Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)

Naomi Stevens: Rosa

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• Rosa : The name Campbell, where did you get that?

  Carla Campbell : From the soup.

  Rosa : You named yourself a soup?

  Carla Campbell : I had to. The only other American name I knew was Coca Cola. I couldn't call myself Mrs. Coca Cola.

• Carla Campbell : So we comforted each other.

  Rosa : So much comfort for such a young girl.

• Carla Campbell : So I wrote to each one and told them my condition. And each one wrote back the same thing, "Don't you worry, sweetheart baby. I'll take care of you!" And they did. They sent me a check each month ever since.

  Rosa : Ever since? For twenty years, you received a check every month?

  Carla Campbell : For twenty years, I received three checks every month.

• Rosa : And you still don't know the father of your child?

  Carla Campbell : Of course I know him. I just don't know who he is.

• Carla Campbell : I had my baby in Florence, and when I came back, I was wearing widow's clothes. And I was mourning for my dear dead rich American husband.

  Rosa : Captain Soup?

  Carla Campbell : Yes.

• Carla Campbell : Let those fat cows go jump in a sewer and float around.

  Rosa : Calm yourself.

  Carla Campbell : I'm a lady now. As good as everybody.

• Rosa : What did this one want?

  Carla Campbell : The same as before, except with two rooms, two baths and a shower.

• Shirley Newman : If we should miss her, you give her a message. You tell her we know the whole story and it's perfectly all right.

  Rosa : You know the whole story?

  Fritzie Braddock : That's right.

  Rosa : Everything, you know?

  Lauren Young : We think so.

  Rosa : Wonderful, for American ladies to be so understanding.

  Shirley Newman : Well, you know, it could have happened to any woman.

  Fritzie Braddock : Oh, of course it could.

  Rosa : But she was a child, 16 years old, warm and wild. How could she know which one was the father? Heh, heh, heh. And for you to understand...

• Rosa : It's wonderful, for American ladies to be so understanding.

  Shirley Newman : Well, you know it could have happened to any woman.

  Fritzie Braddock : Oh, of course it could.

  Rosa : But, she was a child of 16 years old. Warm and wile. How could she know which one was the father? Oh, and for you to understand. It's beautiful! Because, they, your husbands needed comfort and she needed comfort, so they - gave each other - they - it's beautiful. Isn't it?