Oscar Farrar Quotes in Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Oscar Farrar: To think we gave up a perfectly good rib!

Georgia Garrett: Oscar! Aren't you going to kiss me?

Oscar Farrar: I don't know how. Will you show me?

[she kisses his cheek]

Oscar Farrar: You don't know how either!

Georgia Garrett: Oscar! How did you get on this boat?

Oscar Farrar: I lied about my age.

Oscar Farrar: Incidentally, I picked up your last two paychecks. It was barely enough to pay for my plane ticket down here. Didn't even leave me enough to buy you a present! I feel like a cad.

Georgia Garrett: You crook. You can go to jail for that.

Oscar Farrar: Marry me and you won't have to testify against me.

Oscar Farrar: I guess I'll just have to bury myself in my work.

[plays piano]

Georgia Garrett: Is that your Brooklyn Rhapsody?

Oscar Farrar: Who said anything about Brooklyn? It's now called the Caribbean Rhapsody. I'm very adaptable.

Georgia Garrett: Have you finished it yet?

Oscar Farrar: I don't want to finish it. People will like it. They'll make a big fuss over me, I'll have no time for myself, I'll be the toast of the town, and then what happens to that sweet boy you and I both love?

Georgia Garrett: Aren't you being modest? I have confidence in you, Oscar.

Oscar Farrar: Everybody has confidence in me. That's my trouble. In high school I was voted the boy most likely to succeed. In college they said I had a brilliant future.

[pause]

Oscar Farrar: I wonder whatever became of me.

Plinio: I'm spending a fortune to redecorate this place so I can reopen in time for Carnival. To get my investment back I need an attraction, a real attraction. I need someone with a name!

Oscar Farrar: Whaddya think my mother gave me, a number?