Sunday, 8 March 2026

Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it

It's International Women's Day today, dear reader.

What better way to celebrate than with the faboo Steve Hayes aka "Tired Old Queen at the Movies", and his review of an all-time (camp) classic movie, that features an all-female cast..?

Now there's a film that is an eternal source of quotable quotes:

  • "You simply must see my hairdresser, I DETEST whoever does yours."
  • "She’s got those eyes that run up and down a man like a searchlight."
  • "Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it."
  • "He almost stood me up for his wife!"
  • "Isn’t that (nail polish) divine? Jungle red!" "Looks like you’ve been tearing at somebody's throat!"
  • "Oh, poor creatures. They’ve lost their equilibrium because they’ve lost their faith in love. Oh l’amour, l’amour."
  • "Where I spit no grass grows ever!"
  • "Oh, she can’t help it. It’s just her tough luck that she wasn’t born deaf and dumb."
  • "When anything I wear doesn’t please Stephen, I take it off."
  • "There is a name for you, ladies, but it isn’t used in high society... outside of a kennel!"

Love it!

14 comments:

  1. Ha! I don’t know how many women would choose this as the film to celebrate International Women’s Day, but oh how I love it. Our new foundation garment. Zips up the back. No bones.

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    1. Everyone takes away at least one line from this film! Jx

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  2. I've never seen it, but those quotes - and the clips in Steve Hayes' review - have made me want to search it out!

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    1. Never seen it? Oh, Mr DeVice, you are missing a treat..! Jx

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    2. NEVER SEEN IT?!?!?!?!?! WHAT!!!!!!! Oh dear...I do need a fainting chaise and a bromide with gin....double!

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    3. Sylvia Fowler: "Did you get her innuendo?"

      Jx

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  3. "I'd take you on at billiards, but you haven't got the balls!" (Not sure of origin...probably me!)

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    1. Yup. I think it's a "Dinahmow original"... Jx

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  4. I've had a bromide with gin in it today....

    One of my top five movies! Cheers!

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  5. One of the few movies I have seen more times than I can count.

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    1. We love it so much, we even went to see it on the big screen at the British Film Institute (BFI) back in 2008. It's a wonderful movie! Jx

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  6. OH My Gosh what a fab film.
    Mr De. get it sorted you will love it

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    1. It is a fantastic film!

      There is a bizarrely colourised version of it available free on JustWatch... Jx

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