The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Virginia Grey: Estelle Hohengarten
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Quotes
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Estelle Hohengarten : I have some silk with me I want made into a shirt. There.
Serafina Delle Rose : Wonderful. Look at that colore. Rosa, huh? Wonderful stuff for a blouse, pajamas.
Estelle Hohengarten : Oh, I want a man's shirt made out of it.
Serafina Delle Rose : Silk this color for a - for a shirt for a man?
Estelle Hohengarten : Well, this man's wild like a gypsy. He likes to feel silk on his skin and wants everything rose-colored.
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Serafina Delle Rose : A woman should not encourage a man to be wild. Never.
Estelle Hohengarten : If a man's wild, he's hard for a woman to hold. But if he's tame, would a woman want to hold him?
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Estelle Hohengarten : You're a twig off the old rosebush.
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Estelle Hohengarten : See for yourself.
[opens wide her shirt]
Estelle Hohengarten : His rose tattooed on my chest.
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[first lines]
Little Boy 1 : Hey, lady, what kind of tattoo did you get on you?
Estelle Hohengarten : I got a rose tattoo.
Little Boy 1 : Where did you get it, lady?
Little Boy 2 : Where did he put it on you?
Estelle Hohengarten : Right over my heart, little boy.