Limelight (1952)

Nigel Bruce: Postant

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Calvero : Where is she? I want to see her dance.

  Postant : Bring the - bring the couch into the wings.

  Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor : I must see about that ambulance.

• Postant : Yes, like old times. In those days you were drunk, instead of sober.

  Calvero : I'm supposed to be funnier when I'm drunk.

  Postant : Maybe, but, you were killing yourself.

  Calvero : You know what they say, anything for a laugh.

• Calvero : How's the house?

  Postant : Packed to the rafters. Every face card in Europe's out there. Kings, Queens, Jacks.

• Bodalink : Believe it or not, she's going to marry him.

  Postant : That old reprobate? Bless my soul. There's hope for me yet.

• Postant : Allow me to congratulate the next prima ballerina of the Empire Theatre. But, you're sopping wet, my dear. Get your coat. Put it on! Put it on! Then, we'll talk business.

• Calvero's Partner : If anybody else says it's like old times, I'll jump out the window. First, the doorman. Then, the call boy. Now, the stage manager.

  Postant : [knocks at the door, walks in]  It's me, Postant. Well, it's like old times seeing you here again, putting on your war paint.