The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Janet Leigh: Eugenie Rose Chaney
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Quotes
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Bennett Marco : What's your name?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eugenie.
Bennett Marco : Pardon?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : No kidding, I really meant it. Crazy French pronounciation and all.
Bennett Marco : It's pretty.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Thank you.
Bennett Marco : I guess your friends call you Ginny.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not yet they haven't, for which I am deeply grateful... but you may call me Ginny.
Bennett Marco : What do your friends call you?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Rosie.
Bennett Marco : Why?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : My full name is Eugenie Rose. Of the two names I've always favored Rosie, 'cause it smells of brown soap and beer. Eugenie is somehow more fragile.
Bennett Marco : Still, when I asked you what your name was, you said it was Eugenie.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Quite possible I was feeling more or less fragile at that instant.
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Bennett Marco : You in the railroad business?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not anymore. However if you will permit me to point out, when you ask that question, you really should say: Are you in the railroad line?
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Eugenie Rose Chaney : Are you Arabic?
Bennett Marco : No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?
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Eugenie Rose Chaney : Maryland is a beautiful state.
Bennett Marco : This is Delaware.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : I know, I was one of the original Chinese workmen who made the track on this stretch. But, em... nonetheless, Maryland is a beautiful state. So is Ohio for that matter.
Bennett Marco : I guess so, Columbus is a tremendous football town.
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Bennett Marco : You Arabic?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.
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Eugenie Rose Chaney : [Part 1 of 2 of the complete train dialog. Marco and Rosie have just met on the train and he is so discombobulated he can't even light his cigarette. She lights a cigarette for him and offers it to him. Pay close attention to the odd wording - as if it is in some kind of code] Maryland is a beautiful state.
Marco : This is Delaware.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : I know, I was one of the original Chinese workmen who laid the track on this straight. But, em... nonetheless, Maryland is a beautiful state. So is Ohio for that matter.
Marco : I guess so, Columbus is a tremendous football town. You in the railroad business?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not anymore. However if you will permit me to point out, when you ask that question, you really should say: Are you in the railroad line? Where's your home?
Marco : I'm in the Army. I'm a Major. I've been in the Army most of my life, we move a good deal. I was born in New Hampshire.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : I went to a girl's camp once on Lake Francis.
Marco : That's pretty far north. What's your name?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eugenie.
Marco : Pardon?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : No kidding, I really meant it. Crazy French pronunciation and all.
Marco : It's pretty.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Thank you.
Marco : I guess your friends call you Jenny.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Not yet they haven't, for which I am deeply grateful... but you may call me Jenny.
Marco : What do your friends call you?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Rosie.
Marco : Why?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : My full name is Eugenie Rose. Of the two names I've always favored Rosie, 'cause it smells of brown soap and beer. Eugenie is somehow more fragile.
Marco : Still, when I asked you what your name was, you said it was Eugenie.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Quite possible I was feeling more or less fragile at that instant.
Marco : I could never figure out what that phrase meant, "more or less." Are you Arabic?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.
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Marco : [Part 2 of the complete train dialog. Notice how she goes out of her way to make sure a complete stranger who is behaving strangely remembers her address and phone number. Why would she do this?] My name is Ben. I mean Bennett, named after Arnold Bennett.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : The writer?
Marco : No, Lt. Colonel. He was my father's commanding officer at the time.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : What's you last name?
Marco : Marco.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Major Marco. Are you Arabic?
Marco : No.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Let me put it another way: are you married?
Marco : No. You?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : No.
Marco : [pauses] What's your last name?
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Chaney. I'm production assistant for a man named Justin, who had two hits last season. I live on 54th St., a few doors down from the Museum of Modern Art, of which I'm a tea privileges member, no cream.
[Intently]
Eugenie Rose Chaney : I live at Fifty-Three West 54th St., Apt. 3-B. Can you remember that?
Marco : [Weakly] Yes.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Eldorado 5-9970. Can you remember that?
Marco : [Weakly] Yes.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : Are you stationed in New York? Or, is "stationed" the right word?
Marco : I'm not exactly stationed in New York, I was stationed in Washington, but I got sick and now I'm on leave and I'm spending it in New York.
Eugenie Rose Chaney : [Intently] Eldorado 5-9970.
Marco : I'm going to look up an old friend of mine who's a newspaperman. We were in Korea together.
[Fades into Raymond Shaw's apartment]
