Daily Dialogue — June 22, 2012

Vienna: You and McIvers own the whole town and every head of beef within five hundred miles. But that isn’t enough, is it? You’ve got to own everything. You can’t stand to see anyone else live. Well, you’re going to. You’re going to see a whole new town right where you’re standing. A town you don’t own. The railroad’s sending in people by tens, twenties, hundreds, and thousands! You can’t keep them all out! Tell them, Mr. Andrews!

Mr. Andrews: I think you put it rather well.

John McIvers: You’re not buildin’ no depot here.

Mr. Andrews: That’s for Vienna to decide.

Vienna: Vienna decided!

— Vienna (Joan Crawford), Mr. Andrews (Rhys Williams), John McIvers (Ward Bond), Johnny Guitar (1954), screenplay by Philip Yordan, based on a novel by Roy Chanslor

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is bragging suggested by churnage. Today’s suggestion by Daniel Tavis Sarmento.

Trivia: Although Philip Yordan is credited as a screenwriter on the film, his contribution to the screenplay actually was written by Ben Maddow, whom Yordan fronted for, splitting the fee with the black-listed writer.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Daniel has this comment: “Notice how throwing in the Mr. Andrews character helps give added weight to Vienna’s bragging. He not only praises her, he sets it up for her to deliver that boastful last line.”