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"Some day you won't laugh at me! I'm going out and have a real life! I'm gonna be somebody!"
"[last lines] Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."
"Do you mind if I take just one more look?"
"I don't want to sound immodest, but I think I've stripped a gear."
"[When Esther is accepting her Academy Award] I won one of those once - They don't mean a thing! What I want is a special award for the worst performance of the year. Lord knows I earned it!"
"[to Esther] All the experts seem to think that your type is a little mild for present day's taste. But I'd rather believe that tastes change, like eyebrows. And I think that also like eyebrows, tastes are going back to the natural."
"Now, I'm going to turn you over to our demon press agent, Libby. Don't let him frighten you. He has a heart of gold... only harder."
"If you've got one drop of my blood in your veins, you won't let Mattie or any of her kind break your heart, you'll go right out there and break it yourself."
"Tragedy is a test of courage. If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you. If not than you will have to live all your life as a coward, because no matter where you may run you can never run away from yourself."
"[to the radio audience] It took me more than 70... more than 60 years to get here, and here I mean to stay!"
"For every dream of yours you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak."
"There are a couple of rats I raised from mice."
"That's a charming match. A nice girl like Vicki and Public Nuisance Number One."
"Casey Burke: His work is beginning to interfere with his drinking."
"Danny McGuire: The program tonight's gonna be swell. Take this fella Beethoven: I'm a pushover for him. And Chopin - well, he's not so dusty, either."
"Is the price of stardom a broken heart?"
"Fate raised her to fame - and killed the man she loved!"
"Janet Gaynor - Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester"
"Fredric March - Norman Maine"
"Adolphe Menjou - Oliver Niles"
"May Robson - Grandmother Lettie Blodgett"
"Andy Devine - Daniel "Danny" McGuire"
"Lionel Stander - Matt Libby"
"Owen Moore - Casey Burke"
"Peggy Wood - Miss Phillips"
"Elizabeth Jenns - Anita Regis"
"Edgar Kennedy - Pop Randall"
"J. C. Nugent - Mr. Blodgett"
"Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - posture coach"
Heute, am 12. Tag schlagen wir unser Lager in einem sehr merkwürdig geformten Höhleneingang auf. Wir sind von den Strapazen der letzten Tage sehr erschöpft, das Abenteuer an dem großen Wasserfall steckt uns noch allen in den Knochen. Wir bereiten uns daher nur ein kurzes Abendmahl und ziehen uns in unsere Kalebassen-Zelte zurück. Dr. Zwitlako kann es allerdings nicht lassen, noch einige Vermessungen vorzunehmen. 2. Aug.
- Das Tagebuch
Es gab sie, mein Lieber, es gab sie! Dieses Tagebuch beweist es. Es berichtet von rätselhaften Entdeckungen, die unsere Ahnen vor langer, langer Zeit während einer Expedition gemacht haben. Leider fehlt der größte Teil des Buches, uns sind nur 5 Seiten geblieben.
Also gibt es sie doch, die sagenumwobenen Riesen?
Weil ich so nen Rosenkohl nicht dulde!
- Zwei außer Rand und Band
Und ich bin sauer!