Quotes from On the Town (1949)

18 quotes
Betty Garrett
Claire Huddesen: I was just doing a bit of research.
Brunhilde Esterhazy: Dr. Kinsey, I presume.
- Betty Garrett (as Brunhilde Esterhazy) in On the Town (1949)

Ann Miller
Claire Huddesen: You oughta feel proud that three sailors from the United States Navy got off the ship for one day, and what did they do? Were they thirsty for hard liquor? No. They were thirsty for culture. Were they running after girls? No. They came running to the museum to see your dinosaur. For months out at sea they were dreaming about your dinosaur.
- Ann Miller (as Claire Huddesen) in On the Town (1949)

Alice Pearce
Brunhilde Esterhazy: [as Lucy prepares to go out] Don't worry, Lucy, I'll do the same for you one of these days.
Lucy Schmeeler: When will you ever get the opportunity?
Chip: Goodbye, Miss Schmeeler.
Lucy Schmeeler: Goodbye, Mr. Chips!
- Alice Pearce (as Lucy Schmeeler) in On the Town (1949)

Betty Garrett
Brunhilde Esterhazy: I knew you'd come back. They all come back.
- Betty Garrett (as Brunhilde Esterhazy) in On the Town (1949)

Ann Miller
Ozzie: [after Claire took photo of him beside prehistoric man statue] Er, what are you doing tonight?
Claire Huddesen: Now just a minute! I want you to know that my interest in you is purely scientific. I'm just a cold-blooded scientist. And I'm writing an anthropological study for this musuem. It's called : "The Modern Man... And What It Is"
- Ann Miller (as Claire Huddesen) in On the Town (1949)

Jules Munshin
Ozzie: If through a lot of foolery you lost your last red cent/ I wouldn't even stop to ask you why/I'd pawn my mother's jewelry, I'd steal my sister rent/It's all for you kid, you can milk me dry!
- Jules Munshin (as Ozzie) in On the Town (1949)

Betty Garrett
[attempting to escape from the police]
Gabey: Hilde, do you know where we can hide?
Brunhilde Esterhazy: Sure, I know a place right across the Brooklyn bridge where they'll never find us.
Gabey: Where is it?
Brunhilde Esterhazy: Brooklyn!
- Betty Garrett (as Brunhilde Esterhazy) in On the Town (1949)

Gene Kelly
[Gabey and Ivy discuss where they should meet]
Gabey: Top of the Empire State Building.
Ivy Smith: But it's so high up!
Gabey: Oh it won't seem high to me. I'm in the clouds right now.
- Gene Kelly (as Gabey) in On the Town (1949)

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