Lost in a Harem
1944 film by Charles Reisner
Lost in a Harem is a 1944 American film about two bumbling magicians who help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
- Directed by Charles Reisner. Written by John Grant, Harry Ruskin, and Harry Crane.
Music! Maidens! Merriment! (taglines)
The Derelict edit
- Pokomoko! Slowly I turn, step by step...
Dialogue edit
- Harvey Garvey: Have you a reservation here?
- Jailer and clerk: No.
- Harvey Garvey: Then I have to take my business someplace else. [he starts to leave but is restrained by guards] I changed my mind. I'll take the room.
- Jailer and clerk: What's your name?
- Harvey Garvey: Harvey D. Garvey.
- Jailer and clerk: Where born?
- Harvey Garvey: Under a sink.
- Jailer and clerk: How do you know?
- Harvey Garvey: I heard the water runnin'.
- The Derelict: Quiet! People will think you're crazy.
- Harvey Garvey: Oh, and I suppose you're all right?
- The Derelict: Of course!
- Harvey Garvey: Of course?
- The Derelict: I have a brother who is crazy - [screaming] but I'm all right!
- Harvey Garvey: [gasping] Who told you?
- The Derelict: My brother!
- Harvey Garvey: That does it, brother!
- The Derelict: Gentleman... He called me a gentleman! [to Pete] Thank you.
- Peter Johnson: That's all right.
- The Derelict: Those are the first kind words I've heard in years. You see I haven't always been a derelict... [pointing to Harvey] like you!
- Harvey Garvey: Hey, now, don't call me those kind of bad names.
- The Derelict: Would you like to hear my story?
- Harvey Garvey: No.
- The Derelict: Very well, then I'll tell it to you.
- Peter Johnson: We've got to outsmart Uncle Nimativ. You go in and outwit him.
- Harvey Garvey: Why should I go out with him? I'm afraid of that man!
- Peter Johnson: Not to go out with him. Go in and outwit him.
- Harvey Garvey: Why should I go in and go out with him? I mean, he don't appeal to me!
- Peter Johnson: You love her? [laughs] Oh, come on, you wouldn't get to first base with a beautiful girl like that.
- Harvey Garvey: Yes, I would.
- Peter Johnson: Did you ever take a good look in the mirror?
- Harvey Garvey: No.
- Peter Johnson: Why not?
- Harvey Garvey: Why should I hurt my own feelings?
- Peter Johnson: Never mind!
- Harvey Garvey: Do I have to especially go now?
- Peter Johnson: You just split an infinitive!
- Harvey Garvey: Well, I mean that... [feeling his own rear end] Does it show?
- The Derelict: I know a secret passage that will take us out.
- Harvey Garvey: Swell!
- The Derelict: [to Harvey] Shhh!
- Harvey Garvey: [to Pete] Shhh!
- Peter Johnson: [whispering] Go ahead.
- The Derelict: Follow me.
- Peter Johnson: Go ahead - follow him.
- Harvey Garvey: Okay.
- Peter Johnson: [impatiently] Go ahead.
- The Derelict: Where are you taking me?
- Prince Ramo: [from inside his jail cell] Don't worry! I'll get you out!
- Peter Johnson: [being locked up in a nearby cell] Who's gonna get YOU out?
Taglines edit
- A Show That Chases the Blues From Start to Finish!
- Were You Ever In a Harem? WOW!
- Music! Maidens! Merriment!
- MEET THE SHEIKS IN NIGHTSHIRTS!
- TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS!
- THEY'RE NUTTIER THAN EVER!
Cast edit
- Bud Abbott — Peter Johnson
- Lou Costello — Harvey Garvey
- Marilyn Maxwell — Hazel Moon
- John Conte — Prince Ramo
- Douglass Dumbrille — Nimativ
- Lottie Harrison — Teema
- Lock Martin — Bobo
- Murray Leonard — The Derelict
- Adia Kuznetzoff — Chief Ghamu
- Milton Parsons — Crystal Gazer
- Ralph Sanford — Mr. Ormulu
- Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra — Themselves
External links edit
- Lost in a Harem quotes at the Internet Movie Database