Eastwood's 80th birthday and TCM was showing "Dirty Harry," which I had never seen. The
mentioned that "Are you feeling lucky" came in around 50 on the AFI list of memorable
quotes and "Make my day" came in at number 6.
Probably my favorites never even made it to the Institute's top 100, but I like them.
One is from "Mr. Roberts." After Mr Roberts (Henry Fonda) expresses his disappointment
in Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon) because he never sees any great ideas through. Roberts
accuses, what ever happened to the idea to put marbles in the Captain's overhead. Pulver,
extremely hurt, goes to his locker and takes a band-aid container out and shakes it
with vigor. "I'm looking for marbles all the time!"
In "No Time for Sergeants" Will admonishes his buddy (Nick Adams) to be nice to the
obnoxious Norman, because "he's had ROTC and they don't know how to cure it."
I'll end this short list with my most favorite. Grandfather takes Little Big Man up on
a mountain where he plans to die because life has become incongruent to him. He lays
down and says, "It is a good day to die." A fairly long time passes and it starts to rain on
Grandfather and eventually gets up and tells Little Big Man, "Sometimes the magic
works and sometimes it doesn't." They descend the mountain.
Oh, wait, two more of my very favorites come from one movie: "My Man Godfrey."
After William Powell sits Carol Lombard in a shower and turns on the cold water,
she comes out into her room chanting, "Godfrey loves me. Godfrey loves me" She
begins to jump on her bed continuing the chant. At the end of the picture, Lombard has
tracked Powell down to his "forgotten man" casino, bringing food and a judge to
marry them. Powell looks at the judge and attempts to question the inevitable and as the judge begins the ceremony, she takes his hand and says, "Don't worry Godfrey, it will all be over in a little while."
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