The Moon Is Blue Page #7

Synopsis: Successful architect Don Gresham (William Holden) engages a young actress, Patty O'Neill (Maggie McNamara), in conversation on top of the Empire State Building, and she accepts his invitation to dinner. Dropping in at his apartment on the way, they decide to dine there as Patty announces herself an excellent cook. Don slips out to buy food, and Patty is briefly visited by his ex-fiancée, Cynthia Slater (Dawn Addams), and not too briefly, by Cynthia's father David (David Niven), a middle-aged, practiced charmer who, on her invitation, stays to dinner. A slight accident at the table occasions Patty to change her dress for Don's bathrobe. While Don is away placating the jealous Cynthia, David loses no time in offering Patty a proposal of marriage and a six hundred dollar gift. She accepts the latter and is surprised by Don in a grateful kiss to David. Don is still enraged with Patty when her father arrives, and, outraged to discover his daughter in a bachelor's apartment, knocks him sense
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Otto Preminger
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
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Year:
1953
99 min
220 Views


I was wrong.

And there were no conditions!

It was wrong! You would

never thought to my guilt

if I had not accepted the money.

- What money?

I was wrong. Take it back.

- But what do you mean?

I speak to Mr. Slater

money he gave me.

Why you did he give?

- Ask it to him.

You gave him?

You genius

to say what he should not.

You would have succeeded

in diplomacy.

That's why I kissed him.

To thank him for $ 600.

600 dollars?

He told me that he had earned

facing a horrible capitalist.

It's so funny?

It's my money he won.

They were my $ 600.

Then take them back.

- No, they are to him.

I beg you, Mr. Slater,

reprove them.

Scout makes a B.A. day

must have a life impossible.

It puts young people in custody

against bad girls.

It is against the good girls

must be protected.

How right you are!

I am thirsty.

You are right!

Is not snob drinking

when you do not feel very?

I very like it.

- Soda and water?

I want kind.

- Stop me.

Stop.

- There are too many.

Do not start

has suddenly become a father.

Bottoms up, girl!

Cigarette?

Thank you.

- This is the snobbery of revenge?

Yes, completely.

It is hard to satisfy.

He complains all the time.

For the last time,

do you want out of here?

You come with me?

If you want to lead a life

dissolute, count on me.

We will be very discreet.

I know a small apartment.

I have a good?

- Yes and Cadillac with gadgets.

Bad comedy. Back

to your advertisements for beer.

Why seeks he has hurt me?

Lovers are always cruel.

We're just fighting.

- He suffers.

I began to have

enough to be ...

The state to which you refer

can be changed.

This door noise reminds

the beginning of a wedding march.

He must ask my pardon.

- Forget your pride.

Follow your instincts female.

Understanding almost

as many prizes as virtue.

We know

since so little time.

Enough to know

what you want.

But do not lose it

any respect for me?

"A gift

always leaves a debt. "

Good night, Patty.

This telescope is yours?

Why were you in such a hurry?

- Excuse me?

Yesterday when you hit.

I do not know

if you had heard.

I heard you. I shaved.

A 1am?

- Right.

Time to wipe my face,

you had disappeared.

Why did you hit?

Why you resize you?

You knew I'd be?

- No, I tried the desktop.

Your secretary ignored

or you were.

I could not work.

She warned me

of your bad mood.

Why did you say it

that you had taken a door?

My loves do not interest him.

What a mistake! It fascinates!

I told him everything.

I have no doubt.

- She seems so nice.

His hands are in a box

in stamps.

Did you sleep last night?

No. Moreover, the night was short.

- I have neither slept nor eaten.

This is silly. Why?

You know that.

Because of you!

I wondered

what stupidity you were going to do.

After your departure, I was crazy.

I did not have your number.

I knew yours.

Accept money from a Slater!

When I think about it, I cry.

- Because of what you have lost.

This poor man is to be pitied.

I told him to marry.

It has the makings

a good father of a family.

A little resistant fabric.

That someone evil lot

and unhappy.

Brazil,

everything will work out for him.

These $ 600. Are you

rich enough to lose?

I hate to play so big.

At least one month's salary.

But I know you can do ...

We are not married yet.

- You do not have the right ...

What did you say?

- We're not married yet.

That's what I heard.

I thought something was

when you smiled at me yesterday.

I would have smiled here.

That smile that I would

see the morning for breakfast.

Is that true?

And when you prepare dinner

when you flirting with Slater ...

You ask me to marry him?

- What can I say?

You could:

"I love you" without hesitation.

I have not already said?

- No!

I want to hear.

With the ritual words.

A real marriage proposal.

Do you know

how dad made his request?

A fist?

You will not believe it.

He had no shame

come say "I love you."

Do not say anything.

I love you, Patty, my whole yard.

Although you're a little crazy.

And I will hang Picasso

in the room.

Not in our room.

- Okay.

Children pay half price

to come up here?

I do not know why?

To come each anniversary

with 5 kids, it will be expensive.

They let down.

- I want them to see.

Mr. Smith has done well

to build this monument.

Voila!

It bothered you I say "Here"?

What?

- It does not matter.

You are delicious.

We met yesterday.

- It happens when the moon is blue.

And the moon was blue.

All the same! U.S. $ 1.20

climb to the top of the monument!

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For the film comedian, see Hugh Herbert.Frederick Hugh Herbert (May 29, 1897 - May 17, 1958) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and infrequent film director. more…

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