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'''Joe:''' ''(grinning)'' Constantly!\\
'''Betty:''' ''(DeathGlare)''

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'''Joe:''' ''(grinning)'' '''Joe''' ''(grinning)'': Constantly!\\
'''Betty:''' ''(DeathGlare)''''(Betty gives him a DeathGlare.)''
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* In the musical, when Joe arrives a bit late for the New Year's Eve party, and Artie takes the coat from the former, he gets surprised:
-->'''Artie:''' Jesus, Joe, what's this made of? Mink? Who did you borrow this from? Adolphe Menjou?
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* "There's nothing tragic about being fifty...unless you're trying to be twenty-five."
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* This bit:
-->'''Joe:''' I mean, this is good dialogue in here. It'll play.\\
'''Betty:''' It will?\\
'''Joe:''' Sure! Especially with lots of music underneath. Drowning it out.\\
'''Betty:''' Don't you sometimes hate yourself?\\
'''Joe:''' ''(grinning)'' Constantly!\\
'''Betty:''' ''(DeathGlare)''
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* "Oh, shut up. I'm rich."
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* When Joe first arrives at Sunset, Max says, "Call me if you need help with the coffin." Joe's [[FlatWhat expression]] is ''priceless''.
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* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"

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* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'GoneWithTheWind'," 'Film/GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"
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* When Norma visits Paramount Studios, she's shown to a seat to watch the shoot. When she sits down, she notices a microphone nearby and shoves it away.
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* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"

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* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"picture?'"
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* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. At least until Max interrupts.

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* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. (Gloria Swanson was friends with Charlie Chaplin in real life.) At least until Max interrupts.
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* A grim joke during the final scene, but the police are unable to use the phones because gossip columnist Hedda Hopper is calling in her report.

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* A grim joke during the final scene, but the police are unable to use the phones because gossip columnist Hedda Hopper is calling in her report.report.
* When Joe is getting another of his scripts rejected, he tells the script girl "You'd have turned down 'GoneWithTheWind'," only to have the producer sitting next to her reply "No, that was me. I said 'Who wants to see a Civil War picture?'"
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* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. At least until Max interrupts.

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* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. At least until Max interrupts.interrupts.
* A grim joke during the final scene, but the police are unable to use the phones because gossip columnist Hedda Hopper is calling in her report.
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'''Joe:''' She read the script?

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'''Joe:''' She read the script?script?
* Norma's Charlie Chaplin impression is actually amusing. At least until Max interrupts.
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Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett originally envisioned this movie as a comedy, and while the final product turned out more dramatic than originally intended, it still works in a few humorous lines.

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Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett originally envisioned this movie as a comedy, and while the final product turned out more dramatic than originally intended, it still works in a few humorous lines.
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Creator/BillyWilder and Charles Brackett originally envisioned this movie as a comedy, and while the final product turned out more dramatic than originally intended, it still works in a few humorous lines.
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-->'''Norma:''' Here's the chart from my astrologer. She's read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope. She's read mine.\\

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-->'''Norma:''' Here's the chart from my astrologer. She's She read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope. She's She read mine.\\
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-->'''Norma:''' My astrologist has read my horoscope, he's read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope.\\
'''Joe:''' Has he read the script?

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-->'''Norma:''' My astrologist has read Here's the chart from my horoscope, he's astrologer. She's read [=DeMille=]'s horoscope.horoscope. She's read mine.\\
'''Joe:''' Has he She read the script?
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-->'''Norma:''' My astrologist has read my horoscope, he's read DeMille's horoscope.\\

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-->'''Norma:''' My astrologist has read my horoscope, he's read DeMille's [=DeMille=]'s horoscope.\\
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* Joe's narration for the scene of him paging through Norma's script:
--> Sometimes it's interesting to see just how bad bad writing can be. This promised to go the limit.
* Joe's expression of disbelief in astrology, when Norma claims the stars foretell Cecil B. [=DeMille=] greenlighting her return:
-->'''Norma:''' My astrologist has read my horoscope, he's read DeMille's horoscope.\\
'''Joe:''' Has he read the script?

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