Time Out - Golden State Pops Orchestra "That Hamilton Woman"

This orchestra is incredible. I wrote a review of a different concert they did in October of 2013 (See: Treasured Appearances #3). The gorgeously romantic piece performed below is from That Hamilton Woman composed by Miklos Rozsa.

Golden State Pops Orchestra, conducted by Steven Allen Fox. Paul Henning - violin. Varèse Sarabande 35th Anniversary Gala - May 11, 2013. Warner Grand Theatre - San Pedro, California. http://www.GSPO.com

Sterling Silver Dialogue #17

Sterling Silver Dialogue From The Movies:  

Do you know where they're from?

"How tall are you, Yolanda?"
(reply) "With heels or without?"
(response) "With anyone. Me, for instance."
 

“Young lady! Are you trying to show contempt for this court?”
(response) “No. I’m doin’ my best to hide it.”

(about to gamble at cards) "Is this a game of chance?"
(response) "Not the way I play it, no."

"I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here."

“You know I’ve been mad about you from the first time I laid eyes on you. Why, you’re my whole world! What do you want to do, drive me to the mad house?!”
(response) “No. I’ll call you a taxi.”

“Great town St. Louis. You were born there?”
(reply) “Yes”
(response) “What part?”
(reply) “Why, all of me.”

"Ruby, I must have you... your golden hair, your fascinating eyes, your alluring smile, and lovely arms, your form divine..."
(response) "Wait a minute, wait a minute. Is this a proposal, or are ya takin' inventory?"

“Are you in town for good?”
(reply) “I expect to be here but not for good.”

(announcing to several men at a bar) “It’s better to be looked over than overlooked.”

"What if she's right - he didn't do it, and they give him the chair?"
(response) "Suppose they do? What difference does it make? There's too many people in the world anyway."
(reply) "What's the use of talking to you? You think everything's a joke."
(response) "My son, it is. If it weren't, life wouldn't be worth living."

(a fake substitute teacher announcing to his students) "It's gonna be a really tough project. It's going to test your head, your brain, and your mind, too."

(to his “fellow” teachers during a meeting) “Those that cannot do, teach. Those that cannot teach, teach gym.”

(to his students) "Ok, here's the deal. I have a hangover. Who knows what that means?"
Frankie: "Doesn't that mean you're drunk?"
(teacher's response) "No. It means I was drunk yes-ter-day."

"What’s your nationality?"
(reply) "I’m a drunkard."

"Don't talk to me about self-respect. Self-respect is something you tell yourself you've got when you've got nothing else."

"Well, don't you even say 'Good night'?"
(response) "It's good-bye, and it's tough to say good-bye."
(reply) "Why is it? You've never seen me before tonight."
(response) "Every guy's seen you before somewhere. The trick is to find you."

"You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you."

Answers to Sterling Silver Dialogue #17 are here.

Sterling Silver Dialogue #16

Sterling Silver Dialogue From The Movies:  

Do you know where they're from?

"You've got a nasty reputation Mr. Gitts. I like that."

Jake Gittes: “How much are you worth?”
Noah Cross: “I have no idea. How much do you want?”
Jake Gittes: “I just wanna know what you’re worth. More than 10 million?”
Noah Cross: “Oh my, yes!”
Jake Gittes: “Why are you doing it?” How much better can you eat? What could you buy that you can’t already afford?”
Noah Cross: “The future, Mr. Gitts! The future!” 

"My purpose is madness....the only way you know what really happens in war. By lying you can open the door a little crack on the truth."

"Sure I know I've got lots of faults, but being in love with you isn't one of them, is it?"

"I am not putting the knock on dolls. It's just that they are something to have around only when they come in handy... like cough drops."

"You like money. You got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart."

"You have my sympathies, then. You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else - the perfect mediocrity; no better, no worse. Individuality's a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel confident. You know, I've often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They are admired and hero-worshiped, but there is always present underlying wish to see them destroyed at the peak of their glory."

Fisher: "Sounds pretty mysterious. What's it all about?"

(response) "There are some things, my dear Fisher, which bear not much looking into. You have undoubtedly heard of the Siberian goat herder who tried to discover the true nature of the sun; he stared up at the heavenly body until it made him blind. There are many things of this sort, including love, and death, and... maybe we'll discuss this later today. Please remember to make that call if I'm not back at 6:30."

(as she’s dying) "It isn't fair. I never had anybody but you. Not a real husband. Not even a man. Just a bad joke without a punch line."

"What she meant we'll never know. It's what she said that counts."

"The fact is, Morgan is an uncivilized brute. Sometimes he drinks heavily. A night like this will set him going. Once he's drunk he's rather dangerous."

(recurring line) “Have a potato.”

"They were all godless here. They used to bring their women here - brazen, lolling creatures in silks and satins. They filled the house with laughter and sin, laughter and sin. And if I ever went down among them, my own father and brothers - they would tell me to go away and pray. They wouldn't tell Rachael to go away and pray. (she laughs) And I prayed - and left them with their lustful red and white women."

(feels the fabric of a guest’s low-cut gown) "That's fine stuff, but it'll rot."
(touches her skin above the neckline) "That's finer stuff still, but it'll rot too... in time!"

(recurring line) “No beds!”

"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
(reply) "My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
(response) "The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
(reply) "I was misinformed."

"Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

"You know, I have the strangest feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful hatred."

Answers to Sterling Silver Dialogue #16 are here.