I would be inclined to say that there are very few people who would appreciate the above as much as I do, with the exception of the fact that I took this picture last year, on a ship, off an incredibly remote Thai island after baking over 2000 Christmas cookies for all of us who couldn't spend the holiday with family. Either it really is an international classic, or somebody up there really loves me.
White Christmas (1954), one of my favorite films ever, with Thai subtitles? What are the odds? Furthermore, what are the odds that someone had it on while we loaded the speed boats with equipment for the day's shoot?
This scene plays out as follows:
Betty (Rosemary Clooney): Look, Mr. Wallace, before you go any further, I must tell you - you were brought here tonight under false pretenses. Benny didn't write the letter, my sister did.
Bob (Bing Crosby): Judy?
Betty: Yeah, she figured you'd never come to see us if we asked you and you might if Benny did. It's as simple as that.
Bob: How do you like that, even little Judy there's got an angle goin', huh?
Betty: She didn't mean anything by it, she just-
Bob: You don't have to apologize, everybody's got an angle.
Betty: That's a pretty cynical point of view...
Bob: Oh come, come now Ms. Haynes. Surely you knew that everybody's got a little larceny operating in them, didn't you know that?
Betty: Well, just for the record, I want you to know that my sister and I don't play angles.
Bob: Well, if that letter wasn't an angle, I don't know what it was.
Betty: I don't like your inferences.
Bob: I've got no squawks, no beefs - the kid played a percentage, it worked and we're here. Let's not make a whole big mish mosh out of it... All I'm saying is when you've been around show business for as long as I have, you just get used to people working angles, that's all.
Betty: Mr. Wallace, since the chance of our seeing each other again is extremely remote, I don't think it's important to go on arguing.
Bob: I'll drink to that!
Betty: Be my guest.
Not to ruin the film or anything, but they obviously fall in love. I adore cinema.
Bob (Bing Crosby): Judy?
Betty: Yeah, she figured you'd never come to see us if we asked you and you might if Benny did. It's as simple as that.
Bob: How do you like that, even little Judy there's got an angle goin', huh?
Betty: She didn't mean anything by it, she just-
Bob: You don't have to apologize, everybody's got an angle.
Betty: That's a pretty cynical point of view...
Bob: Oh come, come now Ms. Haynes. Surely you knew that everybody's got a little larceny operating in them, didn't you know that?
Betty: Well, just for the record, I want you to know that my sister and I don't play angles.
Bob: Well, if that letter wasn't an angle, I don't know what it was.
Betty: I don't like your inferences.
Bob: I've got no squawks, no beefs - the kid played a percentage, it worked and we're here. Let's not make a whole big mish mosh out of it... All I'm saying is when you've been around show business for as long as I have, you just get used to people working angles, that's all.
Betty: Mr. Wallace, since the chance of our seeing each other again is extremely remote, I don't think it's important to go on arguing.
Bob: I'll drink to that!
Betty: Be my guest.
Not to ruin the film or anything, but they obviously fall in love. I adore cinema.
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