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The Prince and the Showgirl Quotes

The Prince and the Showgirl is a television show that debuted in 1970 . The Prince and the Showgirl stopped airing in 1970.

It features Laurence Olivier as producer, Richard Addinsell in charge of musical score, and Jack Cardiff as head of cinematography.

The Prince and the Showgirl is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Prince and the Showgirl is 115 minutes long. The Prince and the Showgirl is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Marilyn Monroe as Elsie Marina, Richard Wattis as Northbrook, and Daphne Anderson as Fanny.

The Prince and the Showgirl Quotes

Richard Wattis as Northbrook

  • (Unnamed) "Mr. Northbrook, who was that creature? Was it an anarchist?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "No, ma'am."
  • (Unnamed) "Then who was it?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "A young lady, ma'am, called Miss Elsie Marina."
  • (Unnamed) "Ah. Fetch her to me."
  • (Unnamed) "Do you mean to say, Northbrook, that you know nothing about Carpathia whatever?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "Don't even know where the beastly place is for a start."
  • (Unnamed) "How long have you been in the foreign office?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "Fifteen years, sir, but I'm in the Far Eastern Department."
  • (Unnamed) "Now that's no excuse. What would you think if I knew nothing of Siam?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "Don't think I'd mind much."
  • (Unnamed) "That sort of remark will get you nowhere, Northbrook."
  • (Richard Wattis) "Not even out of this job?"
  • (Unnamed) "Certainly not. Your predecessor has had a riding accident and you are now in his saddle."
  • (Richard Wattis) "I'm sure, sir, her sense of comme il faut will -"
  • (Unnamed) "She has as much sense of comme il faut as a rhinocerous."
  • (Richard Wattis) "Do I gather, sir, that the evening was not an entirely happy one?"
  • (Unnamed) "Northbrook, this British understatement of yours I begin to find irritating."

Marilyn Monroe as Elsie Marina

  • (Marilyn Monroe) "Yes, I speak German. I was born in Milwaukee."
  • (Marilyn Monroe) "You know, there's a word for what you are and it's not Deputy Head of the Far Eastern Department."
  • (Marilyn Monroe) "Say, is it all right over the you-know-what?"
  • (Daphne Anderson) "Wonderful over the you-know-what."
  • (Daphne Anderson) "What do you think?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "Very nice."
  • (Daphne Anderson) "Is that all you can say?"
  • (Richard Wattis) "Very nice indeed."
  • (Marilyn Monroe) "Oh, don't give me that. I'm an American citizen, no one can do anything to me. Besides, who cares about your old Balkan revolutions, anyway? You have them all the time."

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