I tell you something?"
  • (Myrna Loy) "Must I look at a ferryboat to listen to you?"
  • (William Powell) "Yes, or I won't be able to tell you."
  • (Myrna Loy) "You mean the great lady's man is bashful?"
  • (William Powell) "Strange as it may seem -- in your presence, he is."
  • (Myrna Loy) "All right, I'm looking."
  • (William Powell) "I love you, Billie."
  • (William Powell) "The ferryboat -- I haven't anything to offer you, because there's nothing that you really seem to need. You've made the most of yourself unassisted, and that's grand. But"
  • (William Powell) "Ferryboat. You're a great star already, so there's little I can offer you. Nothing I can give you -- except my love."
  • (Myrna Loy) "That isn't enough -- I expect part of your ambition, half of your trouble, two-thirds of your worries -- and all of your respect."

Frank Morgan as Jack Billings

  • (Little Egypt) "Oh, Jack, is Ziegfeld a friend of yours?"
  • (Frank Morgan) "Yes, we've been pals for years, but you wouldn't like him."
  • (Little Egypt) "No?"
  • (Frank Morgan) "No, he's up one day and down the next. If he got $10,000 tomorrow, he'd spend it on the girl he happened to like tomorrow night. You wouldn't want to waste your time meeting a felloe like that."
  • (Little Egypt) "Oh, not if I met him on the right night."

Reginald Owen as Sampson

  • (Reginald Owen) "This is about talent."
  • (William Powell) "Something good and cheap no doubt?"
  • (Reginald Owen) "Exactly. It's a young girl named Brice -- Fanny -- Fanny Brice. She;s working in burlesque."
  • (Gene Buck) "Say, I've seen that girl, Flo."
  • (William Powell) "Pretty?"
  • (Gene Buck) "Well, yes and no. Shut your eyes and listen; yes. Open 'em and look; no, but a great performer."
  • (William Powell) "We shall have a look at her at once; tonight."
  • (Reginald Owen) "They want the cash."
  • (William Powell) "Did you mean they're telling me that they sent the costumes for this show COD?"
  • (Reginald Owen) "No, sir, not this show. They want some money on the last show."

Luise Rainer as Anna Held

  • (Luise Rainer) "Hello, Flo -- Yes. Here's Anna -- I'm so happy for you today, I could not help calling you and congratulate you -- Wonderful, Flo. Never better in my whole life --. I'm so excited about my new plans. I'm going to Paris -- Yes, for a few weeks, and then I can get back, and then I'm doing a new show, and -- Oh, it's all so wonderful. I'm so happy --. Yes -- And I hope you are happy, too -- Yes? -- Oh, I'm so glad for you, Flo -- Sounds funny for ex-husband and ex-wife to tell how happy they are, oui? -- Yes, Flo -- Goodbye, Flo -- Goodbye --"
  • (Luise Rainer) "Darling --"
  • (Marcelle Corday) "My poor, petite. If you love him so, why did you divorce him?"
  • (Luise Rainer) "Because I thought it would bring him back to me. I was sure that it would bring him back to me."

Nat Pendleton as Sandow

  • (Nat Pendleton) "This cheese is so strong it could walk over and say hello to your coffee."
  • (William Powell) "Well, it had better not. This coffee's too weak to answer it."

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