Daily Dialogue — February 12, 2020

Taxi Driver: Now look, signora, it’s a very late night. My wife… I have three bambino. You know bambino.

The taxi drive struggles for the English word, then imitates a baby.

Taxi Driver: Meehhhh!

— Roman Holiday (1953), screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton, story by Dalton Trumbo

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Taxi.

Trivia: Due to the Hollywood blacklist, Dalton Trumbo was originally not credited with having written the screenplay.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is the turning point for William Wyler’s great romance, the moment at which weathered journalist Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck) decides not to send the incognito princess (Audrey Hepburn) away, but instead accompany her on what turns out to be a romantic whirlwind.