Sunday, June 29, 2025

QUOTES CCXXXVIII 

FAMOUS MIS-QUOTATIONS (V)

MOVIE MISQUOTES
Matthew Sewell
 
1. Margaret Hamilton (The Wicked Witch) from The Wizard of Oz:
    Misquote: Fly, my pretties
    Actual quote: Fly, fly, fly!
 
2. Johnny Weismuller (Tarzan) from the Tarzan movies: 
    Misquote: Me Tarzan, you Jane
    Actual quote: This line was never spoken in any of the Tarzan movies. Nor does the line appear in any of the original Tarzan books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. But Weissmuller did say it jokingly in an interview published in the June, 1932 issue of Photoplay magazine. He told the Photoplay reporter: "I didn't have to act in Tarzan, the Ape Man - just said, 'Me Tarzan, you Jane' "
 
3. William Shatner (Captain Kirk) from Star Trek:
    Misquote: Beam me up, Scotty.
    Actual quote: Scotty, beam me up. 
 
4. James Cagney in any of his movies:
    Misquote: You dirty rat
    Actual quote: The closest line to the phrase appeared in the 1932 film Taxi! In this film, Cagney, as Matt Nolan, says, "Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to ya through the door!"
     

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