Daily Dialogue — June 16, 2010

“I mean the astral alien, the creature bacchanalian, no good Episcopalian believes in. It’s Pan.”

 — Andrew Larabee (Danny Kaye), Merry Andrew (1958), screenplay by Isobel Lennart and I.A.L. Diamond, based on a story by Paul Gallico

This week’s Daily Dialogue theme is movies written by I.A.L. “Izzy” Diamond, Billy Wilder’s longtime writing partner.

Trivia: The term “merry Andrew” is British slang for a clown.