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So who said what again (in Hollywood, this time)?

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I will make you think a bit and guess who said the following five lines from the classic Ingrid Bergman/Humphrey Bogart starrer Casablanca, culled from the book Hollywood Trivia by Aubrey Malone (a gift to me by Drs. Willie and Liza Ong):

• ”Here’s looking at you, kid.”

• ”We’ll always have Paris.”

• ”The problem of three people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.”

“This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.”

• ”Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walked into mine.”

If you know the answers and have time to spare, send them at the e-mail addresses at the end of this column.

Anyway, that little “quiz” is a fitting intro to today’s column which is, by insistent readers’ clamor (ehem!), a follow-up to “So who said what again?” several issues ago about unforgettable lines from local movies. This time around, let’s do Hollywood with the help of the book from Drs. Willie and Liza I mentioned earlier and Famous Hollywood Quotes by Alan Lane which has been gathering dust in my library.

Okay: Lights, camera, action!!!

• ”I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Smells like…victory.” — Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.

• ”The horror, the horror.” — Marlon Brando (photo) in Apocalypse Now.

• ”Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light?” — Jack Nicholson in Batman.

• ”That was the most fun I‘ve had without laughing.” — Woody Allen to Diane Keaton after a love scene in Annie Hall.

• ”For those who believe in God, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, no explanation is possible.” — from The Song of Bernadette, 1943.

• ”What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died?” — Ryan O’Neal (photo) in Love Story, 1970.

• ”My mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get’.” — Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

• ”I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” — Marlon Brando in The Godfather.

• ”Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” — Clark Gable to Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind.

• ”I’m walkin’ here! I’m walkin’ here!” — Dustin Hoffman to a cabbie who has almost run him over in Midnight Cowboy.

• ”All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” — Jack Nicholson (photo) in The Shining.

• ”Are you talkin’ to me?” — Robert De Niro to himself in Taxi Driver.

• ”All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up.” — Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.

• ”E.T. phone home.” — Debra Winger in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

• ”There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.” — Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

• ”Hey, boy, what you doin’ with momma’s car?” — Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

• ”Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?” — Rex Harrison to Audrey Hepburn (photo) in My Fair Lady.

• ”I’ll be back.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator, 1984.

• ”Hey, I’m back!” — Paul Newman on his return to a life of pool hustling in The Color of Money.

• ”Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” — Ryan O’Neal to Ray Milland in Love Story.

• ”Go ahead, punk. Make my day.” — Clint Eastwood (photo) in Sudden Impact, 1983.

• ”Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?” — Dustin Hoffman to Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, 1967.

• ”Show me the money!” — Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire.

More from the book Hollywood Trivia are these “5 famous misquotations” under the head “You Don’t Say”:

• Humphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca. What he actually said was, “Play it, Sam. If she can take it, I can.”

• Neither did James Cagney ever say, “You dirty art” — well not like that anyway. He said, “You dirty double-crossing rat,” in Blonde Crazy (1931) and “You dirty yellow-bellied rat,” in Taxi (1932).

Mae West (photo) eventually said, “Come up and see me sometimes,” but her first utterance of the line in She Done Him Wrong (1932) was, “Come up sometime and see me.”

• Neither did Charles Boyer ever say, “Come wiz me to ze Casbah” in Algiers (1938).

• And nor did Greta Garbo say, “I want to be alone.” The actual line was “I want to be left alone,” in Grand Hotel (1932).

I will end this piece the way I started it — with five classic lines also from Casablanca with the names of the characters that delivered them:

• ”Great balls of fire! Don’t bother me anymore, and don’t call me sugar!” — Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh).

• ”With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” — Scarlett

• ”Marriage, fun? Fiddle-dee-dee! Fun for men you mean.” — Scarlett.

• ”After all… tomorrow is another day.” —Scarlett.

• ”With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” — Rhett Butler (Clark Gable, photo).

(E-mail reactions at [email protected] or at [email protected]. You may also send your questions to [email protected]. For more updates, photos and videos visit http://www.philstar.com/funfareor follow me on http://www.twitter/therealrickylo.)

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