Nellie Bly Quotes in Frankie and Johnny (1966)

Johnny: Are you a real redhead?

Nellie Bly: I'm a real everything.

Johnny: What's your lucky number?

Nellie Bly: 1. One at a time.

Johnny: One it is. Would you mind giving them your magic touch? Just for luck. You better get the bottom one too. By this time tomorrow, this ship should be the S.S. Johnny. What's your name, Lucky?

Nellie Bly: Nellie. Nellie Bly.

Johnny: Welcome aboard!

Cully: That's it, Bly! I need a name to rhyme with "eye" for a new song I'm writing. Now I got it. Nellie Bly!

Johnny: You're going to be made famous in a song.

Nellie Bly: Well, I've tried every other way.

Johnny: [as the roulette wheel spins] I don't even have to look. I know it's going to be number 1.

[finally the tiny silver ball falls into the number "1" slot of the wheel]

Cully: Ha! Ha! Maybe that gypsy knew something.

Johnny: Maybe? My future just got here!

Nellie Bly: If you give up now, the good may come along and you will not know it.

Nellie Bly: Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything.