Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

Dean Martin: Ray Hunter

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• Ray Hunter : Next stop, Rome - land of Caesars, Michelangelo, and Lollobrigida.

• Countess Alzani : Don't you find her attractive?

  Ray Hunter : Very attractive.

  Countess Alzani : Single too.

  Ray Hunter : Now there's a combination you don't run into very often.

• Maria Martelli : I hope I didn't offend you.

  Ray Hunter : Not at all, you're just one of those people who speak their mind - an over-rated virtue!

• Ray Hunter : Enjoying yourself Tom?

  Tom Crandall : Nicest birthday present I ever had.

  Ray Hunter : This isn't your birthday.

  Tom Crandall : It is from now on. Today I'm beginning to live!

• Nina Martelli : [Nina is aboard Ray's private plane - her first time ever flying]  Nobody will believe me, this wonderful plane, and only you and me.

  Ray Hunter : Well, don't, uh, any of your boyfriends have, uh, private planes?

  Nina Martelli : Ha! They're lucky to have "Lambrettas." You know - motor scooters. You ever been on the back seat of a motor scooter?

  Ray Hunter : No, not lately.

  Nina Martelli : [Indicating his private plane]  *This* is better.

• Arthur : Is there something going on, Mr. Hunter? Is anything wrong?

  Ray Hunter : Arthur, I'm in love.

  Arthur : That's very nice, sir.

  Ray Hunter : I have to marry four girls.

  [turns and exits] 

  Arthur : [looks a bit baffled]  That's not a marriage. That's a merger.

• Ray Hunter : Nah, I won't bribe anybody.

• Ray Hunter : Why can't we have coffee like this in America?

  Maria Martelli : Americans haven't time to wait for espresso, they want instant coffee. I meant no offense Mr. Hunter.

  Ray Hunter : Oh, no offense. I'll admit the Americans are very impatient; but, isn't there any impatience in Italy?

  Maria Martelli : Perhaps, but not for the same things.

• Countess Alzani : A bachelor with ten thousand bedrooms, I think it is Medieval. Only the Medicis had such a luxury.

  Ray Hunter : Well, unlike the Medicis, I can only use one bedroom at a time.

• Maria Martelli : She has lost and you have won.

  Ray Hunter : This isn't a sporting event. Nobody wins or loses. It's business!

• Nina Martelli : Oh, I love the Countessa; but, unfortunately she's ieri - that means yesterday. You're domani - that means tomorrow.

  Ray Hunter : That leaves oggi - that means today, right?

  Nina Martelli : Oh, you know molto Italiano! I could kiss you!

  Ray Hunter : Well, now, aren't you overreacting?

  Nina Martelli : It's the climate, we're near Africa.

  Ray Hunter : It is a little warm here.

• Papa Vittorio Martelli : Now that you know that my little song is in American jazz, perhaps you'll practice the piano.

  Nina Martelli : Oh, I make more money playing a typewriter anyway. And if Mr. Hunter gives me a raise, which I...

  Maria Martelli : Nina! How can you?

  Ray Hunter : Oh, I don't mind. I like aggressiveness. You know, Nina, you're going to go a long way. How old are you?

  Nina Martelli : Nineteen.

  Maria Martelli , Papa Vittorio Martelli : Eighteen!

  Ray Hunter : I'll see that you get that raise.

• Maria Martelli : I am enjoying myself.

  Ray Hunter : So am I. Even enough to dance. I'm not good at it.

  Maria Martelli : Whenever a man says that, he dances like Nijinsky.

• Ray Hunter : [singing]  The kind of passion you fashion, cannot be explained. You, I love. You're so appealing, the feeling, cannot be contained. And when I touch you, there's no denying, the flying, I do into space...

• Ray Hunter : What do you do besides being a Count?

  Vittorio Cisini : I deal in the humanities, chiefly in the representation of the human figure. There have been those kind enough to call me an artist.

• Papa Vittorio Martelli : There's nothing wrong with a custom, even an old custom, that the youngest should wait her turn. Nina will not get married. This is final. If you really mean what you say, you can afford to wait. Nina will be tender for a long time.

  Ray Hunter : Yeah, but I won't.

• Ray Hunter : Don't tell me about your troubles. I got troubles of my own.

• Maria Martelli : I'll make him stop this nonsense.

  Ray Hunter : Well, you're a livin', breathin' doll and I love you.

• Ray Hunter : You know, everybody thinks a millionaire can do what he wants to do when he wants to do it. They couldn't be more wrong. Believe me, Arthur, money's a problem.

• Ray Hunter : Get going before you make me...

  Nina Martelli : Make you what Mr Hunter?

  Ray Hunter : Make me forget my business.